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: 41.87,-73.26 Latitude: 41.87 Longitude: -73.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 967 320 16.2 15.8 98 0.4 15.9 138 11 292.1 294.2 290.4 325.3 11.73 2 950 473 15.5 15.3 99 0.1 15.4 144 22 292.9 294.9 290.5 325.9 11.60 3 900 931 13.6 13.4 99 0.1 13.5 165 40 295.5 297.4 290.7 326.6 10.80 4 850 1411 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.6 186 41 297.4 299.1 290.2 324.9 9.47 5 800 1914 7.3 7.1 98 0.3 7.2 188 35 299.0 300.4 289.5 322.2 7.91 6 750 2443 4.3 4.0 98 0.3 4.1 176 32 301.2 302.5 289.2 321.5 6.81 7 700 3003 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 166 42 304.3 305.4 289.5 322.6 6.04 8 650 3597 -1.6 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.7 172 52 307.2 308.1 289.6 323.0 5.13 9 600 4231 -5.5 -5.8 98 0.2 -5.7 177 55 309.7 310.5 289.6 322.7 4.15 10 550 4907 -10.4 -12.8 82 2.5 -11.2 186 62 311.8 312.3 288.8 320.1 2.59 11 500 5634 -15.1 -30.7 25 15.6 -18.3 184 67 314.7 314.8 287.6 316.7 0.59 12 450 6422 -20.8 -31.9 36 11.1 -22.8 179 71 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.1 0.59 13 400 7281 -26.7 -43.4 19 16.8 -28.5 173 74 320.3 320.4 289.1 321.1 0.20 14 350 8231 -33.0 -41.9 40 8.9 -33.9 169 84 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.27 15 300 9301 -40.1 -44.5 62 4.4 -40.4 169 91 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.8 0.24 16 250 10523 -47.2 -64.4 12 17.1 -47.7 181 80 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 17 200 11988 -51.0 -74.8 4 23.8 -51.4 170 60 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13844 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 189 36 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16378 -62.6 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 234 12 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.77 m Freezing level: 674.45 mb = 3306.55 m = 10848.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.97 mb = 3271.25 m = 10732.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.78 % Est. max temperature: 22.45 C = 72.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.80 mb = 367.74 m = 1206.48 ft T: 15.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 5.05 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 875.78 m = 2873.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.21 C = 66.58 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 25.66 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 371.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.13 mb = 798.77 m = 2620.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.13 mb = 1223.94 m = 4015.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.13 mb = 8048.07 m = 26404.10 ft B at Equ Level: 371.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.13 mb = 10545.57 m = 34597.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.1 at 48.6 knts Storm direction: 208.1 at 36.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 394.5 neg: -33.8 tot: 360.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 3.44 Bulk Shear: 107.98 m/s