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: 41.35,-81.42 Latitude: 41.35 Longitude: -81.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -20 SFC 961 318 19.5 15.4 77 4.1 16.8 174 17 295.9 298.0 291.5 329.0 11.48 2 950 421 18.6 15.0 79 3.7 16.3 174 24 296.1 298.1 291.3 328.7 11.32 3 900 882 14.6 13.8 95 0.8 14.1 176 37 296.5 298.5 291.3 328.6 11.08 4 850 1364 11.7 11.6 99 0.1 11.7 184 51 298.4 300.3 291.2 328.0 10.14 5 800 1870 9.1 9.0 99 0.1 9.0 200 56 300.9 302.5 291.0 327.5 9.02 6 750 2403 6.6 6.3 98 0.3 6.4 199 50 303.7 305.2 291.0 327.7 8.00 7 700 2967 3.7 3.4 98 0.3 3.5 195 50 306.6 307.9 291.1 327.8 6.99 8 650 3565 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 187 55 309.1 310.1 290.9 327.0 5.81 9 600 4202 -3.5 -4.3 94 0.8 -3.9 184 68 312.1 312.9 290.7 326.6 4.62 10 550 4887 -6.6 -8.5 87 1.9 -7.4 185 78 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.1 3.67 11 500 5626 -10.1 -11.6 89 1.5 -10.7 191 82 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.1 3.14 12 450 6432 -14.8 -16.6 86 1.8 -15.4 192 76 324.7 325.1 292.4 332.5 2.32 13 400 7313 -20.6 -22.9 82 2.2 -21.2 191 72 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.5 1.52 14 350 8288 -26.8 -29.4 79 2.5 -27.3 190 71 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.1 0.96 15 300 9379 -36.4 -39.4 74 2.9 -36.8 191 73 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.42 16 250 10611 -48.4 -51.8 67 3.5 -48.6 193 68 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.13 17 200 12061 -52.7 -69.6 11 17.0 -53.0 197 53 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 13890 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 215 56 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16402 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 226 30 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.83 m Freezing level: 648.87 mb = 3579.51 m = 11743.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.34 mb = 3548.52 m = 11641.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.99 % Est. max temperature: 23.79 C = 74.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.76 mb = 836.99 m = 2746.01 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 1.51 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.93 mb = 1091.25 m = 3580.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.90 C = 69.62 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 2.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 33.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.16 mb = 1003.13 m = 3291.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.16 mb = 1342.36 m = 4404.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 572.16 mb = 4575.89 m = 15012.58 ft B at Equ Level: 37.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 502.16 mb = 5592.50 m = 18347.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.9 at 59.7 knts Storm direction: 218.9 at 44.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 364.2 neg: -29.8 tot: 334.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 149.11 m/s