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: 38.93,-77.3 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -77.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 997 86 20.0 14.0 68 6.0 16.2 182 15 293.4 295.3 289.5 322.4 10.15 2 950 497 15.8 13.4 85 2.4 14.3 185 29 293.2 295.1 289.5 322.4 10.21 3 900 954 12.4 12.1 98 0.4 12.2 194 39 294.3 296.1 289.6 322.6 9.87 4 850 1433 10.4 10.2 99 0.1 10.3 212 47 297.0 298.7 289.9 323.8 9.24 5 800 1936 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 231 46 299.2 300.7 289.6 322.9 8.04 6 750 2465 4.5 4.1 97 0.4 4.3 227 45 301.4 302.7 289.3 321.9 6.86 7 700 3026 2.7 2.1 96 0.5 2.4 208 47 305.4 306.6 290.2 324.8 6.39 8 650 3622 -1.1 -1.9 94 0.8 -1.4 206 51 307.8 308.7 289.9 323.6 5.13 9 600 4257 -3.9 -4.9 93 1.0 -4.3 194 56 311.6 312.5 290.5 325.6 4.44 10 550 4941 -7.0 -22.6 28 15.6 -11.5 193 54 315.7 315.9 288.6 319.6 1.13 11 500 5675 -13.1 -34.8 14 21.7 -17.2 211 60 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.6 0.40 12 450 6468 -18.3 -39.2 14 20.9 -21.5 204 61 320.3 320.3 289.2 321.3 0.28 13 400 7336 -24.6 -49.1 8 24.5 -27.1 201 66 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.4 0.11 14 350 8292 -31.9 -47.8 19 15.9 -33.3 198 76 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.14 15 300 9364 -38.9 -48.5 36 9.6 -39.5 202 84 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.16 16 250 10593 -46.6 -62.4 15 15.8 -47.1 202 88 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.03 17 200 12054 -50.5 -77.4 3 26.8 -51.0 207 68 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01 18 150 13900 -56.9 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 219 56 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16431 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 206 18 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.63 m Freezing level: 664.28 mb = 3451.98 m = 11325.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.97 mb = 3390.78 m = 11124.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.71 % Est. max temperature: 23.72 C = 74.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.38 mb = 838.67 m = 2751.51 ft T: 13.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 1.95 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 961.36 m = 3154.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.93 C = 69.67 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7141.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.29 mb = 867.31 m = 2845.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 48.0 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 36.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.5 neg: -48.2 tot: 270.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 98.90 m/s