MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.81,-80.04 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -80.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 960 403 17.4 16.3 93 1.1 16.7 202 9 294.0 296.2 291.4 328.9 12.24 2 950 495 16.7 16.1 96 0.6 16.3 204 16 294.1 296.3 291.4 328.9 12.17 3 900 954 14.0 13.9 100 0.1 14.0 206 34 295.9 297.9 291.2 328.2 11.19 4 850 1435 11.5 11.0 97 0.5 11.2 207 43 298.2 300.0 290.7 326.6 9.73 5 800 1941 8.6 8.0 96 0.6 8.3 211 48 300.4 301.9 290.3 325.3 8.46 6 750 2472 5.3 4.8 96 0.5 5.1 212 52 302.4 303.7 289.9 323.9 7.21 7 700 3033 1.5 0.7 94 0.8 1.1 209 54 304.1 305.2 289.2 321.6 5.75 8 650 3628 -0.2 -10.1 47 9.9 -4.2 216 60 308.8 309.3 287.9 317.5 2.74 9 600 4266 -1.8 -23.2 18 21.3 -8.2 219 63 314.0 314.2 287.9 317.3 0.99 10 550 4954 -4.4 -47.1 2 42.7 -11.7 225 61 318.9 318.9 288.5 319.2 0.10 11 500 5697 -9.2 -50.4 2 41.2 -15.2 216 61 321.9 321.9 289.4 322.2 0.08 12 450 6500 -16.2 -48.4 4 32.2 -20.3 224 74 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.3 0.11 13 400 7374 -22.2 -42.5 14 20.3 -24.9 216 76 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.23 14 350 8347 -26.5 -30.8 67 4.3 -27.3 206 86 333.0 333.1 293.3 336.0 0.84 15 300 9442 -35.1 -38.0 75 2.9 -35.4 205 91 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.7 0.48 16 250 10687 -43.5 -49.1 54 5.5 -43.9 220 100 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.18 17 200 12165 -50.2 -74.6 4 24.4 -50.7 233 82 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14003 -61.0 -83.7 3 22.8 -61.2 211 64 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16476 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.8 -65.1 247 14 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.99 m Freezing level: 654.94 mb = 3569.16 m = 11709.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.81 mb = 3150.48 m = 10336.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.43 % Est. max temperature: 23.30 C = 73.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.81 mb = 541.53 m = 1776.66 ft T: 16.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.00 C/km ThetaE index: 11.58 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 932.31 m = 3058.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.29 C = 66.72 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: 2.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: 3.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.68 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 30.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.90 mb = 908.30 m = 2979.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.90 mb = 1049.42 m = 3442.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 629.90 mb = 3878.44 m = 12724.40 ft B at Equ Level: 105.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 519.90 mb = 5392.67 m = 17692.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.7 at 53.3 knts Storm direction: 245.7 at 40.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 347.4 neg: -4.0 tot: 343.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 136.97 m/s