MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.29,-80.45 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -80.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 967 355 10.4 6.4 76 4.1 8.3 217 13 286.3 287.4 282.9 303.8 6.22 2 950 505 9.1 5.9 80 3.3 7.4 220 22 286.4 287.5 282.8 303.6 6.12 3 900 949 5.0 4.2 95 0.8 4.6 224 33 286.7 287.7 282.5 302.9 5.75 4 850 1413 1.4 1.1 98 0.3 1.3 230 43 287.6 288.5 282.0 301.5 4.88 5 800 1899 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.4 237 46 289.8 290.5 282.2 302.1 4.25 6 750 2411 -3.8 -4.2 97 0.4 -4.0 239 45 292.5 293.1 282.8 303.4 3.74 7 700 2956 -3.7 -9.8 63 6.1 -6.0 233 45 298.4 298.9 284.0 306.3 2.60 8 650 3537 -6.8 -21.7 29 14.9 -10.8 234 45 301.3 301.5 283.2 304.6 1.03 9 600 4157 -10.8 -20.7 44 9.9 -13.5 239 43 303.6 303.8 284.4 307.6 1.22 10 550 4819 -15.3 -27.0 36 11.7 -17.8 231 44 305.9 306.0 284.7 308.4 0.76 11 500 5532 -19.4 -39.1 16 19.7 -22.1 214 54 309.3 309.4 285.4 310.3 0.26 12 450 6308 -23.4 -53.6 4 30.3 -25.9 201 71 313.9 313.9 286.8 314.1 0.06 13 400 7161 -28.3 -60.6 3 32.3 -30.3 197 79 318.2 318.2 288.2 318.3 0.03 14 350 8107 -32.9 -62.9 3 30.0 -34.4 196 81 324.4 324.4 290.1 324.5 0.02 15 300 9182 -36.9 -64.0 4 27.0 -38.1 197 75 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.02 16 250 10433 -40.5 -67.6 4 27.1 -41.5 203 70 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 17 200 11946 -41.8 -73.6 2 31.7 -43.0 208 48 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 18 150 13841 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 227 34 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16398 -60.2 -85.0 2 24.8 -60.5 235 28 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5455.01 m Freezing level: 823.66 mb = 1668.89 m = 5475.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 826.52 mb = 1637.45 m = 5372.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.12 % Est. max temperature: 13.14 C = 55.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.33 mb = 864.57 m = 2836.49 ft T: 5.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 2.23 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.09 mb = 1057.47 m = 3469.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.02 C = 51.84 F Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lifted Index: 7.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.03 C Showalter Index: 8.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.85 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 15.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.03 mb = 1030.61 m = 3381.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.03 mb = 1168.33 m = 3833.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.03 mb = 2140.03 m = 7021.02 ft B at Equ Level: 15.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 726.03 mb = 2667.38 m = 8751.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 45.3 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.2 neg: -15.7 tot: 176.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 61.34 m/s