MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.18,-76.97 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -76.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 991 117 16.9 16.3 97 0.5 16.5 170 10 290.7 292.8 290.0 324.2 11.86 2 950 480 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.8 176 28 292.3 294.3 289.9 323.9 11.13 3 900 937 13.0 12.9 99 0.1 12.9 190 41 294.9 296.8 290.2 324.8 10.41 4 850 1417 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.6 201 48 297.4 299.1 290.2 324.9 9.46 5 800 1920 7.6 7.4 99 0.2 7.5 210 46 299.2 300.7 289.7 323.0 8.09 6 750 2450 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.6 208 43 301.7 303.0 289.6 322.7 7.03 7 700 3010 1.4 1.2 99 0.2 1.3 200 42 304.0 305.1 289.4 322.1 5.99 8 650 3603 -2.5 -3.3 94 0.9 -2.9 189 46 306.2 307.0 288.8 320.3 4.60 9 600 4235 -4.0 -19.6 29 15.6 -8.9 193 59 311.5 311.7 287.4 316.0 1.35 10 550 4919 -6.2 -37.5 6 31.3 -12.5 189 68 316.7 316.8 288.0 317.7 0.28 11 500 5655 -12.3 -47.0 4 34.7 -17.3 188 67 318.0 318.0 288.2 318.4 0.11 12 450 6451 -17.8 -49.9 4 32.1 -21.6 188 71 320.8 320.8 289.1 321.2 0.09 13 400 7319 -24.5 -52.9 5 28.4 -27.0 190 77 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.07 14 350 8279 -29.8 -56.9 5 27.0 -31.7 189 87 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.7 0.05 15 300 9366 -35.5 -41.6 54 6.1 -36.1 187 100 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.6 0.33 16 250 10607 -45.1 -50.5 54 5.5 -45.4 197 104 339.0 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.15 17 200 12083 -48.6 -75.9 3 27.3 -49.1 215 63 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 13933 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 207 56 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16454 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 206 29 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.91 m Freezing level: 681.94 mb = 3224.11 m = 10577.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.49 mb = 3189.19 m = 10463.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.59 % Est. max temperature: 23.80 C = 74.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.83 mb = 182.73 m = 599.49 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 8.90 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.59 mb = 627.62 m = 2059.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.28 C = 66.70 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 33.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.09 mb = 596.05 m = 1955.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.09 mb = 1694.04 m = 5557.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 612.09 mb = 4077.37 m = 13377.04 ft B at Equ Level: 68.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 542.09 mb = 5030.86 m = 16505.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.9 at 50.1 knts Storm direction: 223.9 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.7 neg: -25.9 tot: 287.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 120.43 m/s