MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.25,-83.62 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -83.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 978 271 12.1 7.8 75 4.3 9.7 254 15 287.1 288.3 283.8 306.1 6.79 2 950 516 9.7 6.0 78 3.6 7.7 255 27 287.0 288.1 283.1 304.4 6.18 3 900 962 5.3 4.7 96 0.6 4.9 257 32 286.9 288.0 282.9 303.7 5.94 4 850 1426 1.8 0.5 91 1.3 1.2 267 41 288.0 288.8 281.9 301.3 4.66 5 800 1912 -1.1 -3.0 87 1.9 -1.9 271 37 290.0 290.7 281.8 301.2 3.83 6 750 2424 -4.4 -5.6 91 1.3 -4.9 270 36 291.8 292.4 282.0 301.7 3.35 7 700 2965 -7.2 -14.9 54 7.7 -9.5 264 38 294.5 294.8 281.3 299.8 1.72 8 650 3537 -11.7 -26.0 29 14.3 -14.7 261 40 295.8 295.9 280.4 298.0 0.70 9 600 4144 -15.8 -37.8 13 22.1 -18.9 245 39 297.8 297.9 280.7 298.7 0.24 10 550 4797 -17.4 -50.4 4 33.0 -20.7 228 42 303.4 303.5 282.9 303.7 0.07 11 500 5507 -19.5 -54.1 3 34.6 -22.6 221 48 309.3 309.3 285.1 309.5 0.05 12 450 6286 -21.7 -59.0 2 37.4 -24.6 220 54 316.0 316.0 287.5 316.1 0.03 13 400 7147 -25.2 -61.5 2 36.3 -27.7 217 60 322.3 322.3 289.5 322.4 0.02 14 350 8109 -28.5 -63.9 2 35.4 -30.7 214 65 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.02 15 300 9204 -32.6 -66.8 2 34.2 -34.4 216 61 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.02 16 250 10473 -38.0 -70.8 2 32.7 -39.3 220 81 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 17 200 11994 -42.8 -74.3 2 31.5 -43.8 242 59 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 18 150 13883 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 240 61 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16418 -62.0 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 256 31 407.9 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5420.12 m Freezing level: 818.53 mb = 1731.73 m = 5681.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 830.44 mb = 1612.27 m = 5289.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.05 % Est. max temperature: 13.92 C = 57.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.19 mb = 814.67 m = 2672.78 ft T: 6.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 5.00 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 1007.51 m = 3305.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.10 C = 53.78 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: 6.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 8.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.25 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 14.01 Risk: None Sweat Index: 136.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.14 mb = 1005.57 m = 3299.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.14 mb = 1051.04 m = 3448.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 590.14 mb = 4268.32 m = 14003.51 ft B at Equ Level: 58.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 540.14 mb = 4931.64 m = 16179.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 39.7 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.0 neg: -8.2 tot: 77.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.90 Bulk Shear: 31.45 m/s