MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.03,-84.46 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -84.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 986 281 3.3 0.3 80 3.1 2.0 240 5 277.6 278.2 275.8 288.4 3.95 2 950 591 9.2 -0.5 51 9.7 4.7 315 16 286.5 287.2 280.3 297.6 3.87 3 900 1036 5.4 -1.7 60 7.1 2.2 309 18 287.1 287.7 280.4 297.8 3.75 4 850 1500 3.7 -14.0 26 17.8 -2.2 308 25 290.1 290.3 278.9 294.7 1.52 5 800 1992 3.4 -16.9 21 20.4 -3.1 320 25 294.8 295.0 280.8 298.8 1.27 6 750 2513 1.7 -28.6 8 30.3 -5.8 322 26 298.4 298.5 281.3 300.0 0.48 7 700 3066 -0.3 -32.3 7 32.1 -7.5 317 31 302.2 302.3 282.8 303.4 0.36 8 650 3657 -0.4 -42.8 2 42.4 -8.4 313 39 308.5 308.5 284.9 309.0 0.13 9 600 4295 -1.5 -36.3 5 34.9 -9.2 315 50 314.4 314.5 287.2 315.4 0.28 10 550 4981 -6.9 -31.0 13 24.1 -12.5 314 50 315.9 316.0 288.0 317.7 0.52 11 500 5715 -12.3 -26.5 30 14.2 -15.8 317 51 318.0 318.2 289.0 321.1 0.88 12 450 6511 -18.0 -29.8 35 11.8 -20.4 314 58 320.6 320.8 289.7 323.2 0.72 13 400 7379 -24.5 -40.2 22 15.7 -26.6 313 62 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.3 0.29 14 350 8336 -32.1 -47.9 19 15.9 -33.4 310 67 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.14 15 300 9409 -39.2 -56.6 14 17.5 -40.0 312 72 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.06 16 250 10632 -47.8 -63.3 15 15.5 -48.3 307 73 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.03 17 200 12081 -52.9 -70.2 10 17.3 -53.2 302 71 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13918 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 298 45 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16428 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 278 28 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5546.92 m Freezing level: 706.49 mb = 2993.88 m = 9822.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 874.78 mb = 1266.74 m = 4155.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.94 % Est. max temperature: 17.02 C = 62.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.57 mb = 673.09 m = 2208.27 ft T: 8.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.55 C/km ThetaE index: 3.17 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 535.06 mb = 5193.02 m = 17037.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.14 C = 107.85 F Cap Strength: 19.19 C Lifted Index: 19.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.56 C Showalter Index: 20.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.04 C Cross Totals Index: -1.72 C K Index: -30.04 Risk: None Sweat Index: 101.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17492.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.47 mb = 1688.82 m = 5540.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.0 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 345.0 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 126.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 72.31 m/s