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: 38.77,-77.68 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -77.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 992 128 19.4 14.1 71 5.4 16.0 187 14 293.3 295.1 289.5 322.4 10.21 2 950 496 16.0 13.4 85 2.6 14.4 191 29 293.4 295.3 289.5 322.6 10.22 3 900 953 12.5 12.3 99 0.2 12.4 199 39 294.4 296.2 289.8 323.3 10.06 4 850 1432 10.2 10.0 98 0.2 10.0 215 50 296.8 298.5 289.8 323.2 9.08 5 800 1934 6.9 6.6 98 0.3 6.7 232 47 298.5 299.9 289.0 320.9 7.65 6 750 2462 3.8 3.4 97 0.4 3.6 228 42 300.7 301.9 288.8 320.1 6.53 7 700 3021 1.5 1.2 98 0.3 1.4 206 49 304.2 305.3 289.5 322.3 5.98 8 650 3616 -1.0 -5.7 70 4.7 -3.1 206 53 307.8 308.6 288.6 319.8 3.83 9 600 4251 -4.2 -11.9 55 7.7 -7.2 201 63 311.2 311.7 288.5 319.4 2.55 10 550 4934 -7.4 -22.6 28 15.2 -11.8 197 59 315.3 315.5 288.5 319.1 1.13 11 500 5666 -13.4 -36.7 12 23.3 -17.6 210 63 316.7 316.8 288.1 317.9 0.33 12 450 6459 -18.5 -39.7 14 21.2 -21.7 206 66 320.0 320.1 289.0 321.0 0.27 13 400 7326 -24.8 -45.3 13 20.5 -27.1 200 70 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.3 0.17 14 350 8281 -32.7 -48.1 20 15.4 -34.0 198 77 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.14 15 300 9351 -39.2 -56.1 15 17.0 -40.1 202 88 330.1 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.06 16 250 10582 -45.9 -64.5 10 18.6 -46.4 202 88 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 17 200 12046 -49.8 -73.6 4 23.8 -50.3 208 66 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13896 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 219 60 372.3 372.3 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16432 -64.3 -88.3 2 24.0 -64.5 209 19 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.87 m Freezing level: 669.83 mb = 3379.83 m = 11088.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.85 mb = 3196.69 m = 10487.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.63 % Est. max temperature: 23.24 C = 73.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.60 mb = 807.79 m = 2650.21 ft T: 13.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 3.20 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 963.99 m = 3162.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.63 C = 69.13 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 33.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.44 mb = 874.17 m = 2867.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.44 mb = 1694.70 m = 5559.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 693.44 mb = 3096.68 m = 10159.57 ft B at Equ Level: 29.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 603.44 mb = 4205.31 m = 13796.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.7 at 50.5 knts Storm direction: 237.7 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 3.5 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.5 neg: -36.7 tot: 284.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 108.79 m/s