MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.19,-80.76 Latitude: 41.19 Longitude: -80.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 966 303 17.6 16.3 92 1.3 16.7 207 6 293.6 295.7 291.2 328.2 12.13 2 950 446 16.5 15.6 94 0.9 15.9 210 12 293.9 296.0 291.0 327.6 11.79 3 900 905 13.0 12.8 98 0.3 12.9 207 21 294.9 296.8 290.2 324.7 10.34 4 850 1384 10.1 9.9 99 0.2 10.0 206 27 296.7 298.4 289.6 323.0 9.04 5 800 1886 6.9 6.8 99 0.2 6.8 217 28 298.5 299.9 289.1 321.3 7.75 6 750 2414 3.8 3.4 98 0.4 3.6 216 23 300.7 301.9 288.8 320.1 6.53 7 700 2972 0.6 0.1 97 0.4 0.3 202 25 303.1 304.1 288.6 319.8 5.52 8 650 3563 -3.0 -3.4 97 0.4 -3.1 199 33 305.6 306.5 288.6 319.7 4.59 9 600 4195 -5.4 -5.7 98 0.3 -5.5 192 41 309.9 310.6 289.6 322.9 4.17 10 550 4873 -9.8 -10.2 97 0.4 -9.9 191 47 312.4 313.0 289.6 322.7 3.21 11 500 5600 -14.8 -23.5 48 8.7 -17.0 197 58 315.0 315.2 288.3 318.9 1.15 12 450 6390 -19.3 -34.5 25 15.2 -21.9 188 70 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.7 0.45 13 400 7257 -24.1 -52.0 6 27.8 -26.8 187 75 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.9 0.08 14 350 8218 -30.1 -53.4 8 23.3 -31.9 188 91 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.08 15 300 9304 -36.1 -40.9 62 4.7 -36.6 188 105 334.5 334.5 293.3 335.9 0.36 16 250 10541 -46.6 -50.8 62 4.2 -46.8 190 106 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.14 17 200 12009 -48.6 -73.8 4 25.2 -49.1 194 67 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 13871 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.7 215 45 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16396 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 234 36 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5590.62 m Freezing level: 692.04 mb = 3065.86 m = 10058.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.09 mb = 3027.80 m = 9933.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.84 % Est. max temperature: 21.86 C = 71.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.24 mb = 462.13 m = 1516.15 ft T: 16.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 8.45 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.84 mb = 840.70 m = 2758.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.76 C = 65.77 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 293.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.24 mb = 827.56 m = 2715.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.24 mb = 874.37 m = 2868.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 433.24 mb = 6669.51 m = 21881.32 ft B at Equ Level: 291.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.24 mb = 8999.62 m = 29525.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.3 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 228.3 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.0 neg: -7.5 tot: 72.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 4.20 Bulk Shear: 69.80 m/s