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: 41.78,-78.40 Latitude: 41.78 Longitude: -78.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 1 950 430 SFC 933 587 15.0 14.3 96 0.6 14.6 174 13 293.9 295.9 290.5 325.5 11.06 3 900 888 13.1 12.9 99 0.1 13.0 176 32 295.0 296.8 290.3 325.0 10.46 4 850 1367 10.2 10.0 99 0.1 10.1 186 48 296.8 298.5 289.8 323.3 9.13 5 800 1869 6.8 6.5 98 0.3 6.6 200 53 298.4 299.8 289.0 320.8 7.62 6 750 2396 3.3 3.0 98 0.3 3.1 211 51 300.2 301.3 288.4 319.0 6.35 7 700 2953 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.3 219 43 302.4 303.3 288.2 318.4 5.31 8 650 3543 -3.0 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.1 208 33 305.6 306.5 288.7 319.8 4.63 9 600 4175 -5.6 -6.2 96 0.6 -5.8 180 44 309.7 310.4 289.5 322.3 4.03 10 550 4850 -10.9 -17.1 60 6.2 -12.9 175 63 311.1 311.5 287.8 317.1 1.82 11 500 5577 -14.9 -36.4 14 21.5 -18.6 179 71 314.8 314.9 287.4 316.1 0.34 12 450 6365 -19.9 -43.2 11 23.3 -22.9 186 77 318.2 318.3 288.4 318.9 0.19 13 400 7228 -26.1 -44.4 16 18.2 -28.1 182 78 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.18 14 350 8180 -32.9 -53.3 11 20.3 -34.3 178 86 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.7 0.08 15 300 9251 -38.1 -67.4 3 29.3 -39.2 177 87 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.7 0.01 16 250 10491 -43.8 -68.1 5 24.3 -44.5 181 79 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.0 0.02 17 200 11972 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.3 174 61 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.00 18 150 13845 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 209 43 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16388 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 225 28 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5580.33 m Freezing level: 701.68 mb = 2934.18 m = 9626.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.02 mb = 2906.69 m = 9536.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.86 % Est. max temperature: 19.95 C = 67.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.70 mb = 667.60 m = 2190.26 ft T: 14.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 7.18 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.76 mb = 1106.89 m = 3631.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.81 C = 62.26 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 34.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 249.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.84 mb = 1086.98 m = 3566.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.84 mb = 1231.29 m = 4039.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 433.84 mb = 6633.12 m = 21761.95 ft B at Equ Level: 249.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 293.84 mb = 9391.63 m = 30812.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.2 at 52.5 knts Storm direction: 219.2 at 39.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.3 neg: -8.0 tot: 362.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 2.82 Bulk Shear: 88.28 m/s