MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.16,-72.54 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -72.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 992 108 17.1 16.7 97 0.5 16.8 141 12 291.0 293.1 290.3 325.2 12.12 2 950 474 15.5 15.4 100 0.1 15.4 149 32 292.9 295.0 290.6 326.0 11.66 3 900 931 13.3 13.1 99 0.1 13.2 162 47 295.2 297.1 290.5 325.7 10.61 4 850 1411 10.6 10.5 99 0.1 10.5 178 48 297.3 299.0 290.2 324.6 9.39 5 800 1914 7.9 7.7 99 0.2 7.8 184 42 299.5 301.1 289.9 323.8 8.25 6 750 2445 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.3 183 39 302.5 303.9 290.2 324.7 7.41 7 700 3007 2.1 1.8 98 0.3 1.9 181 42 304.8 305.9 289.9 323.6 6.22 8 650 3602 -1.6 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.7 178 43 307.2 308.1 289.6 323.0 5.13 9 600 4234 -5.6 -5.9 98 0.3 -5.7 175 51 309.6 310.4 289.5 322.5 4.11 10 550 4910 -10.7 -11.7 92 1.0 -11.1 177 64 311.3 311.9 288.9 320.4 2.83 11 500 5637 -14.8 -22.0 54 7.2 -16.7 175 68 315.0 315.2 288.5 319.4 1.31 12 450 6426 -20.0 -37.8 19 17.8 -22.7 173 73 318.1 318.1 288.5 319.3 0.33 13 400 7287 -26.7 -43.9 18 17.2 -28.5 171 76 320.3 320.3 289.0 321.0 0.20 14 350 8236 -33.1 -54.2 10 21.1 -34.5 167 81 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.07 15 300 9306 -39.2 -61.0 8 21.8 -40.1 163 84 330.1 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.03 16 250 10536 -46.3 -68.2 7 21.9 -46.9 163 75 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.3 0.02 17 200 12001 -50.4 -75.3 4 24.9 -50.9 165 66 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13861 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 190 43 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16394 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 223 18 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.58 m Freezing level: 671.73 mb = 3343.02 m = 10967.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.92 mb = 3311.46 m = 10864.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.46 % Est. max temperature: 23.77 C = 74.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.02 mb = 165.76 m = 543.84 ft T: 16.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 5.39 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 614.05 m = 2014.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.73 C = 67.52 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 276.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.49 mb = 576.84 m = 1892.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.49 mb = 1086.83 m = 3565.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.49 mb = 7967.14 m = 26138.59 ft B at Equ Level: 276.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 263.49 mb = 10181.40 m = 33403.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.3 at 48.7 knts Storm direction: 205.3 at 36.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.5 neg: -17.7 tot: 371.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 2.55 Bulk Shear: 108.52 m/s