MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510061800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510061800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 42.4,-81.1 Latitude: 42.40 Longitude: -81.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 996 174 15.0 14.3 95 0.7 14.6 345 15 288.5 290.3 287.9 317.4 10.33 2 950 570 11.0 10.7 97 0.4 10.8 356 20 288.4 289.9 286.1 312.3 8.51 3 900 1023 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.6 333 9 293.6 295.3 289.0 320.9 9.55 4 850 1503 11.6 11.4 99 0.1 11.5 251 13 298.3 300.1 291.0 327.5 10.03 5 800 2008 8.9 8.5 97 0.4 8.6 247 21 300.6 302.2 290.7 326.4 8.74 6 750 2540 5.6 4.9 95 0.7 5.2 248 26 302.7 304.0 290.1 324.4 7.28 7 700 3102 2.0 1.2 94 0.8 1.5 257 28 304.7 305.8 289.6 322.8 5.96 8 650 3697 -0.6 -1.1 97 0.4 -0.9 265 28 308.2 309.3 290.3 325.1 5.45 9 600 4333 -4.2 -5.3 93 1.0 -4.7 264 29 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.8 4.31 10 550 5014 -8.4 -9.8 90 1.4 -8.9 258 39 314.1 314.8 290.2 324.8 3.32 11 500 5749 -11.7 -13.3 88 1.6 -12.3 246 40 318.8 319.3 291.1 327.8 2.74 12 450 6549 -16.6 -18.5 85 1.9 -17.1 235 41 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.1 1.98 13 400 7424 -22.0 -24.4 81 2.4 -22.6 221 46 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.33 14 350 8393 -29.0 -31.8 77 2.8 -29.5 216 55 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.76 15 300 9474 -38.8 -41.9 72 3.1 -39.1 223 57 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.32 16 250 10693 -50.6 -54.0 67 3.4 -50.7 232 62 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.10 17 200 12110 -58.4 -65.4 40 7.1 -58.5 243 78 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 18 150 13925 -58.2 -80.1 4 21.9 -58.4 263 58 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16445 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 256 36 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.14 m Freezing level: 662.06 mb = 3553.77 m = 11659.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.88 mb = 3479.34 m = 11415.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.77 % Est. max temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.42 mb = 262.27 m = 860.45 ft T: 14.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 5.12 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 961.45 mb = 469.08 m = 1538.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.93 C = 58.88 F Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lifted Index: 6.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.27 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.51 mb = 662.79 m = 2174.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 934.51 mb = 707.51 m = 2321.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 924.51 mb = 797.67 m = 2617.01 ft B at Equ Level: 23.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 874.51 mb = 1264.00 m = 4146.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 5.4 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.6 neg: -12.7 tot: 119.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 138.91 m/s