MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 37.21,-80.29 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -80.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 556 SFC 942 626 6.2 0.9 69 5.3 3.8 273 11 284.2 284.9 279.7 296.4 4.32 3 900 998 4.0 -0.6 72 4.6 2.0 284 34 285.7 286.4 280.1 297.2 4.06 4 850 1461 2.3 -8.1 46 10.4 -1.7 296 51 288.5 289.0 279.4 295.7 2.44 5 800 1949 1.6 -8.3 48 9.9 -2.2 296 48 292.9 293.3 281.5 300.5 2.56 6 750 2469 2.3 -6.6 52 8.9 -1.4 291 43 299.1 299.7 284.8 308.5 3.10 7 700 3026 1.2 -13.0 34 14.2 -4.0 281 39 303.8 304.2 285.4 310.1 2.00 8 650 3618 -1.5 -19.2 24 17.8 -7.1 267 38 307.3 307.6 285.9 311.5 1.29 9 600 4251 -5.7 -27.8 16 22.2 -11.1 260 39 309.6 309.7 285.9 311.8 0.65 10 550 4924 -11.4 -30.8 18 19.4 -15.4 265 37 310.6 310.7 286.2 312.4 0.54 11 500 5647 -17.2 -29.7 33 12.6 -19.6 280 39 312.1 312.2 286.9 314.4 0.65 12 450 6426 -23.4 -36.5 29 13.1 -25.2 289 47 313.9 313.9 287.2 315.2 0.37 13 400 7278 -28.1 -47.5 14 19.4 -29.9 298 70 318.4 318.5 288.4 318.9 0.13 14 350 8227 -32.7 -57.8 6 25.1 -34.2 301 95 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.8 0.04 15 300 9296 -39.4 -59.5 10 20.1 -40.3 297 94 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.04 16 250 10528 -44.3 -68.9 5 24.6 -45.0 291 88 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.01 17 200 12013 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.8 286 79 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 18 150 13880 -54.7 -82.7 2 28.0 -55.1 279 57 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16423 -64.8 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.9 256 31 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5514.78 m Freezing level: 677.43 mb = 3293.39 m = 10804.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.11 mb = 1243.33 m = 4079.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.68 % Est. max temperature: 15.73 C = 60.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.63 mb = 1294.39 m = 4246.64 ft T: 2.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 1.52 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 576.86 mb = 4555.30 m = 14945.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Cap Strength: 14.61 C Lifted Index: 14.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.66 C Showalter Index: 14.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.42 C Cross Totals Index: 9.04 C K Index: -2.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 141.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16512.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.44 mb = 1884.32 m = 6182.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.5 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 310.5 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 4.2 tot: 11.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.0 neg: -113.9 tot: 61.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 28.38 m/s