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: 41.96,-79.89 Latitude: 41.96 Longitude: -79.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 SFC 951 424 20.6 16.2 76 4.4 17.7 184 16 298.0 300.2 292.7 333.6 12.26 2 950 429 20.6 15.9 75 4.6 17.5 184 16 298.1 300.2 292.6 333.1 12.06 3 900 894 16.4 14.3 88 2.1 15.0 182 31 298.4 300.4 292.2 331.7 11.45 4 850 1378 12.2 11.9 98 0.2 12.0 184 36 298.9 300.8 291.5 329.2 10.38 5 800 1884 9.1 8.6 97 0.5 8.8 201 41 300.9 302.5 290.8 326.9 8.81 6 750 2417 6.5 5.1 91 1.4 5.7 203 42 303.6 304.9 290.5 325.7 7.37 7 700 2980 3.2 1.8 91 1.4 2.4 197 49 306.0 307.2 290.3 325.0 6.24 8 650 3577 -0.6 -1.6 93 1.0 -1.1 198 52 308.3 309.3 290.1 324.5 5.26 9 600 4214 -4.0 -5.3 91 1.3 -4.6 188 60 311.5 312.4 290.3 325.1 4.31 10 550 4895 -8.3 -9.7 89 1.4 -8.9 188 67 314.2 314.9 290.2 324.9 3.32 11 500 5630 -11.8 -13.0 91 1.2 -12.3 193 81 318.6 319.2 291.1 327.9 2.80 12 450 6432 -15.4 -16.9 89 1.5 -15.9 200 79 323.9 324.3 292.2 331.6 2.27 13 400 7312 -21.0 -23.1 84 2.0 -21.5 200 75 327.7 328.0 292.5 332.9 1.49 14 350 8283 -28.1 -31.0 77 2.8 -28.6 194 72 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.83 15 300 9371 -36.5 -41.7 59 5.2 -37.0 191 75 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.2 0.33 16 250 10607 -46.7 -50.7 63 4.0 -46.9 199 73 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.14 17 200 12061 -52.9 -69.6 11 16.7 -53.2 188 55 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 13890 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 228 60 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16388 -62.9 -85.2 3 22.4 -63.1 237 34 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.09 m Freezing level: 657.79 mb = 3484.38 m = 11431.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.55 mb = 3386.86 m = 11111.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.13 % Est. max temperature: 23.39 C = 74.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.07 mb = 978.25 m = 3209.45 ft T: 15.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.08 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1217.70 m = 3995.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.28 C = 70.31 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.76 C K Index: 34.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 283.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.27 mb = 1178.14 m = 3865.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.27 mb = 1325.25 m = 4347.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 455.27 mb = 6342.94 m = 20809.93 ft B at Equ Level: 281.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 275.27 mb = 9954.40 m = 32658.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 54.4 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 40.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 3.8 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 2.19 Bulk Shear: 129.07 m/s