MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.80,-83.51 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -83.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 SFC 969 266 7.5 5.7 89 1.8 6.6 214 18 283.2 284.2 281.2 299.7 5.95 2 950 430 5.8 5.1 95 0.7 5.4 218 27 283.0 284.0 281.0 299.1 5.80 3 900 871 3.4 3.1 98 0.3 3.2 240 39 285.0 285.9 281.3 299.9 5.31 4 850 1336 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 266 24 291.0 292.1 284.8 308.7 6.16 5 800 1828 2.0 1.2 94 0.8 1.6 227 19 293.2 294.2 284.7 308.4 5.20 6 750 2347 0.0 -3.4 78 3.4 -1.5 216 21 296.6 297.3 284.7 308.4 3.96 7 700 2897 -2.9 -10.2 57 7.3 -5.6 199 14 299.3 299.7 284.2 307.0 2.51 8 650 3478 -8.1 -14.1 62 6.1 -10.0 213 7 299.8 300.2 283.8 306.0 1.97 9 600 4095 -12.1 -24.1 36 12.0 -14.9 217 10 302.1 302.2 283.4 305.0 0.91 10 550 4754 -16.2 -38.8 12 22.7 -19.4 188 27 304.9 305.0 283.7 305.8 0.24 11 500 5465 -20.4 -51.1 5 30.7 -23.3 177 38 308.2 308.2 284.7 308.5 0.07 12 450 6239 -24.6 -55.5 4 30.9 -26.9 167 41 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.5 0.05 13 400 7087 -28.7 -56.4 5 27.7 -30.6 168 40 317.7 317.7 288.1 317.9 0.05 14 350 8034 -32.8 -60.6 4 27.9 -34.3 173 44 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.7 0.03 15 300 9112 -35.0 -66.3 3 31.4 -36.4 180 54 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.1 0.02 16 250 10379 -37.5 -70.4 2 32.9 -38.9 188 45 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 17 200 11904 -41.5 -73.3 2 31.8 -42.6 193 37 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 18 150 13812 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 219 36 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16381 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 227 31 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5457.72 m Freezing level: 749.83 mb = 2348.70 m = 7705.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.44 mb = 2088.92 m = 6853.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.34 % Est. max temperature: 16.62 C = 61.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.31 mb = 487.66 m = 1599.92 ft T: 5.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.37 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.84 mb = 737.37 m = 2419.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.70 C = 47.66 F Cap Strength: 6.74 C Lifted Index: 8.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.28 C Showalter Index: 2.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.74 C K Index: 22.12 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.89 mb = 781.57 m = 2564.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.89 mb = 826.47 m = 2711.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 894.89 mb = 916.95 m = 3008.31 ft B at Equ Level: 20.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 854.89 mb = 1288.95 m = 4228.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.9 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 233.9 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.9 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.3 neg: -40.4 tot: 112.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 15.09 m/s