MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.65,-76.90 Latitude: 36.65 Longitude: -76.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 14 21.2 14.4 65 6.8 16.9 192 9 293.2 295.0 289.5 322.3 10.21 1 1000 137 18.9 13.3 70 5.6 15.4 195 12 292.1 293.8 288.5 319.4 9.62 2 950 577 15.8 11.8 77 4.0 13.4 213 28 293.3 294.9 288.6 319.5 9.19 3 900 1033 12.1 10.2 88 1.8 11.0 209 30 293.9 295.5 288.4 319.0 8.72 4 850 1511 11.6 -5.1 31 16.7 4.1 218 32 298.3 298.9 284.4 307.6 3.08 5 800 2019 12.7 -23.0 7 35.6 1.0 207 33 304.7 304.8 284.2 307.2 0.75 6 750 2556 10.3 -34.9 3 45.2 -1.4 210 33 307.7 307.8 284.8 308.6 0.26 7 700 3125 7.5 -35.2 3 42.7 -3.3 212 32 310.8 310.8 285.9 311.8 0.27 8 650 3730 3.9 -29.8 6 33.7 -5.3 207 30 313.4 313.5 287.1 315.1 0.50 9 600 4374 -0.5 -19.1 23 18.6 -6.8 205 28 315.5 315.8 288.8 320.2 1.41 10 550 5063 -5.3 -18.5 35 13.2 -9.7 210 29 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.2 1.61 11 500 5803 -10.7 -24.9 30 14.1 -14.5 221 29 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.5 1.02 12 450 6604 -16.0 -33.1 22 17.1 -19.4 222 29 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.52 13 400 7483 -20.1 -54.6 3 34.5 -23.7 207 27 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.06 14 350 8459 -27.7 -47.9 13 20.3 -29.7 207 31 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.14 15 300 9547 -36.8 -50.6 23 13.7 -37.8 221 35 333.4 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 16 250 10778 -47.7 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.9 234 39 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.14 17 200 12216 -55.9 -59.9 61 4.0 -56.0 247 46 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14022 -62.4 -79.8 8 17.4 -62.6 251 42 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16479 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 258 34 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.08 m Freezing level: 605.87 mb = 4298.64 m = 14102.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.86 mb = 2241.74 m = 7354.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.17 % Est. max temperature: 25.08 C = 77.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.98 mb = 875.40 m = 2872.01 ft T: 13.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 12.37 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.80 mb = 3127.50 m = 10260.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.94 C = 102.09 F Cap Strength: 7.25 C Lifted Index: 5.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.25 C Showalter Index: 13.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.35 C Cross Totals Index: 5.66 C K Index: -25.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8884.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.77 mb = 1016.56 m = 3335.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.3 neg: -18.1 tot: 80.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 21.87 m/s