MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.99,-80.73 Latitude: 40.99 Longitude: -80.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -8 SFC 961 332 22.1 14.0 60 8.1 16.8 171 18 298.6 300.5 291.5 329.3 10.52 2 950 434 21.4 13.5 61 7.8 16.3 172 24 298.9 300.7 291.4 328.9 10.30 3 900 899 16.9 12.6 76 4.3 14.2 175 33 298.9 300.8 291.4 328.8 10.25 4 850 1383 12.4 11.3 93 1.1 11.7 180 39 299.1 301.0 291.2 328.3 9.95 5 800 1890 9.6 9.1 96 0.6 9.3 200 50 301.4 303.1 291.2 328.3 9.09 6 750 2424 6.6 6.4 98 0.2 6.5 197 42 303.8 305.2 291.1 327.9 8.05 7 700 2987 3.1 2.3 95 0.8 2.7 193 49 305.9 307.1 290.4 325.5 6.46 8 650 3585 0.4 -0.5 94 0.9 -0.0 188 59 309.5 310.5 290.9 327.1 5.70 9 600 4224 -2.7 -6.2 77 3.5 -4.3 184 65 313.0 313.8 290.5 325.8 4.02 10 550 4911 -5.6 -10.0 71 4.4 -7.4 184 71 317.4 318.1 291.2 328.1 3.26 11 500 5651 -10.6 -14.0 76 3.4 -11.8 191 79 320.2 320.7 291.4 328.8 2.60 12 450 6458 -14.4 -16.9 81 2.5 -15.2 198 77 325.2 325.6 292.5 332.9 2.27 13 400 7338 -20.6 -22.2 87 1.6 -21.0 196 69 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.9 1.62 14 350 8313 -27.6 -33.9 55 6.2 -28.7 194 64 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.8 0.62 15 300 9403 -36.3 -39.2 74 3.0 -36.6 198 63 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.42 16 250 10637 -48.1 -51.4 68 3.4 -48.2 198 57 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12082 -53.4 -69.8 12 16.4 -53.7 201 48 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 13907 -58.8 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.0 217 51 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16409 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 235 31 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.64 m Freezing level: 642.99 mb = 3674.82 m = 12056.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.72 mb = 3576.35 m = 11733.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.41 % Est. max temperature: 24.37 C = 75.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.50 mb = 1348.28 m = 4423.44 ft T: 12.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 2.84 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.25 mb = 1569.61 m = 5149.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.24 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 33.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.35 mb = 1438.88 m = 4720.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.35 mb = 2213.23 m = 7261.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 619.35 mb = 3970.89 m = 13027.68 ft B at Equ Level: 24.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 549.35 mb = 4920.02 m = 16141.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.6 at 56.1 knts Storm direction: 218.6 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.5 neg: -29.4 tot: 269.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 128.54 m/s