MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.95,-80.79 Latitude: 40.95 Longitude: -80.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 962 341 20.5 14.5 68 6.0 16.6 181 19 296.9 298.9 291.2 328.3 10.82 2 950 448 19.4 14.0 71 5.4 15.9 183 27 296.9 298.8 291.0 327.6 10.61 3 900 911 15.0 13.2 89 1.8 13.8 190 39 297.0 298.9 291.1 327.8 10.65 4 850 1392 12.0 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 207 54 298.7 300.5 291.3 328.7 10.29 5 800 1898 8.9 8.7 99 0.2 8.8 213 49 300.6 302.2 290.8 326.8 8.86 6 750 2432 7.0 4.8 86 2.2 5.8 199 52 304.2 305.5 290.5 325.9 7.22 7 700 2997 4.0 2.1 87 1.9 2.9 193 56 306.9 308.1 290.7 326.4 6.38 8 650 3597 1.5 -3.0 72 4.5 -0.7 185 64 310.6 311.5 290.4 325.4 4.72 9 600 4238 -1.8 -8.7 59 6.9 -4.7 189 69 314.1 314.7 290.2 324.7 3.31 10 550 4926 -5.3 -17.0 39 11.7 -9.4 181 73 317.8 318.2 290.0 324.0 1.84 11 500 5666 -11.2 -12.7 89 1.5 -11.8 198 78 319.4 320.0 291.4 328.9 2.89 12 450 6470 -14.0 -23.3 45 9.3 -16.6 200 72 325.7 325.9 291.8 330.2 1.30 13 400 7354 -20.0 -27.5 52 7.4 -21.8 201 65 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.6 1.00 14 350 8330 -26.9 -33.6 53 6.7 -28.0 199 61 332.5 332.6 293.0 334.8 0.64 15 300 9422 -36.0 -41.6 56 5.6 -36.6 195 55 334.6 334.7 293.3 335.9 0.33 16 250 10658 -47.0 -50.8 65 3.7 -47.2 196 58 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.14 17 200 12102 -54.1 -63.8 29 9.7 -54.3 214 48 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 13923 -60.8 -80.0 6 19.3 -60.9 219 51 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16416 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 239 40 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.18 m Freezing level: 627.13 mb = 3890.50 m = 12763.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.41 mb = 3481.11 m = 11420.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.49 % Est. max temperature: 23.69 C = 74.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.86 mb = 1101.38 m = 3613.42 ft T: 13.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 2.78 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1326.83 m = 4353.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.01 C = 71.61 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.53 mb = 1171.93 m = 3844.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.53 mb = 1717.56 m = 5634.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 777.53 mb = 2134.11 m = 7001.58 ft B at Equ Level: 7.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 727.53 mb = 2681.32 m = 8796.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.6 at 60.0 knts Storm direction: 223.6 at 45.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 4.3 tot: 10.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.6 neg: -16.1 tot: 226.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 123.35 m/s