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: 42.19,-80.58 Latitude: 42.19 Longitude: -80.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 983 175 10.9 8.1 83 2.7 9.4 239 23 285.4 286.6 283.2 304.7 6.92 2 950 458 6.9 5.1 88 1.8 6.0 241 27 284.2 285.2 281.5 300.4 5.80 3 900 899 2.8 2.5 98 0.3 2.7 245 29 284.4 285.3 280.8 298.7 5.10 4 850 1359 -1.0 -1.4 97 0.4 -1.2 251 31 285.1 285.8 279.8 296.6 4.06 5 800 1839 -4.4 -5.1 95 0.6 -4.7 254 29 286.4 287.0 279.5 295.9 3.28 6 750 2345 -7.6 -8.2 95 0.7 -7.8 253 28 288.4 288.8 279.7 296.4 2.74 7 700 2878 -11.0 -11.7 94 0.7 -11.2 253 27 290.3 290.7 280.0 297.0 2.23 8 650 3443 -14.6 -15.8 91 1.2 -14.9 246 26 292.4 292.7 280.3 297.7 1.72 9 600 4045 -18.6 -20.6 85 1.9 -19.1 244 26 294.6 294.8 280.6 298.4 1.24 10 550 4688 -22.9 -25.1 82 2.2 -23.2 246 28 297.0 297.1 281.3 299.9 0.91 11 500 5379 -27.7 -30.3 78 2.6 -28.1 251 30 299.2 299.3 281.8 301.2 0.61 12 450 6128 -33.0 -36.8 69 3.8 -33.3 256 33 301.8 301.9 282.6 303.0 0.36 13 400 6945 -38.8 -45.7 48 7.0 -39.2 261 37 304.6 304.6 283.5 305.2 0.16 14 350 7854 -41.5 -63.1 8 21.6 -42.2 265 44 312.7 312.7 286.3 312.8 0.02 15 300 8893 -43.5 -67.1 6 23.6 -44.2 265 48 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.1 0.02 16 250 10120 -43.2 -74.4 2 31.2 -44.0 261 47 341.9 341.9 294.8 341.9 0.01 17 200 11617 -44.7 -75.7 2 31.0 -45.6 259 50 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 18 150 13524 -48.5 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.3 257 43 386.4 386.4 303.3 386.5 0.01 19 100 16154 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.8 263 28 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5344.25 m Freezing level: 863.41 mb = 1235.58 m = 4053.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.42 mb = 1214.25 m = 3983.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.01 % Est. max temperature: 10.98 C = 51.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.28 mb = 516.06 m = 1693.08 ft T: 6.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 8.83 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.60 mb = 750.12 m = 2460.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.83 C = 49.70 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 53.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 26.33 C K Index: 24.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 195.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.52 mb = 768.66 m = 2521.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.52 mb = 813.39 m = 2668.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 549.52 mb = 4694.74 m = 15402.51 ft B at Equ Level: 194.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 389.52 mb = 7125.90 m = 23378.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.0 neg: -12.4 tot: 32.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 64.74 Bulk Shear: 3.02 m/s