MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.89,-79.87 Latitude: 38.89 Longitude: -79.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 1 950 463 SFC 915 784 15.5 12.0 79 3.6 13.3 180 13 296.1 297.9 290.0 324.1 9.66 3 900 923 14.4 11.6 83 2.8 12.7 182 19 296.4 298.1 290.0 324.0 9.56 4 850 1403 10.9 9.7 92 1.2 10.2 190 40 297.5 299.2 289.8 323.6 8.92 5 800 1907 7.8 7.1 95 0.7 7.4 208 51 299.4 300.9 289.6 322.8 7.94 6 750 2436 4.2 3.6 96 0.5 3.9 222 48 301.1 302.3 289.0 320.8 6.63 7 700 2995 1.3 0.8 97 0.5 1.0 206 41 303.9 305.0 289.2 321.5 5.80 8 650 3589 -1.6 -7.9 62 6.3 -4.3 204 51 307.1 307.7 287.8 317.3 3.24 9 600 4220 -4.9 -35.8 7 30.9 -11.2 211 58 310.5 310.5 285.9 311.5 0.30 10 550 4899 -8.5 -34.7 10 26.2 -13.8 201 66 314.0 314.1 287.2 315.3 0.37 11 500 5635 -10.6 -24.1 32 13.5 -14.3 189 77 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.9 1.09 12 450 6438 -15.4 -23.0 52 7.6 -17.5 185 77 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.5 1.34 13 400 7317 -21.4 -32.4 36 11.1 -23.5 189 75 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.5 0.63 14 350 8288 -28.2 -58.4 4 30.2 -30.4 202 88 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.9 0.04 15 300 9380 -34.7 -40.9 54 6.2 -35.4 199 96 336.4 336.5 293.8 337.8 0.36 16 250 10623 -45.8 -49.3 68 3.4 -46.0 201 98 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12091 -48.5 -75.8 3 27.3 -49.1 220 71 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 13941 -59.0 -79.6 5 20.6 -59.2 211 46 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16439 -64.9 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 230 20 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.62 m Freezing level: 678.00 mb = 3256.31 m = 10683.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.37 mb = 3106.10 m = 10190.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.02 % Est. max temperature: 19.90 C = 67.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.50 mb = 1232.19 m = 4042.55 ft T: 12.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.49 C/km ThetaE index: 3.22 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.54 mb = 1625.99 m = 5334.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.74 C = 63.94 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 3.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 30.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.53 mb = 1496.52 m = 4909.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.53 mb = 2056.86 m = 6748.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 625.53 mb = 3891.51 m = 12767.28 ft B at Equ Level: 41.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 525.53 mb = 5250.39 m = 17225.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.1 at 56.2 knts Storm direction: 229.1 at 42.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 373.7 neg: -31.7 tot: 342.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 150.11 m/s