MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.25,-72.99 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -72.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 38 17.9 17.5 97 0.4 17.7 149 15 291.0 293.2 290.7 326.6 12.66 1 1000 45 17.9 17.7 99 0.1 17.8 148 15 291.0 293.3 291.0 327.3 12.88 2 950 484 15.8 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 169 36 293.2 295.3 290.8 326.9 11.83 3 900 942 13.4 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 187 41 295.3 297.2 290.6 326.0 10.69 4 850 1422 10.5 10.4 99 0.1 10.4 195 35 297.2 298.9 290.1 324.3 9.35 5 800 1925 8.1 7.8 98 0.3 7.9 186 33 299.8 301.3 290.0 324.3 8.33 6 750 2456 5.1 4.8 98 0.3 4.9 177 35 302.1 303.4 289.8 323.6 7.20 7 700 3017 2.0 1.7 98 0.3 1.8 171 42 304.7 305.9 289.8 323.5 6.20 8 650 3612 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 174 50 307.4 308.4 289.8 323.4 5.20 9 600 4245 -5.2 -5.5 98 0.3 -5.3 177 54 310.1 310.9 289.8 323.4 4.23 10 550 4923 -10.3 -12.1 86 1.9 -10.9 187 60 311.9 312.4 289.0 320.7 2.74 11 500 5649 -15.1 -24.5 44 9.4 -17.4 187 65 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.2 1.05 12 450 6437 -20.5 -33.0 32 12.5 -22.7 182 69 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.4 0.53 13 400 7298 -26.5 -46.1 14 19.5 -28.5 178 73 320.5 320.5 289.0 321.1 0.15 14 350 8248 -32.7 -37.9 60 5.2 -33.3 170 82 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.2 0.42 15 300 9317 -40.2 -43.7 69 3.5 -40.5 172 89 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.26 16 250 10539 -47.6 -64.0 13 16.4 -48.0 184 83 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 17 200 12003 -50.4 -75.2 4 24.8 -50.8 176 61 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 13857 -56.2 -81.8 3 25.6 -56.5 195 34 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16384 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 230 18 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.09 m Freezing level: 670.60 mb = 3366.41 m = 11044.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.98 mb = 3332.59 m = 10933.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.01 % Est. max temperature: 24.07 C = 75.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.19 mb = 86.43 m = 283.56 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 9.10 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.73 mb = 530.84 m = 1741.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.34 C = 68.61 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.46 C K Index: 35.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 396.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.39 mb = 498.08 m = 1634.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.39 mb = 724.52 m = 2377.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.39 mb = 8179.60 m = 26835.64 ft B at Equ Level: 396.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.39 mb = 10990.08 m = 36056.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.9 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 210.9 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.9 neg: -20.2 tot: 231.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 6.06 Bulk Shear: 65.46 m/s