MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 62 SFC 971 316 16.8 15.3 91 1.4 15.8 197 11 292.4 294.4 290.2 324.7 11.36 2 950 499 15.3 14.6 96 0.6 14.9 200 20 292.7 294.7 290.0 324.2 11.09 3 900 956 12.5 12.3 98 0.2 12.4 217 37 294.4 296.2 289.7 323.2 10.02 4 850 1434 10.0 9.8 99 0.2 9.9 234 40 296.6 298.3 289.6 322.8 9.00 5 800 1936 7.1 6.6 97 0.5 6.8 231 38 298.7 300.1 289.1 321.2 7.66 6 750 2465 4.2 2.6 89 1.6 3.4 232 39 301.1 302.3 288.6 319.5 6.15 7 700 3022 0.0 -1.0 93 1.0 -0.5 235 43 302.5 303.4 288.1 317.8 5.07 8 650 3614 -2.1 -3.1 92 1.1 -2.6 230 57 306.6 307.5 289.0 321.0 4.68 9 600 4248 -4.3 -5.0 95 0.7 -4.6 216 54 311.2 312.0 290.3 325.1 4.41 10 550 4932 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.7 197 61 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.6 4.12 11 500 5673 -9.4 -9.9 96 0.6 -9.6 192 68 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.5 3.60 12 450 6480 -15.0 -16.1 91 1.1 -15.3 198 81 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.6 2.42 13 400 7360 -20.7 -22.8 83 2.1 -21.2 204 86 328.1 328.4 292.6 333.4 1.53 14 350 8333 -27.8 -30.4 78 2.7 -28.3 209 87 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.87 15 300 9422 -36.5 -39.7 72 3.2 -36.8 212 86 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.40 16 250 10657 -46.6 -51.2 59 4.6 -46.9 211 91 336.7 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.14 17 200 12128 -47.7 -77.2 2 29.5 -48.3 232 59 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 18 150 13969 -60.9 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.0 223 43 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16463 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 229 35 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.38 m Freezing level: 699.69 mb = 3025.86 m = 9927.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.56 mb = 2946.78 m = 9667.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.84 % Est. max temperature: 22.16 C = 71.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.47 mb = 494.53 m = 1622.46 ft T: 15.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.54 C/km ThetaE index: 6.83 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 868.10 m = 2848.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.45 C = 65.21 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: 5.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.37 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 28.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.21 mb = 832.57 m = 2731.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.21 mb = 972.36 m = 3190.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 628.21 mb = 3883.88 m = 12742.24 ft B at Equ Level: 91.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 528.21 mb = 5245.91 m = 17210.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.5 at 49.8 knts Storm direction: 243.5 at 37.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.4 neg: -3.6 tot: 183.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 104.72 m/s