MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.65,-79.82 Latitude: 40.65 Longitude: -79.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 963 338 15.2 14.9 98 0.4 15.0 184 7 291.5 293.5 289.6 322.9 11.09 2 950 455 14.5 14.4 99 0.2 14.4 186 13 291.9 293.9 289.6 322.8 10.89 3 900 911 12.0 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 201 25 293.9 295.6 289.3 321.7 9.73 4 850 1388 9.3 9.1 99 0.2 9.2 215 28 295.9 297.4 288.9 320.6 8.55 5 800 1889 6.4 6.1 98 0.3 6.2 221 24 298.0 299.3 288.6 319.7 7.40 6 750 2416 3.3 3.0 98 0.3 3.1 215 18 300.1 301.3 288.4 318.9 6.33 7 700 2972 -0.2 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.4 200 16 302.2 303.2 288.1 318.1 5.26 8 650 3562 -3.4 -3.7 98 0.3 -3.6 185 19 305.1 305.9 288.3 318.8 4.48 9 600 4191 -6.9 -7.2 98 0.3 -7.0 190 26 308.1 308.8 288.6 319.7 3.71 10 550 4865 -11.1 -11.5 97 0.4 -11.2 196 36 310.9 311.4 288.8 320.1 2.89 11 500 5590 -15.8 -16.1 97 0.4 -15.9 198 46 313.8 314.2 289.0 320.9 2.17 12 450 6376 -21.6 -22.9 90 1.3 -21.9 196 48 316.1 316.3 288.9 320.6 1.35 13 400 7232 -27.4 -35.7 45 8.2 -28.6 191 60 319.3 319.4 289.0 321.0 0.46 14 350 8185 -32.0 -56.3 7 24.3 -33.6 185 83 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.8 0.05 15 300 9261 -37.2 -54.3 15 17.1 -38.2 186 94 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08 16 250 10506 -41.6 -65.8 6 24.2 -42.5 196 90 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 17 200 12005 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.0 194 65 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 18 150 13873 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 219 34 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16421 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 244 30 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5569.03 m Freezing level: 703.30 mb = 2934.86 m = 9628.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.55 mb = 2907.91 m = 9540.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.96 % Est. max temperature: 21.08 C = 69.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.02 mb = 383.77 m = 1259.06 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 4.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.01 mb = 836.01 m = 2742.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.27 C = 63.09 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 33.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.19 mb = 815.78 m = 2676.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.19 mb = 955.45 m = 3134.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 415.19 mb = 6960.97 m = 22837.54 ft B at Equ Level: 184.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 325.19 mb = 8697.89 m = 28536.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.7 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 229.7 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.5 neg: -9.7 tot: 82.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 9.33 Bulk Shear: 19.93 m/s