MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.37,-75.25 Latitude: 38.37 Longitude: -75.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 7 16.3 10.6 69 5.8 13.0 168 7 288.2 289.5 285.4 310.4 7.90 1 1000 142 16.3 9.7 65 6.6 12.4 172 14 289.4 290.8 285.6 310.8 7.55 2 950 579 15.9 2.1 39 13.8 8.8 198 13 293.3 294.1 284.2 307.0 4.69 3 900 1038 16.0 -3.7 26 19.6 6.7 225 10 298.0 298.6 284.5 307.8 3.24 4 850 1521 13.9 1.0 41 12.9 7.2 226 11 300.7 301.6 287.2 315.3 4.84 5 800 2030 12.0 1.2 47 10.8 6.3 244 15 304.0 305.0 288.7 319.8 5.22 6 750 2568 9.9 0.9 54 9.0 5.1 260 19 307.3 308.3 290.0 324.1 5.46 7 700 3138 6.3 1.3 70 5.0 3.6 274 19 309.5 310.6 291.2 328.1 6.02 8 650 3742 2.1 -1.2 79 3.3 0.4 283 20 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.2 5.39 9 600 4382 -2.5 -6.2 76 3.7 -4.2 282 22 313.2 314.0 290.6 326.0 4.01 10 550 5066 -7.3 -15.2 53 7.9 -10.1 287 20 315.4 315.8 289.5 322.4 2.13 11 500 5802 -12.1 -19.1 56 7.0 -14.3 286 15 318.2 318.6 289.9 323.9 1.69 12 450 6598 -17.7 -23.1 63 5.4 -19.1 279 18 320.9 321.2 290.4 325.5 1.32 13 400 7469 -23.5 -32.3 44 8.8 -25.1 284 23 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.8 0.64 14 350 8431 -30.2 -39.8 39 9.6 -31.4 296 28 328.0 328.0 291.5 329.3 0.34 15 300 9510 -38.3 -48.1 35 9.8 -39.0 301 30 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.16 16 250 10737 -47.9 -57.6 32 9.7 -48.3 303 32 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12181 -54.2 -72.0 9 17.8 -54.5 296 41 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 14003 -60.0 -82.5 4 22.4 -60.2 284 46 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16483 -68.1 -85.8 6 17.6 -68.2 295 24 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.41 m Freezing level: 627.07 mb = 4035.48 m = 13239.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.36 mb = 3798.96 m = 12463.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.28 mb = 738.43 m = 2422.65 ft T: 15.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 3.81 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.30 mb = 4219.92 m = 13844.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.03 C = 105.86 F Cap Strength: 11.28 C Lifted Index: 11.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.10 C Showalter Index: 6.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 13.14 C K Index: 22.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 48.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12124.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.30 mb = 1850.06 m = 6069.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.8 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 294.8 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 53.93 m/s