MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.01,-71.09 Latitude: 43.01 Longitude: -71.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 998 69 15.3 14.9 98 0.4 15.0 123 18 288.6 290.5 288.3 318.5 10.72 2 950 487 13.8 13.8 100 0.1 13.8 139 51 291.2 293.1 289.0 320.9 10.48 3 900 944 12.9 12.7 99 0.2 12.7 151 57 294.8 296.6 290.0 324.3 10.30 4 850 1422 10.0 9.6 97 0.4 9.7 152 51 296.6 298.2 289.5 322.3 8.86 5 800 1925 7.2 6.8 97 0.4 7.0 156 50 298.8 300.3 289.3 321.7 7.78 6 750 2454 4.6 4.2 97 0.4 4.4 162 45 301.5 302.8 289.4 322.1 6.90 7 700 3013 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.9 166 44 303.6 304.7 289.1 321.1 5.78 8 650 3607 -1.8 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.0 164 43 306.9 307.8 289.5 322.4 5.03 9 600 4240 -4.6 -4.9 98 0.3 -4.8 163 41 310.7 311.6 290.2 324.6 4.42 10 550 4921 -8.3 -8.6 98 0.3 -8.4 161 41 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.9 3.64 11 500 5655 -12.7 -13.1 96 0.5 -12.8 160 44 317.6 318.1 290.8 326.8 2.79 12 450 6451 -18.2 -19.9 86 1.7 -18.7 160 49 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.4 1.76 13 400 7319 -24.7 -27.1 81 2.4 -25.2 162 55 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.5 1.04 14 350 8274 -32.6 -35.6 74 3.0 -33.0 168 64 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.53 15 300 9340 -41.7 -45.1 70 3.3 -42.0 168 79 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.23 16 250 10553 -49.0 -56.7 40 7.7 -49.3 157 87 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.07 17 200 12005 -51.9 -74.5 5 22.6 -52.3 163 70 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13863 -55.6 -81.6 3 26.0 -55.9 187 35 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16406 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 227 8 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.71 m Freezing level: 681.80 mb = 3229.47 m = 10595.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.35 mb = 3194.49 m = 10480.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.82 % Est. max temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.59 mb = 116.02 m = 380.65 ft T: 15.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 2.62 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 627.20 m = 2057.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.00 C = 66.21 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 2.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 31.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7830.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.62 mb = 535.17 m = 1755.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.6 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 187.6 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 439.9 neg: -23.0 tot: 416.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 40.41 m/s