MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.22,-71.86 Latitude: 38.22 Longitude: -71.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 -2 17.2 11.0 67 6.2 13.6 255 19 289.2 290.6 286.1 312.2 8.16 1 1000 122 15.4 8.5 63 6.9 11.5 255 20 288.5 289.8 284.7 308.2 6.97 2 950 554 11.1 7.3 77 3.8 9.0 255 21 288.5 289.7 284.4 307.6 6.76 3 900 1002 7.3 0.1 60 7.1 3.9 255 21 289.0 289.8 281.9 301.3 4.29 4 850 1470 5.7 -11.8 27 17.4 -0.7 265 27 292.1 292.4 280.3 297.6 1.82 5 800 1965 4.9 -16.1 20 21.0 -2.1 256 28 296.4 296.6 281.6 300.7 1.36 6 750 2488 2.4 -19.3 18 21.7 -4.4 248 29 299.1 299.3 282.4 302.7 1.10 7 700 3042 0.1 -21.7 17 21.9 -6.2 253 33 302.6 302.8 283.7 305.8 0.96 8 650 3633 -2.6 -19.4 26 16.8 -7.8 261 39 306.0 306.3 285.4 310.2 1.27 9 600 4261 -7.2 -24.1 25 16.9 -11.6 265 43 307.8 307.9 285.6 310.8 0.91 10 550 4933 -11.4 -33.8 14 22.4 -15.7 266 51 310.6 310.7 286.0 312.0 0.40 11 500 5657 -15.6 -39.1 11 23.4 -19.3 264 65 314.0 314.0 287.1 314.9 0.26 12 450 6444 -20.0 -48.8 6 28.8 -23.2 265 81 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.5 0.10 13 400 7309 -25.0 -59.9 2 34.9 -27.5 266 97 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.6 0.03 14 350 8264 -32.2 -57.5 6 25.2 -33.7 265 100 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.5 0.05 15 300 9336 -39.0 -61.3 8 22.3 -39.9 265 98 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.03 16 250 10569 -44.2 -72.2 3 27.9 -45.0 260 95 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.3 0.01 17 200 12046 -49.5 -71.3 6 21.8 -50.0 267 84 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 13898 -56.2 -81.7 3 25.5 -56.5 250 56 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16423 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.1 245 25 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5535.53 m Freezing level: 697.61 mb = 3070.45 m = 10073.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 857.48 mb = 1398.69 m = 4588.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.00 % Est. max temperature: 19.21 C = 66.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.27 mb = 772.81 m = 2535.44 ft T: 9.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 14.60 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.35 mb = 2114.78 m = 6938.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Cap Strength: 7.11 C Lifted Index: 8.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.62 C Showalter Index: 15.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.29 C Cross Totals Index: 3.86 C K Index: -12.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 119.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12114.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.71 mb = 1096.43 m = 3597.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -2.0 tot: 58.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 39.51 m/s