MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.84,-71.50 Latitude: 42.84 Longitude: -71.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 995 102 16.1 15.5 96 0.7 15.7 151 8 289.7 291.7 289.1 321.1 11.17 2 950 494 14.0 13.8 99 0.2 13.9 165 28 291.4 293.3 289.1 321.2 10.51 3 900 948 10.6 10.0 96 0.6 10.3 187 27 292.5 294.0 287.8 317.1 8.61 4 850 1422 7.9 5.4 84 2.6 6.5 180 29 294.5 295.7 286.6 313.6 6.61 5 800 1920 5.7 -3.9 50 9.7 1.4 176 38 297.2 297.9 284.5 307.9 3.57 6 750 2447 3.7 1.3 84 2.5 2.5 170 45 300.6 301.7 287.9 317.4 5.60 7 700 3004 -0.2 -5.3 69 5.0 -2.4 172 51 302.2 302.9 286.6 313.5 3.69 8 650 3594 -2.8 -6.9 73 4.1 -4.5 177 63 305.8 306.5 287.7 316.8 3.51 9 600 4224 -6.0 -6.7 95 0.7 -6.2 170 61 309.2 309.9 289.2 321.3 3.87 10 550 4901 -10.7 -13.6 79 2.9 -11.8 168 70 311.4 311.8 288.5 319.2 2.42 11 500 5625 -16.1 -20.6 68 4.5 -17.3 165 77 313.4 313.7 288.2 318.4 1.49 12 450 6410 -21.2 -24.3 76 3.1 -21.9 160 76 316.6 316.8 288.9 320.6 1.19 13 400 7270 -26.6 -29.3 78 2.7 -27.1 151 72 320.4 320.6 289.8 323.4 0.85 14 350 8220 -33.5 -36.7 73 3.2 -33.8 141 69 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.3 0.47 15 300 9283 -42.3 -45.7 69 3.4 -42.5 139 73 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.21 16 250 10490 -49.6 -59.2 32 9.6 -49.9 167 98 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.05 17 200 11952 -48.9 -74.5 4 25.6 -49.4 169 65 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 13822 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 184 38 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16376 -61.4 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 175 10 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.12 m Freezing level: 702.91 mb = 2971.18 m = 9747.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.80 mb = 2722.73 m = 8932.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.09 % Est. max temperature: 21.17 C = 70.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.26 mb = 184.95 m = 606.77 ft T: 15.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 13.22 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 643.73 m = 2111.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.19 C = 64.75 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: 0.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 3.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.46 C K Index: 24.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.75 mb = 593.93 m = 1948.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.75 mb = 729.24 m = 2392.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.75 mb = 2298.77 m = 7541.82 ft B at Equ Level: 44.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 483.75 mb = 5871.28 m = 19262.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.7 at 51.3 knts Storm direction: 200.7 at 38.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.6 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.6 neg: -22.2 tot: 222.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 131.15 m/s