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: 38.57,-76.90 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -76.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 34 20.5 12.7 61 7.8 15.7 175 10 293.3 295.0 288.6 319.8 9.25 1 1000 70 20.4 12.7 61 7.8 15.6 176 11 293.6 295.3 288.8 320.1 9.25 2 950 511 17.1 11.7 70 5.4 13.8 186 33 294.5 296.2 288.9 320.7 9.10 3 900 969 13.1 10.8 86 2.3 11.7 192 40 295.0 296.6 289.1 321.2 9.10 4 850 1447 9.6 8.1 90 1.6 8.8 206 41 296.2 297.7 288.5 319.4 7.98 5 800 1950 8.5 7.9 96 0.6 8.2 219 40 300.2 301.7 290.3 325.0 8.40 6 750 2483 6.6 5.2 90 1.5 5.8 207 40 303.8 305.2 290.6 326.0 7.39 7 700 3047 3.7 0.1 77 3.7 1.8 201 43 306.6 307.6 289.8 323.4 5.50 8 650 3646 0.9 -0.3 92 1.1 0.3 196 48 310.0 311.1 291.1 327.9 5.79 9 600 4286 -2.9 -3.2 98 0.3 -3.0 198 53 312.8 313.8 291.3 328.7 5.06 10 550 4971 -7.0 -7.7 94 0.8 -7.3 201 55 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.3 3.89 11 500 5709 -10.6 -11.2 95 0.7 -10.8 198 58 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.8 3.24 12 450 6515 -14.7 -14.9 99 0.1 -14.8 198 59 324.7 325.2 292.7 333.7 2.68 13 400 7396 -21.2 -22.0 93 0.8 -21.4 200 63 327.5 327.8 292.6 333.2 1.64 14 350 8366 -28.5 -35.0 54 6.5 -29.5 198 68 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.4 0.56 15 300 9452 -36.8 -45.3 41 8.6 -37.5 198 72 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.22 16 250 10685 -47.5 -52.0 60 4.5 -47.7 201 69 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12138 -52.6 -72.3 7 19.8 -52.9 214 54 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13965 -59.5 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.7 231 47 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16462 -65.4 -87.4 3 22.1 -65.5 224 18 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.44 m Freezing level: 638.14 mb = 3797.85 m = 12460.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.32 mb = 3703.98 m = 12152.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.26 % Est. max temperature: 23.32 C = 73.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.92 mb = 1016.41 m = 3334.64 ft T: 12.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 2.55 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.20 mb = 1366.56 m = 4483.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.22 C = 73.80 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 5.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: 6.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.19 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 24.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7985.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.28 mb = 1163.75 m = 3818.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.2 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 230.2 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.6 neg: -19.3 tot: 241.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 82.45 m/s