MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.29,-80.71 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -80.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 SFC 962 331 17.1 15.0 88 2.1 15.8 163 14 293.4 295.4 290.4 325.4 11.22 2 950 441 16.1 14.5 91 1.5 15.1 166 21 293.5 295.4 290.2 324.9 11.02 3 900 898 12.7 12.5 99 0.1 12.6 179 39 294.6 296.4 289.9 323.8 10.18 4 850 1377 10.0 9.7 98 0.3 9.9 198 48 296.7 298.3 289.5 322.6 8.93 5 800 1879 7.4 6.9 96 0.5 7.1 205 45 299.1 300.5 289.4 322.1 7.82 6 750 2408 4.3 4.0 98 0.3 4.1 210 47 301.2 302.5 289.2 321.5 6.80 7 700 2967 0.9 0.5 97 0.5 0.7 205 48 303.5 304.6 288.9 320.6 5.67 8 650 3559 -2.0 -3.6 89 1.6 -2.8 203 52 306.7 307.5 288.9 320.6 4.50 9 600 4193 -4.6 -20.9 27 16.3 -9.5 200 62 310.8 311.1 287.1 314.9 1.21 10 550 4872 -7.9 -22.8 29 14.9 -12.1 190 71 314.8 315.0 288.3 318.5 1.11 11 500 5608 -11.2 -24.0 34 12.7 -14.7 183 76 319.3 319.6 289.7 323.1 1.10 12 450 6410 -15.3 -24.0 47 8.7 -17.6 183 84 324.0 324.3 291.2 328.3 1.23 13 400 7291 -20.6 -27.6 53 7.0 -22.2 188 87 328.2 328.4 292.2 331.7 0.99 14 350 8264 -27.6 -34.5 52 6.9 -28.7 187 87 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.8 0.59 15 300 9354 -36.5 -42.8 52 6.3 -37.1 182 82 334.0 334.1 293.1 335.1 0.29 16 250 10588 -46.1 -53.8 41 7.7 -46.4 187 79 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.10 17 200 12057 -50.3 -73.7 5 23.4 -50.8 201 65 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13894 -57.2 -82.3 3 25.1 -57.5 223 58 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16407 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 230 32 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.30 m Freezing level: 684.28 mb = 3153.33 m = 10345.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.72 mb = 3085.33 m = 10122.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.89 % Est. max temperature: 22.05 C = 71.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.60 mb = 588.15 m = 1929.61 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.61 C/km ThetaE index: 10.55 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 887.23 m = 2910.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.17 C = 64.71 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: 2.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 30.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.19 mb = 877.71 m = 2879.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.19 mb = 924.45 m = 3032.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 617.19 mb = 3969.26 m = 13022.35 ft B at Equ Level: 76.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 507.19 mb = 5498.06 m = 18038.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.8 at 56.1 knts Storm direction: 223.8 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.9 neg: -5.9 tot: 337.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 144.61 m/s