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: 39.41,-77.19 Latitude: 39.41 Longitude: -77.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 986 171 18.9 14.2 74 4.7 15.9 179 17 293.2 295.0 289.6 322.7 10.34 2 950 491 16.2 13.4 83 2.9 14.4 182 31 293.6 295.5 289.6 322.8 10.19 3 900 948 12.5 12.2 98 0.3 12.3 187 39 294.3 296.1 289.6 322.8 9.94 4 850 1427 10.3 10.1 99 0.1 10.2 206 48 296.9 298.6 289.9 323.6 9.19 5 800 1930 7.4 7.1 98 0.3 7.3 226 48 299.1 300.5 289.5 322.4 7.95 6 750 2459 4.3 3.8 96 0.5 4.1 227 44 301.3 302.5 289.2 321.3 6.72 7 700 3019 2.2 2.0 98 0.3 2.1 210 44 305.0 306.1 290.0 324.1 6.31 8 650 3615 -1.2 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.4 203 50 307.6 308.6 289.9 323.8 5.27 9 600 4249 -4.3 -5.3 93 1.0 -4.7 195 54 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.8 4.31 10 550 4932 -7.5 -23.5 27 16.0 -12.0 188 55 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.7 1.05 11 500 5664 -13.2 -37.0 12 23.8 -17.5 206 60 316.9 317.0 288.1 318.1 0.32 12 450 6458 -18.5 -39.6 14 21.1 -21.7 199 62 320.0 320.0 289.0 321.0 0.27 13 400 7325 -24.9 -49.2 9 24.3 -27.3 196 67 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.11 14 350 8280 -32.0 -45.4 25 13.4 -33.3 195 78 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.19 15 300 9353 -38.6 -52.5 22 13.9 -39.4 197 85 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.10 16 250 10583 -46.3 -60.6 18 14.3 -46.7 198 85 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.04 17 200 12048 -50.2 -75.2 4 24.9 -50.7 204 66 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13897 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 218 51 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16427 -64.5 -87.3 3 22.8 -64.7 185 18 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5612.46 m Freezing level: 667.57 mb = 3405.18 m = 11171.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.05 mb = 3370.30 m = 11057.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.96 % Est. max temperature: 23.18 C = 73.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.55 mb = 766.40 m = 2514.39 ft T: 13.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 2.32 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 966.35 m = 3170.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.12 C = 68.22 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 33.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.44 mb = 897.22 m = 2943.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.44 mb = 2028.47 m = 6655.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.44 mb = 2673.24 m = 8770.38 ft B at Equ Level: 8.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 680.44 mb = 3246.66 m = 10651.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.8 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 232.8 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.6 neg: -31.3 tot: 305.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 81.89 m/s