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: 41.67,-80.26 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -80.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -9 SFC 956 373 15.3 14.8 97 0.5 15.0 158 14 292.2 294.1 289.9 323.7 11.13 2 950 425 14.9 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 157 14 292.3 294.3 289.9 323.6 11.03 3 900 882 12.5 12.3 99 0.1 12.4 165 38 294.3 296.1 289.7 323.1 10.04 4 850 1360 9.8 9.7 99 0.1 9.7 180 48 296.5 298.1 289.5 322.3 8.92 5 800 1863 7.2 7.0 98 0.3 7.1 193 46 298.8 300.3 289.3 321.9 7.86 6 750 2392 4.0 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 197 42 300.9 302.2 289.0 320.8 6.67 7 700 2951 0.8 0.5 98 0.3 0.6 199 39 303.3 304.4 288.9 320.4 5.66 8 650 3543 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.6 197 36 306.2 307.0 289.0 320.9 4.80 9 600 4175 -6.1 -6.4 98 0.2 -6.2 194 37 309.0 309.8 289.2 321.4 3.96 10 550 4850 -10.4 -10.7 98 0.3 -10.5 190 40 311.7 312.3 289.2 321.6 3.08 11 500 5577 -15.9 -16.8 93 0.9 -16.2 190 57 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.3 2.05 12 450 6367 -18.2 -43.2 9 25.0 -21.7 179 78 320.4 320.4 289.0 321.1 0.19 13 400 7239 -22.4 -41.8 15 19.4 -25.1 170 85 325.9 325.9 290.8 326.8 0.24 14 350 8203 -29.3 -43.1 25 13.8 -30.9 176 91 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.24 15 300 9290 -36.0 -45.3 38 9.3 -36.8 180 100 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.5 0.22 16 250 10529 -43.9 -55.1 28 11.2 -44.5 182 97 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.09 17 200 12009 -49.9 -72.1 6 22.2 -50.4 183 61 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 13865 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -55.9 207 36 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16404 -61.3 -86.7 2 25.5 -61.5 233 32 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.08 m Freezing level: 688.21 mb = 3090.26 m = 10138.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.60 mb = 3058.56 m = 10034.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.79 % Est. max temperature: 21.58 C = 70.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.20 mb = 432.53 m = 1419.06 ft T: 14.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 3.30 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 889.29 m = 2917.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.44 C = 63.40 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.64 C K Index: 35.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.25 mb = 860.95 m = 2824.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.25 mb = 1096.26 m = 3596.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 477.25 mb = 5925.91 m = 19441.74 ft B at Equ Level: 134.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 397.25 mb = 7288.94 m = 23913.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.3 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 218.3 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 356.0 neg: -16.0 tot: 340.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 79.19 m/s