MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-80.16 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -80.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 950 567 6.2 -0.5 62 6.6 3.2 269 9 283.4 284.1 278.8 294.4 3.89 2 950 567 6.5 -0.4 61 6.9 3.4 272 13 283.8 284.5 279.0 294.9 3.91 3 900 1008 3.5 -1.9 68 5.4 1.2 286 34 285.1 285.8 279.4 295.7 3.69 4 850 1470 2.4 -14.1 28 16.5 -3.0 297 50 288.6 288.9 278.2 293.2 1.51 5 800 1960 2.2 -27.3 9 29.6 -5.1 301 49 293.5 293.6 279.1 295.2 0.51 6 750 2479 0.9 -37.6 4 38.5 -6.7 302 45 297.6 297.6 280.6 298.2 0.20 7 700 3031 -0.2 -32.9 6 32.7 -7.5 301 41 302.2 302.3 282.8 303.4 0.34 8 650 3621 -2.4 -24.4 17 22.0 -8.4 300 41 306.2 306.4 284.9 308.9 0.81 9 600 4252 -5.2 -31.3 11 26.2 -11.1 300 52 310.2 310.2 285.9 311.8 0.46 10 550 4931 -7.7 -47.7 2 40.1 -13.8 303 69 315.0 315.0 287.2 315.3 0.09 11 500 5667 -11.2 -40.2 7 29.0 -16.3 304 86 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.23 12 450 6465 -18.1 -36.1 19 17.9 -21.2 297 82 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.9 0.39 13 400 7330 -25.2 -40.3 23 15.1 -27.1 294 86 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.29 14 350 8283 -33.4 -44.0 34 10.6 -34.4 292 89 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.22 15 300 9345 -42.1 -51.0 37 8.9 -42.6 300 89 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.5 0.12 16 250 10557 -48.3 -64.2 14 16.0 -48.7 294 90 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 17 200 12010 -52.2 -73.9 6 21.8 -52.5 296 82 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13852 -57.0 -82.5 3 25.5 -57.3 288 68 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16401 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 270 25 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5522.63 m Freezing level: 709.79 mb = 2922.48 m = 9588.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 885.88 mb = 1136.16 m = 3727.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.31 % Est. max temperature: 16.11 C = 61.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.82 mb = 1396.17 m = 4580.55 ft T: 2.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.18 C/km ThetaE index: 2.50 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 497.75 mb = 5700.64 m = 18702.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.60 C = 106.88 F Cap Strength: 19.01 C Lifted Index: 21.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.30 C Showalter Index: 22.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 10.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 13.59 C Cross Totals Index: -2.86 C K Index: -33.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 186.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16981.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.62 mb = 2004.07 m = 6574.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.1 at 55.2 knts Storm direction: 330.1 at 41.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.4 neg: -41.0 tot: 305.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 138.64 m/s