MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.67,-80.76 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -80.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -34 SFC 963 289 17.2 16.4 95 0.8 16.7 166 15 293.5 295.7 291.3 328.5 12.29 2 950 403 16.3 16.0 99 0.2 16.1 167 21 293.7 295.9 291.2 328.3 12.14 3 900 862 13.8 13.6 99 0.1 13.7 177 41 295.7 297.7 290.9 327.3 10.96 4 850 1343 11.3 11.1 99 0.1 11.2 188 51 297.9 299.7 290.7 326.6 9.82 5 800 1848 8.5 8.4 99 0.1 8.5 201 54 300.2 301.8 290.5 325.8 8.67 6 750 2379 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.3 214 47 302.5 303.9 290.2 324.6 7.40 7 700 2941 2.3 2.0 98 0.3 2.1 221 38 305.0 306.2 290.0 324.2 6.34 8 650 3536 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.8 220 31 307.1 308.0 289.6 322.7 5.10 9 600 4170 -4.9 -5.2 98 0.3 -5.1 206 35 310.4 311.2 290.0 324.0 4.33 10 550 4849 -9.2 -10.1 93 0.9 -9.6 195 45 313.1 313.8 289.8 323.5 3.21 11 500 5580 -14.1 -17.4 76 3.4 -15.1 190 50 315.9 316.3 289.5 322.4 1.95 12 450 6372 -19.3 -20.8 87 1.6 -19.7 181 61 319.0 319.3 290.1 324.5 1.61 13 400 7236 -25.4 -35.6 38 10.3 -26.9 177 78 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.7 0.46 14 350 8195 -29.9 -47.0 17 17.1 -31.6 181 91 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.16 15 300 9283 -35.8 -41.0 59 5.2 -36.4 181 105 334.9 334.9 293.4 336.2 0.35 16 250 10521 -44.7 -52.4 42 7.7 -45.1 191 108 339.6 339.7 294.3 340.1 0.12 17 200 12002 -48.1 -75.4 3 27.2 -48.7 199 69 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 18 150 13868 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.8 220 42 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16396 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 237 28 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.72 m Freezing level: 671.05 mb = 3285.62 m = 10779.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.08 mb = 3255.99 m = 10682.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.91 % Est. max temperature: 23.27 C = 73.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.05 mb = 384.99 m = 1263.07 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 5.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 792.60 m = 2600.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.07 C = 66.33 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 298.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.36 mb = 774.45 m = 2540.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.36 mb = 915.15 m = 3002.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 384.36 mb = 7522.52 m = 24679.87 ft B at Equ Level: 297.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 284.36 mb = 9646.64 m = 31648.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.0 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 228.0 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 464.2 neg: -4.9 tot: 459.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 4.34 Bulk Shear: 68.73 m/s