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: 42.28,-81.38 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -81.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -34 SFC 976 175 18.4 17.2 93 1.2 17.6 174 21 293.6 295.8 291.7 329.9 12.74 2 950 404 16.3 15.9 97 0.4 16.0 176 30 293.7 295.9 291.2 328.0 12.02 3 900 863 13.3 12.6 96 0.6 12.9 190 42 295.2 297.0 290.2 324.7 10.26 4 850 1342 10.1 9.4 95 0.7 9.7 207 37 296.7 298.3 289.4 322.1 8.74 5 800 1844 7.5 6.1 91 1.4 6.7 207 34 299.2 300.5 289.0 321.0 7.40 6 750 2374 4.7 3.0 89 1.7 3.8 199 36 301.7 302.8 288.9 320.6 6.33 7 700 2933 1.3 0.2 93 1.0 0.7 185 38 303.9 304.9 289.0 320.7 5.56 8 650 3527 -1.3 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.5 185 46 307.4 308.4 289.8 323.5 5.22 9 600 4160 -5.0 -5.3 98 0.3 -5.2 194 43 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.7 4.29 10 550 4839 -9.0 -11.7 81 2.7 -10.0 189 54 313.5 314.0 289.6 322.6 2.85 11 500 5573 -11.5 -23.5 36 12.0 -14.8 183 77 319.0 319.2 289.6 323.0 1.15 12 450 6374 -16.0 -19.3 75 3.3 -17.0 176 83 323.2 323.5 291.6 329.4 1.84 13 400 7252 -20.8 -23.4 80 2.6 -21.5 174 82 327.9 328.2 292.5 333.0 1.45 14 350 8225 -27.7 -30.2 79 2.6 -28.2 176 82 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.7 0.88 15 300 9314 -36.7 -39.8 73 3.0 -37.1 178 85 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.40 16 250 10546 -47.3 -50.4 71 3.1 -47.5 180 84 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.15 17 200 12004 -50.6 -71.3 7 20.7 -51.0 183 67 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13848 -57.7 -82.7 3 25.0 -58.0 215 46 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16374 -61.4 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 230 32 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.88 m Freezing level: 675.72 mb = 3221.45 m = 10568.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.77 mb = 3121.14 m = 10239.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.48 % Est. max temperature: 22.66 C = 72.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.20 mb = 321.85 m = 1055.91 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 9.29 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.48 mb = 736.55 m = 2416.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.59 C = 67.26 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 29.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 174.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.11 mb = 702.85 m = 2305.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.11 mb = 842.70 m = 2764.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 522.11 mb = 5239.71 m = 17190.43 ft B at Equ Level: 172.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.11 mb = 7212.91 m = 23664.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.2 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 219.2 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.9 neg: -11.6 tot: 155.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 3.71 Bulk Shear: 47.02 m/s