MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.96,-84.38 Latitude: 38.96 Longitude: -84.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 985 224 26.2 17.2 57 9.1 20.1 197 10 300.7 303.0 293.7 337.7 12.60 2 950 537 22.3 15.6 66 6.6 17.8 200 14 299.8 301.9 292.9 334.4 11.83 3 900 1004 19.0 10.3 57 8.7 13.6 224 26 301.1 302.7 290.9 327.1 8.79 4 850 1492 14.3 9.3 72 5.1 11.3 225 27 301.2 302.8 290.8 326.8 8.68 5 800 2000 10.8 5.5 70 5.3 7.8 227 31 302.6 303.9 289.9 323.8 7.09 6 750 2536 8.5 -5.0 38 13.5 2.2 231 37 305.8 306.5 287.6 316.7 3.51 7 700 3102 5.7 -16.9 18 22.6 -2.4 233 39 308.8 309.1 286.6 313.6 1.46 8 650 3706 3.7 -14.4 25 18.1 -3.3 237 35 313.2 313.5 288.6 319.5 1.93 9 600 4350 -0.6 -6.0 67 5.4 -3.1 240 33 315.4 316.1 291.3 328.4 4.07 10 550 5040 -6.0 -10.0 73 4.0 -7.7 242 31 317.0 317.6 291.0 327.6 3.25 11 500 5778 -11.2 -20.3 47 9.1 -13.9 245 30 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.6 1.52 12 450 6578 -16.2 -36.9 15 20.7 -19.8 248 31 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.36 13 400 7454 -21.7 -49.6 6 28.0 -24.8 253 33 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.3 0.10 14 350 8423 -29.0 -46.3 17 17.3 -30.7 255 38 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 15 300 9503 -38.7 -47.7 38 9.0 -39.3 255 43 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.5 0.17 16 250 10726 -49.2 -52.8 66 3.6 -49.4 263 50 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 17 200 12159 -55.0 -68.1 18 13.1 -55.2 268 62 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13974 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.4 261 58 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16448 -67.9 -87.1 5 19.2 -68.0 254 38 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.06 m Freezing level: 607.46 mb = 4254.22 m = 13957.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.07 mb = 2802.23 m = 9193.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.17 mb = 1370.57 m = 4496.57 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 24.13 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.09 mb = 1864.20 m = 6116.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 12.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 262.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.01 mb = 1651.03 m = 5416.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.01 mb = 4910.93 m = 16111.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 419.01 mb = 7108.94 m = 23323.01 ft B at Equ Level: 45.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 309.01 mb = 9295.68 m = 30497.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 54.54 m/s