MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 37.4,-84.22 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -84.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 977 356 8.2 2.2 66 6.0 5.3 244 6 283.2 284.0 279.6 296.0 4.58 2 950 589 9.4 1.1 56 8.2 5.4 275 21 286.7 287.5 281.0 299.1 4.37 3 900 1035 6.1 -0.5 63 6.6 3.1 304 26 287.8 288.5 281.1 299.6 4.10 4 850 1500 1.8 -1.5 79 3.3 0.3 309 26 288.0 288.7 281.1 299.6 4.03 5 800 1986 0.3 -5.1 67 5.4 -1.9 294 21 291.5 292.1 281.8 301.1 3.27 6 750 2503 -0.9 -11.3 45 10.4 -4.7 298 27 295.5 295.9 282.2 302.1 2.14 7 700 3051 -2.6 -21.1 23 18.4 -7.8 300 32 299.6 299.7 282.5 302.8 1.02 8 650 3638 -2.8 -45.5 2 42.7 -9.9 305 46 305.8 305.9 283.9 306.2 0.10 9 600 4270 -3.7 -42.9 3 39.2 -10.8 311 66 311.9 311.9 286.2 312.4 0.15 10 550 4954 -6.6 -40.1 5 33.5 -12.9 312 81 316.3 316.3 287.8 317.1 0.21 11 500 5689 -11.9 -35.7 12 23.8 -16.4 309 83 318.6 318.6 288.7 319.9 0.37 12 450 6486 -17.9 -43.7 9 25.7 -21.5 308 85 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.4 0.18 13 400 7354 -24.7 -45.8 12 21.1 -27.0 311 89 322.9 323.0 289.8 323.5 0.16 14 350 8309 -32.5 -55.8 8 23.3 -34.0 315 94 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.2 0.06 15 300 9376 -41.6 -49.9 40 8.3 -42.1 316 97 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.13 16 250 10586 -49.8 -64.9 15 15.1 -50.1 309 87 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.1 0.02 17 200 12038 -49.5 -74.6 4 25.1 -50.0 303 77 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 13900 -55.5 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.8 279 63 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16430 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 264 36 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5525.14 m Freezing level: 786.91 mb = 2121.68 m = 6960.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 842.98 mb = 1566.41 m = 5139.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.29 % Est. max temperature: 14.53 C = 58.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.96 mb = 1108.32 m = 3636.16 ft T: 5.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.50 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 977.1- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 550.39 mb = 4948.01 m = 16233.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.01 C = 105.82 F Cap Strength: 17.31 C Lifted Index: 17.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.41 C Showalter Index: 17.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 13.67 C Cross Totals Index: 10.36 C K Index: -6.25 Risk: None Sweat Index: 135.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16052.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.98 mb = 1671.77 m = 5484.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.7 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 336.7 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.7 neg: -23.2 tot: 268.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 151.14 m/s