MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.33,-81.20 Latitude: 38.33 Longitude: -81.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 973 372 8.8 5.1 78 3.6 6.9 243 7 284.2 285.1 281.3 300.0 5.67 2 950 565 7.6 4.1 79 3.5 5.9 250 15 284.9 285.9 281.4 300.1 5.42 3 900 1009 5.9 0.1 67 5.7 3.2 284 31 287.5 288.3 281.3 299.8 4.29 4 850 1474 1.7 -1.3 80 3.1 0.4 292 30 288.0 288.7 281.2 299.7 4.08 5 800 1959 -2.5 -3.1 96 0.6 -2.8 288 29 288.4 289.1 281.1 299.4 3.80 6 750 2469 -4.8 -12.2 56 7.4 -7.2 287 29 291.3 291.7 280.1 297.3 1.99 7 700 3011 -5.3 -22.3 25 17.0 -9.7 294 38 296.6 296.7 281.1 299.5 0.91 8 650 3588 -8.3 -21.4 34 13.1 -11.7 300 41 299.6 299.8 282.6 303.0 1.06 9 600 4205 -11.7 -19.9 51 8.2 -13.9 298 44 302.6 302.8 284.1 306.8 1.32 10 550 4866 -16.3 -22.9 57 6.6 -17.8 305 45 304.8 305.0 284.7 308.4 1.11 11 500 5574 -22.4 -27.8 61 5.5 -23.4 306 48 305.8 305.9 284.7 308.3 0.77 12 450 6339 -27.6 -36.9 41 9.3 -28.7 308 61 308.6 308.7 285.2 309.8 0.36 13 400 7178 -31.2 -47.7 18 16.5 -32.6 313 79 314.4 314.4 287.1 314.9 0.13 14 350 8119 -33.6 -64.5 3 30.9 -35.0 315 80 323.4 323.4 289.8 323.5 0.02 15 300 9192 -36.5 -69.5 2 33.0 -37.7 309 68 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.0 0.01 16 250 10448 -38.9 -71.4 2 32.5 -40.1 292 50 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 17 200 11966 -43.1 -74.5 2 31.4 -44.0 277 51 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 18 150 13867 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 269 43 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.2 0.00 19 100 16418 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 271 24 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5433.08 m Freezing level: 829.73 mb = 1670.55 m = 5480.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 844.13 mb = 1529.41 m = 5017.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.41 % Est. max temperature: 12.79 C = 55.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.20 mb = 827.12 m = 2713.60 ft T: 6.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 2.78 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.18 mb = 1585.95 m = 5203.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.65 C = 54.76 F Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lifted Index: 6.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.13 C Showalter Index: 6.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 5.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 108.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16006.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.89 mb = 1370.57 m = 4496.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.8 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 327.8 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.2 neg: -8.5 tot: 264.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 97.01 m/s