MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.56,-80.84 Latitude: 41.56 Longitude: -80.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 964 303 16.9 16.5 98 0.3 16.7 231 6 293.0 295.3 291.2 328.2 12.36 2 950 430 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.8 231 10 293.4 295.5 290.9 327.3 11.92 3 900 888 13.1 13.0 99 0.2 13.0 216 19 295.1 296.9 290.3 325.2 10.50 4 850 1367 10.8 10.7 99 0.1 10.7 210 25 297.5 299.2 290.3 325.2 9.52 5 800 1871 8.5 8.3 98 0.2 8.3 210 28 300.2 301.8 290.4 325.5 8.59 6 750 2403 5.9 5.6 98 0.3 5.7 206 29 303.0 304.4 290.5 325.8 7.63 7 700 2966 3.0 2.7 98 0.3 2.8 198 29 305.8 307.0 290.6 326.0 6.65 8 650 3562 -0.9 -1.1 98 0.3 -1.0 193 32 308.0 309.0 290.2 324.7 5.42 9 600 4198 -4.0 -4.3 98 0.3 -4.1 183 46 311.5 312.4 290.6 326.1 4.64 10 550 4880 -8.2 -8.9 95 0.7 -8.5 188 62 314.4 315.0 290.5 325.8 3.56 11 500 5614 -12.5 -13.5 92 1.0 -12.8 192 64 317.8 318.4 290.8 326.7 2.71 12 450 6414 -16.5 -17.1 95 0.6 -16.7 194 74 322.5 323.0 291.7 330.0 2.22 13 400 7289 -22.1 -29.6 51 7.5 -23.6 193 84 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.2 0.82 14 350 8259 -27.9 -35.8 47 7.9 -29.1 193 79 331.1 331.2 292.5 333.0 0.51 15 300 9348 -36.7 -43.6 49 6.9 -37.3 193 77 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.27 16 250 10583 -47.1 -51.9 58 4.8 -47.3 198 85 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.13 17 200 12040 -50.2 -75.2 4 24.9 -50.7 197 60 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13883 -59.3 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.5 224 61 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16391 -62.9 -87.0 2 24.1 -63.1 233 34 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.61 m Freezing level: 661.11 mb = 3429.72 m = 11252.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.10 mb = 3401.61 m = 11160.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.35 % Est. max temperature: 23.16 C = 73.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.82 mb = 342.43 m = 1123.44 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 3.07 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 778.08 m = 2552.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.45 C = 65.21 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: 0.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.22 mb = 782.70 m = 2567.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.22 mb = 829.32 m = 2720.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 766.22 mb = 2226.84 m = 7305.83 ft B at Equ Level: 21.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 476.22 mb = 5984.01 m = 19632.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.6 neg: -5.2 tot: 40.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 119.23 m/s