MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 39.38,-82.96 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -82.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 979 243 10.3 2.4 58 7.9 6.4 217 8 285.1 285.9 280.6 298.2 4.63 2 950 496 9.3 1.2 57 8.2 5.4 237 21 286.6 287.4 281.0 299.1 4.38 3 900 942 5.7 -0.1 66 5.8 3.0 259 25 287.4 288.1 281.1 299.4 4.22 4 850 1405 1.3 -1.1 84 2.5 0.3 266 27 287.5 288.3 281.1 299.4 4.13 5 800 1890 -2.4 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.8 268 28 288.6 289.3 281.1 299.4 3.74 6 750 2399 -6.0 -7.1 92 1.1 -6.4 258 31 290.0 290.5 280.8 298.8 2.99 7 700 2936 -9.2 -10.1 93 0.9 -9.5 246 41 292.3 292.8 281.3 299.9 2.54 8 650 3504 -13.8 -14.6 93 0.8 -14.0 239 48 293.4 293.7 281.0 299.2 1.90 9 600 4108 -17.1 -18.8 87 1.7 -17.5 241 44 296.4 296.6 281.7 300.9 1.45 10 550 4755 -21.0 -25.0 70 4.0 -21.8 247 45 299.2 299.4 282.3 302.1 0.91 11 500 5454 -24.2 -31.5 51 7.3 -25.4 258 53 303.5 303.6 283.5 305.3 0.55 12 450 6216 -28.4 -31.0 78 2.6 -28.8 262 60 307.5 307.6 285.2 309.7 0.64 13 400 7049 -34.9 -37.9 74 3.0 -35.1 263 67 309.7 309.7 285.7 311.0 0.37 14 350 7965 -41.3 -48.3 47 7.0 -41.7 265 74 313.0 313.0 286.6 313.5 0.14 15 300 9005 -43.4 -64.7 8 21.3 -44.0 270 77 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.2 0.02 16 250 10227 -44.6 -71.7 3 27.1 -45.3 270 78 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.01 17 200 11715 -46.5 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 269 75 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 18 150 13605 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 266 63 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.00 19 100 16211 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 269 43 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5384.06 m Freezing level: 831.95 mb = 1580.48 m = 5185.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 845.79 mb = 1445.21 m = 4741.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.00 % Est. max temperature: 13.13 C = 55.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.13 mb = 1234.21 m = 4049.20 ft T: 2.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 0.65 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.38 mb = 1718.32 m = 5637.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.39 C = 56.10 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 5.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 23.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14134.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.28 mb = 1545.12 m = 5069.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 125.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 63.23 m/s