MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 37.82,-80.21 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -80.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 1 950 598 SFC 942 672 11.7 1.7 50 10.0 6.7 195 1 289.8 290.6 282.6 303.0 4.58 3 900 1045 8.0 -3.8 43 11.8 2.9 26 1 289.8 290.3 281.0 299.1 3.20 4 850 1516 8.7 -14.4 18 23.1 0.5 356 7 295.3 295.5 281.3 299.9 1.48 5 800 2018 10.4 -24.0 7 34.4 -0.2 341 13 302.2 302.3 283.2 304.5 0.69 6 750 2553 9.3 -18.8 12 28.1 -0.6 335 17 306.6 306.8 285.5 310.4 1.15 7 700 3121 6.6 -22.9 10 29.5 -2.8 334 23 309.8 310.0 286.3 312.8 0.87 8 650 3725 3.8 -15.0 24 18.7 -3.3 339 27 313.2 313.6 288.5 319.3 1.84 9 600 4370 0.1 -11.7 41 11.7 -4.7 336 31 316.2 316.7 290.2 324.7 2.61 10 550 5061 -4.2 -13.5 48 9.4 -7.8 332 36 319.1 319.6 290.9 327.3 2.45 11 500 5806 -8.7 -17.7 48 9.0 -11.8 331 34 322.5 322.8 291.4 328.9 1.90 12 450 6614 -14.3 -23.2 47 8.9 -16.8 335 35 325.3 325.5 291.7 329.9 1.32 13 400 7495 -20.7 -31.4 38 10.6 -22.8 329 38 328.0 328.2 291.9 330.6 0.70 14 350 8467 -28.3 -40.2 31 11.9 -29.8 324 36 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.33 15 300 9554 -36.9 -48.6 29 11.6 -37.8 309 43 333.3 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.15 16 250 10790 -45.5 -56.8 27 11.3 -46.0 311 62 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12249 -53.4 -67.9 15 14.5 -53.7 305 71 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14050 -65.3 -78.1 15 12.8 -65.4 311 63 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16467 -70.8 -86.4 8 15.6 -70.8 315 38 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.33 m Freezing level: 599.29 mb = 4380.17 m = 14370.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 815.26 mb = 1861.58 m = 6107.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.84 % Est. max temperature: 24.62 C = 76.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.58 mb = 1929.78 m = 6331.23 ft T: 10.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 3.88 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 453.03 mb = 6562.94 m = 21531.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.39 C = 115.49 F Cap Strength: 18.85 C Lifted Index: 20.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.93 C Showalter Index: 20.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 11.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.40 C Cross Totals Index: -5.68 C K Index: -26.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 47.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15515.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.77 mb = 2960.75 m = 9713.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.1 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 5.1 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.9 neg: -7.0 tot: 48.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 68.41 m/s