MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 37.60,-79.27 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -79.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 967 352 16.1 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 189 10 292.0 294.1 290.2 324.8 11.58 2 950 502 15.2 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 192 19 292.6 294.6 290.3 325.0 11.39 3 900 959 12.7 12.6 99 0.1 12.7 206 40 294.6 296.5 290.0 324.0 10.23 4 850 1438 9.9 9.8 99 0.1 9.8 223 49 296.5 298.1 289.5 322.5 8.96 5 800 1939 6.8 6.3 97 0.5 6.5 239 47 298.4 299.7 288.8 320.3 7.49 6 750 2467 3.3 2.9 97 0.5 3.1 245 42 300.2 301.3 288.3 318.8 6.28 7 700 3024 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.3 237 36 302.4 303.3 288.2 318.4 5.31 8 650 3615 -1.9 -2.4 96 0.5 -2.1 223 40 306.8 307.8 289.4 322.0 4.94 9 600 4248 -5.0 -18.0 35 12.9 -9.2 217 57 310.3 310.6 287.2 315.4 1.55 10 550 4928 -7.5 -40.8 5 33.3 -13.5 219 70 315.2 315.2 287.4 315.9 0.20 11 500 5661 -13.6 -40.0 9 26.4 -17.9 219 73 316.4 316.5 287.9 317.3 0.23 12 450 6452 -18.8 -51.6 4 32.8 -22.4 218 76 319.6 319.6 288.7 319.9 0.07 13 400 7322 -22.5 -55.8 3 33.3 -25.6 207 80 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.05 14 350 8288 -29.2 -54.8 7 25.6 -31.2 202 93 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.06 15 300 9373 -36.7 -57.2 10 20.6 -37.8 202 98 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.06 16 250 10616 -43.2 -65.1 7 21.9 -43.9 209 90 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 17 200 12098 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -48.8 222 66 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.00 18 150 13948 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.0 237 58 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16460 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 242 25 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.10 m Freezing level: 701.76 mb = 3003.98 m = 9855.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.09 mb = 2976.58 m = 9765.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.55 % Est. max temperature: 21.73 C = 71.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.24 mb = 411.10 m = 1348.73 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 6.62 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 857.11 m = 2812.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.21 C = 64.79 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: 0.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 32.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 144.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.93 mb = 829.41 m = 2721.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.93 mb = 969.26 m = 3179.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 588.93 mb = 4393.26 m = 14413.39 ft B at Equ Level: 143.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 408.93 mb = 7158.99 m = 23487.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.6 at 51.5 knts Storm direction: 252.6 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 411.5 neg: -13.7 tot: 397.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 134.38 m/s