MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.97,-75.00 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -75.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 -1 18.7 18.4 98 0.4 18.5 172 18 291.5 293.8 291.5 329.1 13.33 1 1000 44 18.6 18.4 99 0.2 18.5 173 20 291.8 294.2 291.6 329.7 13.43 2 950 485 16.7 16.6 100 0.1 16.6 187 42 294.1 296.4 291.7 330.1 12.59 3 900 944 13.8 13.7 99 0.1 13.7 202 46 295.7 297.7 291.0 327.4 10.98 4 850 1425 10.8 10.6 99 0.1 10.7 211 45 297.4 299.1 290.3 325.0 9.49 5 800 1928 8.1 7.8 98 0.3 8.0 218 36 299.8 301.3 290.1 324.4 8.35 6 750 2459 5.4 5.0 97 0.4 5.2 204 34 302.4 303.8 290.0 324.3 7.32 7 700 3021 3.0 2.7 98 0.3 2.8 192 43 305.8 307.0 290.6 326.0 6.64 8 650 3618 -0.3 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.4 187 49 308.7 309.7 290.6 326.1 5.66 9 600 4255 -3.9 -4.3 97 0.4 -4.1 187 54 311.6 312.5 290.6 326.2 4.64 10 550 4936 -8.5 -9.1 96 0.5 -8.8 184 59 313.9 314.6 290.3 325.2 3.50 11 500 5668 -14.2 -18.0 73 3.8 -15.4 187 62 315.7 316.0 289.3 321.8 1.86 12 450 6457 -20.1 -30.6 39 10.5 -22.1 197 72 318.0 318.1 288.8 320.3 0.67 13 400 7318 -26.8 -46.0 15 19.2 -28.7 199 78 320.2 320.2 289.0 320.8 0.15 14 350 8267 -32.9 -54.5 10 21.6 -34.3 190 79 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.7 0.07 15 300 9338 -38.9 -56.3 14 17.4 -39.8 196 91 330.5 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.06 16 250 10572 -44.1 -66.1 7 22.0 -44.8 202 83 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.02 17 200 12056 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.3 203 50 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.00 18 150 13913 -56.1 -81.5 3 25.4 -56.5 216 52 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16428 -65.7 -87.2 4 21.5 -65.8 234 27 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.18 m Freezing level: 654.01 mb = 3570.34 m = 11713.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.06 mb = 3543.49 m = 11625.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.17 % Est. max temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.94 mb = 44.94 m = 147.44 ft T: 18.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 5.78 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.70 mb = 523.27 m = 1716.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.53 C = 70.76 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 575.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.95 mb = 458.08 m = 1502.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.95 mb = 684.29 m = 2245.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.95 mb = 8934.09 m = 29310.97 ft B at Equ Level: 571.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.95 mb = 11185.92 m = 36698.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.8 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 222.8 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.8 neg: -8.9 tot: 249.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 12.83 Bulk Shear: 44.87 m/s