MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.58,-81.63 Latitude: 41.58 Longitude: -81.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 990 203 16.3 7.3 55 9.0 11.3 148 5 290.3 291.4 284.8 308.8 6.48 2 950 555 15.1 3.4 46 11.7 9.0 183 13 292.5 293.4 284.4 307.5 5.16 3 900 1009 12.2 -0.2 42 12.4 6.2 209 13 294.1 294.8 284.0 306.4 4.20 4 850 1489 12.5 4.4 58 8.1 8.0 245 10 299.3 300.4 287.9 317.6 6.18 5 800 1996 10.7 7.4 80 3.3 8.8 267 10 302.6 304.1 290.8 326.8 8.13 6 750 2533 9.5 3.8 68 5.7 6.3 268 17 306.9 308.1 291.0 327.4 6.73 7 700 3104 6.9 2.2 72 4.6 4.3 270 23 310.1 311.3 291.7 330.0 6.44 8 650 3709 3.2 -0.9 74 4.1 1.1 280 26 312.6 313.7 291.7 330.0 5.53 9 600 4353 -1.3 -5.4 73 4.2 -3.2 295 26 314.7 315.5 291.2 328.2 4.25 10 550 5041 -6.2 -8.8 82 2.6 -7.4 298 29 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.2 3.56 11 500 5779 -10.6 -18.4 53 7.8 -13.2 286 34 320.1 320.4 290.6 326.1 1.79 12 450 6581 -17.0 -22.0 65 5.0 -18.4 278 35 321.9 322.2 290.8 326.9 1.46 13 400 7453 -23.0 -25.5 80 2.5 -23.6 278 38 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.20 14 350 8418 -29.6 -34.3 64 4.6 -30.3 278 34 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.0 0.60 15 300 9502 -36.6 -41.7 59 5.1 -37.1 284 38 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.33 16 250 10739 -46.7 -51.9 56 5.2 -47.0 282 52 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.13 17 200 12177 -57.5 -63.6 46 6.1 -57.6 276 52 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.04 18 150 13982 -62.6 -84.6 4 22.0 -62.7 282 41 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16431 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 299 28 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.60 m Freezing level: 614.00 mb = 4172.94 m = 13690.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.93 mb = 3872.75 m = 12705.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.79 mb = 1344.02 m = 4409.48 ft T: 12.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 2.34 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 575.68 mb = 4680.12 m = 15354.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.60 C = 106.87 F Cap Strength: 12.43 C Lifted Index: 13.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.25 C Showalter Index: 7.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 15.04 C K Index: 22.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12850.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.44 mb = 2075.25 m = 6808.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 122.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 80.65 m/s