MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.40,-76.93 Latitude: 40.40 Longitude: -76.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 984 188 19.7 14.1 70 5.6 16.1 154 11 294.2 296.0 289.9 323.8 10.33 2 950 490 17.5 13.0 75 4.4 14.7 162 25 294.9 296.7 289.8 323.6 9.97 3 900 949 13.6 11.8 89 1.8 12.5 174 31 295.5 297.2 289.8 323.4 9.69 4 850 1430 11.0 9.9 93 1.1 10.3 209 26 297.7 299.3 290.0 324.1 9.04 5 800 1934 8.9 6.0 82 2.9 7.2 226 35 300.6 302.0 289.5 322.4 7.34 6 750 2467 6.1 5.8 98 0.2 5.9 213 39 303.2 304.6 290.7 326.4 7.76 7 700 3030 2.7 2.5 99 0.2 2.6 212 49 305.4 306.6 290.3 325.3 6.56 8 650 3626 -0.8 -1.1 98 0.3 -1.0 212 55 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.8 5.43 9 600 4261 -4.5 -5.3 95 0.7 -4.8 213 58 310.9 311.7 290.1 324.4 4.31 10 550 4942 -8.7 -14.6 62 5.9 -10.8 214 58 313.8 314.2 289.1 321.1 2.24 11 500 5673 -12.9 -18.5 63 5.6 -14.6 206 56 317.3 317.7 289.8 323.3 1.78 12 450 6468 -18.7 -27.1 48 8.3 -20.6 208 56 319.7 319.8 289.6 322.9 0.92 13 400 7334 -24.5 -26.9 81 2.3 -25.0 201 62 323.1 323.3 290.8 326.8 1.06 14 350 8294 -30.8 -34.0 74 3.1 -31.3 195 63 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.4 0.62 15 300 9370 -38.8 -45.5 49 6.7 -39.3 206 68 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.22 16 250 10598 -48.2 -55.2 44 6.9 -48.5 222 78 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.09 17 200 12035 -54.3 -66.8 20 12.5 -54.5 201 55 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 13871 -56.3 -83.7 2 27.4 -56.6 236 49 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16397 -62.9 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.1 248 30 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.27 m Freezing level: 661.66 mb = 3486.84 m = 11439.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.77 mb = 3457.24 m = 11342.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.49 % Est. max temperature: 24.09 C = 75.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.97 mb = 893.19 m = 2930.38 ft T: 14.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 5.27 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1371.82 m = 4500.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.92 C = 73.26 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6989.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.51 mb = 1085.68 m = 3561.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.6 at 45.3 knts Storm direction: 238.6 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.9 neg: -9.6 tot: 277.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 155.76 m/s