MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.57,-83.36 Latitude: 37.57 Longitude: -83.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 970 316 19.8 15.7 77 4.1 17.1 181 12 295.5 297.6 291.5 329.0 11.64 2 950 497 18.7 15.1 80 3.6 16.4 184 24 296.2 298.2 291.5 329.2 11.45 3 900 959 16.0 13.0 82 3.0 14.1 195 45 298.0 299.9 291.3 328.7 10.54 4 850 1444 14.0 8.6 70 5.4 10.7 204 52 300.8 302.4 290.3 325.3 8.26 5 800 1953 11.6 4.1 60 7.4 7.4 206 48 303.5 304.7 289.6 322.9 6.44 6 750 2491 9.8 0.5 52 9.3 4.9 211 43 307.3 308.3 289.8 323.6 5.30 7 700 3061 6.7 0.2 63 6.5 3.2 212 42 309.9 311.0 290.9 327.1 5.55 8 650 3665 2.8 -8.1 45 10.9 -2.0 211 44 312.1 312.7 289.5 322.3 3.19 9 600 4309 -0.2 -17.8 25 17.6 -6.4 207 48 315.9 316.2 289.1 321.2 1.58 10 550 4999 -5.3 -10.9 65 5.6 -7.6 209 50 317.7 318.3 291.0 327.6 3.02 11 500 5738 -10.9 -18.7 52 7.9 -13.4 213 62 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.7 1.74 12 450 6543 -14.4 -38.8 11 24.4 -18.7 209 56 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.30 13 400 7424 -20.8 -30.1 43 9.3 -22.7 212 58 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.8 0.78 14 350 8397 -27.2 -30.0 77 2.9 -27.7 225 63 332.1 332.3 293.2 335.4 0.90 15 300 9490 -35.9 -39.1 72 3.2 -36.3 229 52 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.3 0.43 16 250 10724 -46.9 -52.1 55 5.2 -47.1 236 55 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.12 17 200 12175 -52.6 -67.6 15 15.0 -52.9 253 60 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 13993 -61.8 -80.5 7 18.7 -62.0 250 47 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16469 -66.9 -87.4 4 20.4 -67.1 241 29 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.57 m Freezing level: 603.23 mb = 4267.05 m = 13999.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.26 mb = 3427.35 m = 11244.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.64 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.69 mb = 839.25 m = 2753.41 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 6.30 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 1977.47 m = 6487.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.21 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: 2.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 26.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6250.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.54 mb = 1221.71 m = 4008.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.7 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 237.7 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.5 neg: -19.9 tot: 318.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 77.71 m/s