MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.53,-78.16 Latitude: 41.53 Longitude: -78.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 1 950 438 SFC 940 529 15.2 14.5 96 0.7 14.8 165 14 293.6 295.6 290.4 325.3 11.14 3 900 895 13.1 13.0 99 0.1 13.0 170 35 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.2 10.49 4 850 1375 10.4 10.3 99 0.1 10.3 183 51 297.1 298.8 290.0 324.1 9.29 5 800 1878 7.3 7.0 98 0.3 7.1 199 55 298.9 300.3 289.3 322.0 7.86 6 750 2406 3.8 3.6 98 0.3 3.7 211 53 300.8 302.0 288.9 320.4 6.60 7 700 2964 0.4 0.1 98 0.3 0.3 216 44 302.9 303.9 288.6 319.5 5.51 8 650 3555 -2.9 -3.2 98 0.3 -3.1 201 37 305.6 306.5 288.7 319.9 4.64 9 600 4187 -5.8 -6.2 97 0.3 -6.0 185 48 309.4 310.2 289.3 322.0 4.03 10 550 4862 -10.4 -12.5 85 2.1 -11.2 176 64 311.7 312.2 288.8 320.2 2.66 11 500 5589 -14.7 -36.2 14 21.5 -18.4 181 70 315.2 315.2 287.6 316.4 0.35 12 450 6378 -19.8 -45.8 8 26.0 -22.9 189 76 318.3 318.4 288.3 318.9 0.14 13 400 7241 -25.9 -44.8 15 19.0 -27.9 183 76 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.0 0.18 14 350 8194 -33.0 -51.3 14 18.3 -34.3 180 85 324.2 324.3 290.2 324.6 0.10 15 300 9263 -38.6 -60.7 8 22.2 -39.5 179 89 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.04 16 250 10500 -44.2 -65.8 7 21.6 -44.9 182 83 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 11980 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.4 176 62 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.00 18 150 13852 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 214 46 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16393 -61.6 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 223 28 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5585.51 m Freezing level: 694.17 mb = 3032.62 m = 9949.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.20 mb = 3007.18 m = 9865.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.75 % Est. max temperature: 20.85 C = 69.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.14 mb = 616.60 m = 2022.94 ft T: 14.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 5.80 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.62 mb = 1058.96 m = 3474.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.38 C = 63.29 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 35.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 248.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.66 mb = 1030.07 m = 3379.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.66 mb = 1270.22 m = 4167.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.66 mb = 6872.08 m = 22545.92 ft B at Equ Level: 247.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.66 mb = 9477.62 m = 31094.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.4 at 53.4 knts Storm direction: 219.4 at 40.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 460.0 neg: -18.3 tot: 441.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 109.65 m/s