MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.72,-77.16 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -77.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 984 195 19.4 12.3 63 7.2 15.0 165 13 294.0 295.6 288.8 320.2 9.13 2 950 496 17.8 11.5 66 6.4 13.9 173 29 295.3 296.9 289.1 321.3 9.00 3 900 955 13.5 10.9 84 2.6 11.9 179 34 295.4 297.1 289.3 321.8 9.14 4 850 1434 10.1 9.9 99 0.1 10.0 194 37 296.7 298.4 289.7 323.0 9.07 5 800 1937 7.2 6.9 98 0.3 7.1 214 34 298.8 300.3 289.3 321.8 7.83 6 750 2466 5.2 4.8 97 0.4 5.0 214 34 302.2 303.6 289.9 323.8 7.21 7 700 3027 2.5 -1.1 77 3.6 0.7 211 44 305.3 306.2 288.9 320.7 5.04 8 650 3624 -0.4 -2.2 88 1.8 -1.3 202 53 308.5 309.5 290.0 324.1 5.01 9 600 4260 -4.1 -6.3 84 2.3 -5.1 194 58 311.4 312.2 290.0 324.0 3.97 10 550 4942 -7.7 -13.5 63 5.8 -9.9 191 63 314.9 315.4 289.6 322.9 2.45 11 500 5677 -11.4 -23.5 36 12.2 -14.7 187 70 319.2 319.4 289.7 323.1 1.14 12 450 6477 -16.1 -26.0 42 9.9 -18.5 186 72 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.6 1.02 13 400 7356 -20.9 -39.4 17 18.5 -23.8 193 72 327.8 327.9 291.4 329.0 0.31 14 350 8328 -27.7 -37.6 38 10.0 -29.1 190 73 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.1 0.43 15 300 9417 -35.9 -39.6 69 3.7 -36.3 194 77 334.8 334.8 293.4 336.3 0.41 16 250 10655 -47.2 -50.5 69 3.3 -47.4 196 77 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12107 -50.6 -70.7 8 20.1 -51.1 219 69 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13943 -59.2 -80.9 4 21.7 -59.4 223 53 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16456 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 230 19 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.50 m Freezing level: 656.56 mb = 3545.56 m = 11632.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.86 mb = 3238.74 m = 10625.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.73 % Est. max temperature: 22.86 C = 73.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.25 mb = 1103.00 m = 3618.71 ft T: 12.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1468.14 m = 4816.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.34 C = 72.21 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: 3.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.46 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 27.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8011.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.78 mb = 1260.39 m = 4135.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 48.1 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 2.3 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.6 neg: -5.1 tot: 221.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 98.64 m/s