MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.95,-72.45 Latitude: 41.95 Longitude: -72.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 120 17.1 16.4 96 0.7 16.7 134 11 290.9 293.0 290.1 324.4 11.91 2 950 496 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 152 32 292.7 294.8 290.4 325.3 11.46 3 900 954 12.5 12.4 99 0.1 12.4 169 43 294.4 296.2 289.8 323.4 10.10 4 850 1431 9.4 7.9 90 1.5 8.5 171 38 296.0 297.4 288.3 318.8 7.86 5 800 1931 6.3 2.8 78 3.6 4.5 178 43 297.9 299.0 287.1 315.1 5.84 6 750 2460 6.6 -6.4 39 13.0 0.8 176 52 303.7 304.3 286.6 313.5 3.15 7 700 3022 3.9 -25.4 10 29.3 -4.6 176 57 306.8 306.9 285.0 309.1 0.69 8 650 3620 0.5 -26.6 11 27.1 -7.0 177 59 309.5 309.7 285.9 311.8 0.67 9 600 4256 -3.4 -13.6 45 10.2 -7.2 183 59 312.1 312.6 288.5 319.4 2.23 10 550 4939 -8.0 -10.8 80 2.8 -9.1 184 59 314.6 315.2 290.1 324.5 3.05 11 500 5673 -12.4 -16.2 73 3.8 -13.6 184 60 318.0 318.4 290.3 325.2 2.16 12 450 6469 -18.5 -23.0 68 4.5 -19.7 180 66 320.0 320.2 290.2 324.6 1.34 13 400 7336 -24.8 -25.4 95 0.5 -24.9 180 67 322.7 322.9 290.8 326.9 1.22 14 350 8294 -29.0 -38.8 38 9.8 -30.3 172 67 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.38 15 300 9380 -37.0 -50.2 24 13.2 -37.9 172 69 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.13 16 250 10612 -47.5 -50.8 69 3.3 -47.7 179 68 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.14 17 200 12062 -53.5 -69.7 12 16.1 -53.8 178 52 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13888 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 190 37 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16401 -64.4 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 227 18 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.48 m Freezing level: 643.70 mb = 3699.96 m = 12138.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.21 mb = 2544.88 m = 8349.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.29 % Est. max temperature: 22.47 C = 72.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.09 mb = 204.79 m = 671.86 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 16.20 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.42 mb = 654.24 m = 2146.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.59 C = 67.26 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.21 C K Index: 0.28 Risk: None Sweat Index: 230.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.36 mb = 600.53 m = 1970.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.36 mb = 828.92 m = 2719.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.36 mb = 2315.14 m = 7595.52 ft B at Equ Level: 58.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 663.36 mb = 3455.77 m = 11337.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.7 at 51.0 knts Storm direction: 207.7 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.2 neg: -20.8 tot: 391.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 131.45 m/s