MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.53,-78.50 Latitude: 41.53 Longitude: -78.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 1 950 432 SFC 936 562 16.4 14.1 86 2.3 15.0 147 15 295.1 297.1 290.7 326.4 10.87 3 900 892 13.6 13.2 98 0.4 13.3 151 31 295.5 297.4 290.6 326.2 10.65 4 850 1372 11.1 10.9 99 0.2 11.0 166 47 297.8 299.6 290.6 326.1 9.70 5 800 1878 9.1 8.8 98 0.3 8.9 191 51 300.8 302.5 290.9 327.2 8.92 6 750 2410 6.4 3.9 84 2.5 5.0 193 56 303.5 304.8 289.9 323.8 6.76 7 700 2973 2.9 1.5 91 1.4 2.1 190 58 305.7 306.8 290.0 324.2 6.10 8 650 3570 -0.6 -0.9 98 0.3 -0.7 193 63 308.3 309.3 290.3 325.3 5.51 9 600 4205 -4.3 -5.1 94 0.8 -4.7 189 65 311.1 311.9 290.2 324.8 4.36 10 550 4886 -8.6 -12.3 74 3.7 -10.0 192 61 313.9 314.4 289.6 322.6 2.70 11 500 5619 -12.6 -32.8 17 20.1 -16.7 194 62 317.6 317.7 288.5 319.4 0.49 12 450 6414 -18.7 -47.6 6 28.9 -22.2 194 64 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.2 0.11 13 400 7282 -22.9 -30.6 49 7.7 -24.4 186 73 325.3 325.4 291.2 328.0 0.75 14 350 8246 -28.9 -34.1 60 5.3 -29.7 185 82 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.1 0.61 15 300 9329 -38.2 -41.4 72 3.1 -38.5 185 85 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.34 16 250 10557 -46.5 -58.7 24 12.2 -47.0 192 77 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.06 17 200 12023 -50.7 -74.0 5 23.3 -51.1 189 57 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 13866 -56.9 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 218 52 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16393 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 230 29 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.40 m Freezing level: 658.79 mb = 3464.84 m = 11367.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.92 mb = 3411.27 m = 11191.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.21 % Est. max temperature: 22.76 C = 72.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.76 mb = 856.23 m = 2809.11 ft T: 13.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 3.33 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1167.77 m = 3831.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.09 C = 64.56 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: 0.46 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 33.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.01 mb = 1118.64 m = 3670.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.01 mb = 2961.39 m = 9715.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 521.01 mb = 5302.65 m = 17396.94 ft B at Equ Level: 33.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 411.01 mb = 7082.28 m = 23235.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.6 at 56.3 knts Storm direction: 218.6 at 42.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 578.7 neg: -2.3 tot: 576.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 192.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 196.71 m/s