MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.82,-82.47 Latitude: 39.82 Longitude: -82.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -8 SFC 966 292 17.4 16.9 97 0.5 17.1 177 13 293.5 295.7 291.6 329.4 12.62 2 950 430 16.4 16.3 99 0.1 16.4 179 21 293.8 296.1 291.5 329.1 12.37 3 900 889 14.2 14.0 99 0.1 14.1 192 40 296.1 298.2 291.3 328.6 11.27 4 850 1371 11.7 11.5 99 0.1 11.6 205 50 298.4 300.2 291.1 327.9 10.11 5 800 1877 8.8 8.6 99 0.1 8.7 219 45 300.5 302.1 290.7 326.4 8.80 6 750 2408 5.6 5.3 98 0.3 5.5 223 37 302.7 304.1 290.3 325.1 7.49 7 700 2970 2.4 1.6 95 0.7 2.0 215 38 305.1 306.3 289.9 323.8 6.17 8 650 3565 -1.6 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.7 204 45 307.2 308.1 289.6 322.9 5.13 9 600 4200 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 197 56 311.4 312.2 290.5 325.7 4.56 10 550 4884 -6.4 -6.9 96 0.5 -6.6 193 65 316.5 317.3 291.7 329.9 4.14 11 500 5624 -10.6 -11.7 92 1.1 -11.1 191 74 320.1 320.7 291.8 330.4 3.13 12 450 6428 -15.5 -16.8 90 1.3 -15.9 190 74 323.8 324.2 292.2 331.5 2.29 13 400 7307 -20.9 -22.7 86 1.7 -21.4 192 75 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.2 1.55 14 350 8281 -27.2 -30.7 72 3.5 -27.9 197 81 332.1 332.2 293.1 335.1 0.84 15 300 9374 -35.4 -38.7 71 3.4 -35.7 202 93 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.3 0.45 16 250 10617 -44.3 -50.0 53 5.7 -44.6 213 91 340.3 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.16 17 200 12094 -49.7 -74.7 4 25.0 -50.2 211 57 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 13931 -60.7 -81.1 5 20.3 -60.9 206 56 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.00 19 100 16424 -64.9 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 241 29 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.89 m Freezing level: 670.20 mb = 3324.67 m = 10907.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.36 mb = 3281.59 m = 10766.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.10 % Est. max temperature: 23.68 C = 74.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.33 mb = 355.53 m = 1166.41 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 6.52 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 797.65 m = 2616.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.58 C = 67.24 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 33.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.62 mb = 771.02 m = 2529.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.62 mb = 1006.06 m = 3300.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 567.62 mb = 4636.32 m = 15210.83 ft B at Equ Level: 158.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 397.62 mb = 7350.75 m = 24116.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.8 at 51.2 knts Storm direction: 229.8 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 322.7 neg: -9.8 tot: 312.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 1.59 Bulk Shear: 99.70 m/s