MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 42.08,-80.66 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -80.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 983 175 10.7 8.0 83 2.7 9.2 235 23 285.2 286.4 283.1 304.3 6.85 2 950 460 6.7 4.9 88 1.8 5.8 237 27 284.0 285.0 281.3 299.9 5.73 3 900 901 2.6 2.3 98 0.3 2.5 242 30 284.2 285.1 280.6 298.3 5.02 4 850 1361 -1.0 -1.4 97 0.4 -1.2 251 33 285.1 285.8 279.8 296.6 4.07 5 800 1841 -4.5 -4.9 97 0.4 -4.7 254 30 286.4 286.9 279.5 295.9 3.31 6 750 2346 -7.6 -8.1 96 0.5 -7.8 254 28 288.3 288.8 279.7 296.4 2.76 7 700 2880 -10.9 -11.5 95 0.6 -11.1 255 27 290.4 290.8 280.1 297.1 2.26 8 650 3445 -14.7 -15.6 93 0.9 -14.9 249 25 292.4 292.7 280.3 297.7 1.75 9 600 4046 -18.5 -20.3 86 1.8 -18.9 251 27 294.7 294.9 280.7 298.7 1.27 10 550 4690 -22.8 -25.0 82 2.2 -23.2 252 29 297.0 297.1 281.3 299.9 0.91 11 500 5381 -27.6 -30.5 76 2.9 -28.0 255 32 299.4 299.5 281.9 301.4 0.61 12 450 6130 -32.9 -37.4 64 4.5 -33.3 259 35 301.9 302.0 282.6 303.1 0.34 13 400 6948 -38.6 -47.1 40 8.5 -39.1 263 38 304.8 304.9 283.5 305.3 0.14 14 350 7858 -41.3 -62.3 9 21.0 -41.9 267 47 313.1 313.1 286.5 313.2 0.03 15 300 8898 -43.5 -66.1 6 22.6 -44.2 267 51 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.1 0.02 16 250 10124 -43.2 -74.3 2 31.2 -44.0 263 49 341.9 341.9 294.8 341.9 0.01 17 200 11622 -44.7 -75.7 2 31.0 -45.6 260 51 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 18 150 13528 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 258 44 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.01 19 100 16156 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.8 263 30 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5343.62 m Freezing level: 863.93 mb = 1232.56 m = 4043.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.86 mb = 1211.98 m = 3976.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.68 % Est. max temperature: 11.00 C = 51.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.19 mb = 510.48 m = 1674.80 ft T: 6.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 8.40 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.38 mb = 745.27 m = 2445.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.62 C = 49.32 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 26.21 C K Index: 24.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 166.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.96 mb = 766.81 m = 2515.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.96 mb = 811.48 m = 2662.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.96 mb = 4426.16 m = 14521.35 ft B at Equ Level: 165.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 419.96 mb = 6609.94 m = 21685.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.8 neg: -15.1 tot: 51.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 22.26 Bulk Shear: 7.47 m/s