MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.12,-84.62 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -84.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 975 307 20.1 18.7 92 1.4 19.2 168 9 295.3 297.8 293.2 335.6 14.05 2 950 537 20.4 18.0 86 2.4 18.8 179 25 297.9 300.4 293.8 338.0 13.83 3 900 1004 18.6 15.9 84 2.7 16.8 199 32 300.7 303.0 293.8 337.9 12.69 4 850 1492 14.7 13.4 92 1.3 13.8 204 28 301.5 303.6 293.2 335.3 11.45 5 800 2003 11.4 10.3 93 1.1 10.7 209 30 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.8 9.88 6 750 2541 8.6 6.3 85 2.3 7.3 203 30 306.0 307.4 291.7 330.2 8.02 7 700 3109 5.7 1.6 75 4.1 3.5 208 33 308.8 310.0 291.0 327.7 6.15 8 650 3711 2.4 -10.2 39 12.6 -2.9 217 36 311.7 312.2 288.9 320.4 2.70 9 600 4355 -0.6 -18.5 24 17.9 -6.7 219 33 315.4 315.7 288.9 320.4 1.48 10 550 5043 -4.8 -24.5 20 19.7 -10.5 219 34 318.4 318.6 289.3 321.7 0.96 11 500 5785 -10.2 -20.4 43 10.2 -13.4 228 39 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.7 1.50 12 450 6589 -14.3 -42.8 7 28.4 -18.9 236 40 325.2 325.2 290.6 325.9 0.20 13 400 7473 -19.6 -46.0 8 26.4 -23.1 235 41 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.15 14 350 8447 -27.8 -50.5 10 22.6 -29.9 239 46 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.11 15 300 9533 -37.3 -51.8 21 14.5 -38.2 244 48 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 16 250 10762 -48.4 -53.4 56 5.0 -48.7 240 59 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.11 17 200 12202 -54.6 -67.7 18 13.1 -54.9 250 70 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14016 -60.6 -82.1 4 21.5 -60.7 259 63 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16489 -67.8 -87.4 5 19.5 -67.9 255 32 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.60 m Freezing level: 610.09 mb = 4224.71 m = 13860.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.53 mb = 3434.27 m = 11267.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.39 mb = 478.74 m = 1570.65 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 17.65 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.65 mb = 1346.35 m = 4417.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.00 C = 78.79 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.65 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 507.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.26 mb = 1068.43 m = 3505.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.26 mb = 1609.41 m = 5280.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.26 mb = 11349.32 m = 37234.83 ft B at Equ Level: 490.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.26 mb = 13291.61 m = 43607.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.2 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 243.2 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.7 neg: -11.1 tot: 200.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 12.27 Bulk Shear: 41.31 m/s