MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.06,-83.67 Latitude: 41.06 Longitude: -83.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 SFC 971 238 20.5 16.7 79 3.8 17.9 171 22 296.1 298.4 292.2 331.8 12.39 2 950 421 19.2 16.2 83 3.0 17.2 174 35 296.7 298.9 292.3 332.2 12.30 3 900 885 16.9 14.3 85 2.6 15.2 190 60 298.9 301.0 292.4 332.4 11.47 4 850 1371 14.4 11.8 84 2.6 12.7 203 72 301.2 303.1 292.1 331.4 10.26 5 800 1882 11.7 8.2 79 3.5 9.6 201 66 303.6 305.2 291.5 329.1 8.54 6 750 2418 7.7 4.5 81 3.1 5.9 198 65 304.9 306.2 290.6 326.3 7.08 7 700 2984 4.3 2.6 89 1.7 3.4 195 61 307.2 308.5 291.0 327.4 6.60 8 650 3584 1.5 -3.1 71 4.6 -0.8 196 59 310.6 311.5 290.3 325.2 4.67 9 600 4224 -2.5 -5.4 81 2.9 -3.8 196 63 313.2 314.0 290.8 326.7 4.26 10 550 4909 -6.9 -9.8 80 2.9 -8.1 202 65 315.9 316.5 290.7 326.6 3.30 11 500 5647 -10.8 -12.9 84 2.1 -11.6 208 59 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.2 2.83 12 450 6453 -14.6 -16.7 84 2.1 -15.3 214 55 324.8 325.3 292.4 332.6 2.29 13 400 7334 -20.7 -23.1 82 2.3 -21.4 214 55 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.3 1.49 14 350 8307 -27.7 -30.9 74 3.1 -28.3 210 59 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.4 0.83 15 300 9396 -36.3 -39.5 72 3.2 -36.7 215 66 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.41 16 250 10630 -47.9 -51.3 67 3.5 -48.0 223 78 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12072 -53.4 -67.6 16 14.3 -53.7 241 77 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 13903 -59.7 -81.9 4 22.2 -59.9 239 54 367.2 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16402 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 235 32 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.36 m Freezing level: 631.68 mb = 3818.58 m = 12527.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.62 mb = 3464.91 m = 11367.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.17 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.71 mb = 718.17 m = 2356.18 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 6.16 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1531.26 m = 5023.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.22 C = 79.19 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 35.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 117.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.62 mb = 1060.73 m = 3480.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.62 mb = 2344.97 m = 7693.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 476.62 mb = 6013.29 m = 19728.41 ft B at Equ Level: 117.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 336.62 mb = 8582.34 m = 28156.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.9 at 60.8 knts Storm direction: 228.9 at 45.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 590.9 neg: -119.7 tot: 471.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 106.95 m/s