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: 42.87,-81.55 Latitude: 42.87 Longitude: -81.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -38 SFC 969 231 17.7 17.0 95 0.7 17.2 189 13 293.5 295.8 291.6 329.7 12.68 2 950 399 16.3 16.1 99 0.2 16.2 192 22 293.7 295.9 291.3 328.6 12.23 3 900 857 12.9 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 198 34 294.8 296.6 290.0 324.1 10.22 4 850 1335 10.0 9.4 96 0.6 9.7 208 34 296.7 298.2 289.4 322.1 8.74 5 800 1838 7.4 6.1 92 1.3 6.7 211 31 299.1 300.4 289.0 320.9 7.42 6 750 2367 4.7 3.1 90 1.5 3.8 200 32 301.6 302.8 289.0 320.8 6.41 7 700 2927 1.5 0.3 92 1.2 0.8 182 32 304.1 305.2 289.0 321.0 5.58 8 650 3520 -2.1 -2.7 95 0.7 -2.4 173 45 306.6 307.5 289.2 321.5 4.82 9 600 4154 -4.6 -4.8 98 0.2 -4.7 183 46 310.8 311.7 290.2 324.8 4.46 10 550 4835 -8.4 -8.9 96 0.5 -8.6 184 51 314.1 314.8 290.4 325.5 3.56 11 500 5569 -12.7 -16.9 71 4.2 -14.0 184 72 317.6 318.0 290.1 324.4 2.04 12 450 6368 -16.2 -19.5 76 3.3 -17.2 177 81 322.9 323.2 291.5 329.1 1.82 13 400 7247 -20.7 -22.5 86 1.8 -21.2 176 81 328.1 328.4 292.7 333.6 1.57 14 350 8219 -27.9 -30.4 79 2.6 -28.3 178 82 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.4 0.87 15 300 9308 -36.6 -39.6 73 3.0 -36.9 179 83 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.4 0.41 16 250 10541 -47.8 -51.2 68 3.4 -47.9 179 85 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 11990 -51.5 -69.2 10 17.8 -51.8 181 71 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 13836 -57.3 -82.4 3 25.1 -57.6 215 43 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16367 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 236 30 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.99 m Freezing level: 679.11 mb = 3174.57 m = 10415.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.97 mb = 3077.23 m = 10095.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.26 % Est. max temperature: 22.31 C = 72.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.47 mb = 323.08 m = 1059.96 ft T: 16.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 8.88 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.84 mb = 718.20 m = 2356.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.65 C = 65.58 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: 2.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 30.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 143.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.49 mb = 721.52 m = 2367.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.49 mb = 767.98 m = 2519.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.49 mb = 4983.41 m = 16349.56 ft B at Equ Level: 143.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 409.49 mb = 7071.77 m = 23201.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.0 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 217.0 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.0 neg: -8.8 tot: 95.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 2.43 Bulk Shear: 58.99 m/s