MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.41,-84.38 Latitude: 39.41 Longitude: -84.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 976 236 20.9 17.4 81 3.5 18.5 169 14 296.1 298.4 292.6 333.3 12.92 2 950 466 20.1 16.9 82 3.2 17.9 178 30 297.6 299.9 293.0 334.8 12.86 3 900 932 18.1 14.9 82 3.2 16.0 194 50 300.2 302.3 293.1 335.1 11.94 4 850 1420 15.6 10.1 70 5.5 12.1 205 50 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.6 9.15 5 800 1932 11.9 7.2 73 4.7 9.1 205 49 303.8 305.3 291.0 327.7 7.97 6 750 2469 8.5 3.4 70 5.1 5.6 203 52 305.8 307.0 290.5 325.6 6.51 7 700 3036 5.2 -1.8 60 7.1 1.7 206 51 308.3 309.2 289.7 323.1 4.78 8 650 3638 2.5 -10.3 38 12.7 -2.9 210 50 311.7 312.3 288.9 320.4 2.69 9 600 4280 -1.4 -14.8 35 13.4 -6.4 208 50 314.5 314.9 289.1 321.2 2.02 10 550 4968 -5.2 -18.3 35 13.1 -9.6 206 52 317.9 318.3 289.8 323.5 1.64 11 500 5707 -11.6 -14.8 77 3.2 -12.8 211 55 318.9 319.4 290.8 326.9 2.42 12 450 6510 -15.0 -25.6 40 10.6 -17.7 217 55 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.1 1.06 13 400 7391 -20.3 -30.5 40 10.2 -22.4 216 60 328.7 328.8 292.1 331.4 0.76 14 350 8366 -27.0 -33.8 52 6.8 -28.2 227 59 332.3 332.4 293.0 334.6 0.63 15 300 9456 -36.5 -40.0 70 3.5 -36.9 231 61 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.39 16 250 10690 -47.6 -51.1 67 3.5 -47.8 233 69 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12131 -54.4 -66.4 21 12.1 -54.6 245 77 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 13951 -61.5 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 248 61 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16435 -65.2 -87.3 3 22.1 -65.4 247 34 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.48 m Freezing level: 618.13 mb = 4046.83 m = 13276.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.60 mb = 3252.08 m = 10669.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.13 mb = 676.12 m = 2218.20 ft T: 19.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.42 mb = 1637.02 m = 5370.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.99 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 30.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.22 mb = 1121.78 m = 3680.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.22 mb = 2411.12 m = 7910.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 415.22 mb = 7111.56 m = 23331.61 ft B at Equ Level: 157.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.22 mb = 11082.97 m = 36361.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.3 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 235.3 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.4 neg: -6.6 tot: 398.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 90.04 m/s