MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 16 OCT 25 Station: 37.4,-78.13 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -78.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 104 19.8 3.8 35 16.0 11.3 337 7 292.6 293.5 284.2 307.1 5.00 1 1000 143 17.7 2.1 35 15.6 9.7 339 8 290.9 291.7 282.9 303.8 4.45 2 950 577 13.0 0.1 41 12.9 6.8 340 12 290.4 291.1 282.3 302.1 4.06 3 900 1027 8.5 -1.3 50 9.8 3.9 340 14 290.3 290.9 281.9 301.4 3.85 4 850 1496 5.2 -9.6 33 14.8 -0.4 349 24 291.6 292.0 280.5 298.1 2.16 5 800 1990 4.5 -8.4 38 13.0 -0.6 347 33 296.0 296.5 282.8 303.6 2.52 6 750 2513 2.5 -15.0 26 17.5 -3.5 343 37 299.3 299.6 283.1 304.3 1.59 7 700 3072 4.8 -34.6 4 39.4 -4.7 341 43 307.8 307.9 284.9 308.8 0.29 8 650 3671 0.8 -30.0 8 30.8 -7.1 333 44 309.9 310.0 285.9 311.6 0.49 9 600 4307 -3.4 -41.5 3 38.1 -10.6 328 47 312.1 312.2 286.3 312.7 0.17 10 550 4989 -7.8 -40.9 5 33.1 -13.7 326 52 314.8 314.8 287.2 315.5 0.19 11 500 5721 -13.3 -37.9 11 24.6 -17.6 323 53 316.9 316.9 288.1 317.9 0.29 12 450 6514 -18.1 -48.4 5 30.2 -21.8 323 61 320.5 320.5 289.0 320.9 0.11 13 400 7387 -21.8 -47.6 8 25.8 -24.8 320 90 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.13 14 350 8357 -28.3 -53.7 7 25.3 -30.4 317 94 330.5 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.07 15 300 9446 -35.9 -58.6 8 22.7 -37.1 322 100 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 16 250 10688 -44.0 -65.1 8 21.2 -44.7 318 101 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.02 17 200 12158 -51.9 -73.7 6 21.8 -52.3 311 102 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13978 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.3 311 91 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16442 -68.0 -84.8 7 16.8 -68.1 314 54 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5577.45 m Freezing level: 640.51 mb = 3791.93 m = 12440.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.11 mb = 1446.85 m = 4746.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.41 % Est. max temperature: 18.70 C = 65.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.61 mb = 2085.78 m = 6843.03 ft T: 4.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 9.05 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 563.09 mb = 4804.48 m = 15762.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.36 C = 106.44 F Cap Strength: 13.66 C Lifted Index: 13.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.81 C Showalter Index: 17.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.47 C Cross Totals Index: 3.63 C K Index: -30.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 101.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14810.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.69 mb = 2167.32 m = 7110.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.3 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 3.3 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 67.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 100.41 m/s