MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 37.66,-74.88 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -74.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1011 -2 19.2 18.6 97 0.6 18.8 199 23 291.4 293.8 291.6 329.4 13.46 1 1000 90 18.4 18.3 99 0.1 18.4 200 28 291.6 293.9 291.5 329.3 13.34 2 950 530 15.6 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 216 41 293.0 295.1 290.6 325.9 11.58 3 900 987 12.6 12.2 98 0.4 12.3 229 40 294.5 296.3 289.7 323.0 9.96 4 850 1465 9.7 9.4 98 0.3 9.5 234 35 296.3 297.9 289.2 321.6 8.73 5 800 1967 6.7 6.4 97 0.4 6.5 228 27 298.3 299.7 288.9 320.5 7.54 6 750 2496 5.1 4.8 98 0.3 5.0 198 30 302.2 303.5 289.9 323.7 7.23 7 700 3058 2.5 2.2 98 0.3 2.3 189 43 305.2 306.4 290.2 324.7 6.41 8 650 3656 -0.3 -0.5 98 0.2 -0.4 197 52 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.2 5.69 9 600 4292 -4.3 -7.9 76 3.6 -5.8 203 57 311.1 311.8 289.4 322.2 3.50 10 550 4972 -8.4 -22.6 31 14.2 -12.4 209 61 314.1 314.3 288.1 317.9 1.13 11 500 5703 -13.4 -31.5 20 18.0 -17.1 206 64 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.6 0.55 12 450 6496 -19.0 -39.8 14 20.9 -22.1 205 65 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.4 0.27 13 400 7360 -26.4 -47.2 12 20.8 -28.5 205 66 320.6 320.6 289.1 321.1 0.14 14 350 8308 -33.7 -54.1 11 20.4 -35.0 200 71 323.3 323.3 289.8 323.6 0.07 15 300 9372 -40.5 -55.6 18 15.1 -41.2 201 81 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.07 16 250 10596 -47.2 -63.5 14 16.4 -47.6 207 85 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 17 200 12056 -49.8 -74.9 4 25.0 -50.3 206 56 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13907 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.8 234 51 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16429 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 228 36 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.27 m Freezing level: 655.12 mb = 3594.80 m = 11793.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.24 mb = 3566.65 m = 11701.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.40 % Est. max temperature: 23.67 C = 74.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.84 mb = 65.95 m = 216.39 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 8.95 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.88 mb = 485.66 m = 1593.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.61 C = 69.10 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 243.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.98 mb = 466.82 m = 1531.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 951.98 mb = 511.70 m = 1678.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.98 mb = 8672.55 m = 28452.91 ft B at Equ Level: 242.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.98 mb = 10542.68 m = 34588.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.5 at 45.8 knts Storm direction: 237.5 at 34.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 5.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.4 neg: -5.8 tot: 191.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 10.84 Bulk Shear: 22.48 m/s