MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.69,-82.44 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -82.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 968 318 17.9 16.0 89 1.9 16.7 209 13 293.8 295.9 291.0 327.7 11.89 2 950 478 16.6 15.4 92 1.3 15.8 210 22 294.1 296.2 291.0 327.4 11.65 3 900 936 13.3 13.2 100 0.1 13.3 214 38 295.2 297.2 290.6 326.0 10.69 4 850 1416 10.3 10.1 99 0.1 10.2 226 51 296.9 298.6 289.8 323.6 9.18 5 800 1918 7.0 6.7 98 0.3 6.8 237 52 298.6 300.0 289.1 321.2 7.71 6 750 2446 3.8 3.5 98 0.3 3.7 241 48 300.7 301.9 288.8 320.3 6.59 7 700 3004 0.8 0.5 98 0.3 0.6 226 45 303.3 304.4 288.9 320.4 5.66 8 650 3596 -2.4 -2.7 98 0.3 -2.6 210 60 306.2 307.1 289.0 321.0 4.82 9 600 4228 -5.8 -6.9 92 1.1 -6.2 214 74 309.4 310.1 289.2 321.3 3.81 10 550 4904 -10.4 -24.8 29 14.5 -14.0 215 80 311.8 312.0 287.1 314.9 0.93 11 500 5632 -13.6 -43.6 6 30.1 -18.0 228 93 316.5 316.5 287.8 317.1 0.16 12 450 6424 -19.0 -49.1 5 30.1 -22.4 232 100 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.7 0.10 13 400 7290 -24.7 -51.5 6 26.9 -27.2 231 96 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.2 0.08 14 350 8248 -30.9 -55.5 7 24.6 -32.6 212 94 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.06 15 300 9324 -38.5 -56.2 14 17.7 -39.4 211 97 331.1 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.06 16 250 10561 -43.6 -65.4 7 21.7 -44.4 221 89 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 17 200 12045 -45.7 -76.5 2 30.7 -46.5 239 70 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 18 150 13906 -56.1 -83.3 2 27.1 -56.5 213 56 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16431 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 234 37 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5590.99 m Freezing level: 688.04 mb = 3145.81 m = 10320.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.43 mb = 3114.14 m = 10216.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.90 % Est. max temperature: 22.07 C = 71.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.28 mb = 555.93 m = 1823.89 ft T: 16.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 7.39 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 881.34 m = 2891.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.21 C = 66.58 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 310.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.68 mb = 854.92 m = 2804.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.68 mb = 995.46 m = 3265.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 423.68 mb = 6867.41 m = 22530.61 ft B at Equ Level: 309.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 283.68 mb = 9703.23 m = 31834.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 62.4 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 46.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.6 neg: -27.8 tot: 334.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 193.55 m/s