MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.80,-84.09 Latitude: 39.80 Longitude: -84.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 971 276 19.1 16.6 85 2.5 17.5 192 18 294.8 297.0 291.7 330.1 12.35 2 950 464 17.8 16.2 90 1.6 16.7 195 29 295.2 297.4 291.8 330.4 12.26 3 900 924 14.7 14.6 99 0.1 14.7 209 46 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.5 11.69 4 850 1407 12.0 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 223 57 298.7 300.5 291.3 328.7 10.29 5 800 1913 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.2 226 54 301.2 302.8 291.1 327.9 9.04 6 750 2447 6.5 5.3 92 1.3 5.8 221 51 303.7 305.1 290.6 326.0 7.45 7 700 3010 2.9 0.8 86 2.2 1.8 214 49 305.7 306.8 289.8 323.4 5.79 8 650 3605 -1.6 -3.1 90 1.5 -2.3 194 49 307.1 308.0 289.2 321.6 4.69 9 600 4241 -3.9 -4.7 94 0.9 -4.3 185 60 311.7 312.5 290.5 325.8 4.49 10 550 4925 -7.0 -8.0 92 1.0 -7.4 188 66 315.8 316.5 291.2 328.0 3.80 11 500 5662 -11.2 -12.7 89 1.5 -11.8 194 64 319.3 319.9 291.4 328.8 2.88 12 450 6466 -14.9 -16.6 87 1.7 -15.4 206 58 324.5 325.0 292.4 332.4 2.33 13 400 7347 -20.6 -22.7 83 2.1 -21.2 207 58 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.6 1.54 14 350 8320 -27.9 -30.6 78 2.7 -28.5 201 57 331.1 331.2 292.9 334.2 0.85 15 300 9408 -36.7 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.0 208 74 333.7 333.7 293.1 335.2 0.40 16 250 10641 -48.1 -51.4 68 3.4 -48.2 210 82 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12083 -52.7 -68.5 13 15.8 -53.0 235 65 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13915 -58.8 -81.0 4 22.2 -59.0 243 51 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16417 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 240 34 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.06 m Freezing level: 667.76 mb = 3394.10 m = 11135.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.93 mb = 3267.55 m = 10720.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.54 % Est. max temperature: 24.44 C = 75.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.75 mb = 592.45 m = 1943.72 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 8.86 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 909.67 m = 2984.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.00 C = 69.80 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: 0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 32.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 188.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.25 mb = 846.71 m = 2777.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.25 mb = 1083.02 m = 3553.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 493.25 mb = 5765.39 m = 18915.08 ft B at Equ Level: 187.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 353.25 mb = 8252.93 m = 27076.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.6 at 54.2 knts Storm direction: 232.6 at 40.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.1 neg: -65.3 tot: 189.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 75.71 m/s