MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.59,-85.25 Latitude: 38.59 Longitude: -85.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 988 220 9.8 7.1 83 2.7 8.3 279 10 284.0 285.1 282.1 301.7 6.40 2 950 542 8.0 5.0 82 2.9 6.5 286 24 285.3 286.3 282.0 301.4 5.77 3 900 985 5.0 1.4 77 3.7 3.3 298 38 286.7 287.5 281.3 300.0 4.69 4 850 1449 1.3 -2.8 74 4.1 -0.4 303 46 287.5 288.1 280.4 298.0 3.65 5 800 1933 -2.9 -5.0 86 2.0 -3.7 309 47 288.0 288.6 280.3 297.6 3.30 6 750 2442 -5.1 -6.5 90 1.4 -5.7 313 43 291.0 291.6 281.4 300.2 3.12 7 700 2982 -7.2 -7.7 96 0.5 -7.4 309 36 294.5 295.0 282.8 303.6 3.06 8 650 3556 -10.5 -12.3 87 1.8 -11.1 302 30 297.1 297.5 283.0 304.1 2.29 9 600 4167 -14.2 -18.6 70 4.3 -15.4 299 26 299.6 299.9 283.1 304.3 1.47 10 550 4822 -18.8 -20.9 83 2.1 -19.3 313 25 301.7 302.0 283.8 305.9 1.31 11 500 5523 -24.3 -24.8 95 0.6 -24.4 336 25 303.5 303.6 284.1 306.8 1.02 12 450 6283 -28.5 -41.5 28 13.0 -29.8 314 24 307.4 307.4 284.7 308.2 0.22 13 400 7123 -30.2 -60.5 4 30.3 -31.9 297 35 315.7 315.7 287.3 315.8 0.03 14 350 8068 -32.2 -66.6 2 34.3 -33.8 296 40 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.3 0.01 15 300 9151 -34.2 -68.0 2 33.8 -35.8 289 45 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.2 0.01 16 250 10419 -36.7 -69.8 2 33.1 -38.1 277 42 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 17 200 11945 -43.2 -74.6 2 31.4 -44.2 264 46 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 18 150 13848 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.5 260 51 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16410 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 258 33 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5406.94 m Freezing level: 834.70 mb = 1596.94 m = 5239.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.99 mb = 1391.91 m = 4566.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.64 % Est. max temperature: 13.46 C = 56.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.64 mb = 561.99 m = 1843.78 ft T: 7.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 4.18 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.75 mb = 1234.62 m = 4050.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.96 C = 55.33 F Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lifted Index: 4.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: 6.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.46 C K Index: 22.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.05 mb = 1048.27 m = 3439.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.05 mb = 1561.87 m = 5124.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 748.05 mb = 2462.17 m = 8077.89 ft B at Equ Level: 23.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 688.05 mb = 3115.27 m = 10220.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.5 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 338.5 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.3 neg: -45.3 tot: 217.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 29.87 m/s