MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.21,-83.52 Latitude: 38.21 Longitude: -83.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 980 281 11.2 5.5 68 5.7 8.2 244 12 286.1 287.1 282.3 302.3 5.78 2 950 538 9.6 3.9 68 5.6 6.7 249 26 286.9 287.8 282.2 302.0 5.35 3 900 983 5.9 1.8 75 4.1 3.9 258 40 287.6 288.4 281.9 301.3 4.83 4 850 1448 1.6 0.1 90 1.4 0.9 262 45 287.8 288.6 281.7 300.8 4.55 5 800 1933 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.4 270 49 288.7 289.4 281.3 300.0 3.94 6 750 2442 -5.2 -5.5 98 0.3 -5.3 277 45 290.9 291.5 281.7 300.8 3.38 7 700 2981 -8.4 -8.7 98 0.3 -8.5 280 42 293.2 293.7 282.0 301.7 2.83 8 650 3553 -11.1 -13.1 85 2.0 -11.7 284 43 296.4 296.8 282.6 303.0 2.14 9 600 4164 -14.2 -17.8 74 3.6 -15.2 283 49 299.6 299.9 283.2 304.6 1.57 10 550 4818 -19.1 -19.6 96 0.5 -19.3 287 52 301.4 301.7 283.8 306.1 1.47 11 500 5519 -24.0 -24.2 98 0.2 -24.0 292 52 303.8 304.0 284.3 307.3 1.08 12 450 6279 -30.2 -30.6 96 0.5 -30.2 299 55 305.3 305.5 284.4 307.6 0.66 13 400 7111 -32.1 -58.7 5 26.6 -33.6 282 54 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.3 0.03 14 350 8050 -33.4 -64.5 3 31.1 -34.9 276 54 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.7 0.02 15 300 9130 -34.3 -68.0 2 33.8 -35.8 270 56 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.1 0.01 16 250 10400 -36.3 -69.5 2 33.2 -37.8 264 54 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 17 200 11927 -42.9 -74.4 2 31.5 -43.9 258 54 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 18 150 13832 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 249 61 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16398 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 245 31 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5409.13 m Freezing level: 829.67 mb = 1644.99 m = 5396.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 836.23 mb = 1578.42 m = 5178.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.96 % Est. max temperature: 13.33 C = 55.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.11 mb = 1000.43 m = 3282.21 ft T: 5.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.28 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.71 mb = 1412.35 m = 4633.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.97 C = 55.35 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 3.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 4.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 25.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.56 mb = 1328.59 m = 4358.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.56 mb = 1565.72 m = 5136.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.56 mb = 2897.20 m = 9505.13 ft B at Equ Level: 23.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 637.56 mb = 3700.46 m = 12140.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 34.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 378.1 neg: -8.0 tot: 370.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 101.15 m/s