MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.62,-75.30 Latitude: 41.62 Longitude: -75.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 955 426 14.8 14.4 98 0.4 14.6 130 11 291.8 293.7 289.5 322.5 10.86 2 950 468 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.4 130 14 291.9 293.9 289.5 322.6 10.81 3 900 925 12.6 12.5 99 0.1 12.5 148 39 294.5 296.3 289.9 323.6 10.14 4 850 1403 10.3 10.2 99 0.1 10.2 166 45 296.9 298.6 289.9 323.6 9.20 5 800 1907 8.1 7.8 98 0.3 7.9 177 44 299.8 301.3 290.0 324.3 8.32 6 750 2438 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 181 43 302.3 303.7 290.0 324.2 7.32 7 700 2999 1.6 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 183 40 304.3 305.4 289.5 322.6 6.04 8 650 3593 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.5 183 41 307.4 308.4 289.8 323.5 5.22 9 600 4228 -4.9 -5.2 98 0.3 -5.0 183 44 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.1 4.34 10 550 4908 -8.2 -8.5 98 0.3 -8.3 183 52 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.2 3.67 11 500 5641 -12.8 -13.3 97 0.4 -13.0 181 59 317.4 317.9 290.7 326.4 2.75 12 450 6437 -18.5 -20.2 86 1.7 -19.0 177 67 320.0 320.3 290.5 325.8 1.71 13 400 7302 -26.1 -32.1 57 6.0 -27.1 174 70 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.4 0.65 14 350 8252 -32.6 -47.8 20 15.2 -33.8 174 78 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.3 0.14 15 300 9326 -38.1 -53.8 18 15.7 -39.0 175 88 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 16 250 10559 -46.6 -60.7 19 14.1 -47.1 179 89 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.04 17 200 12025 -49.8 -75.3 3 25.5 -50.3 177 54 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13877 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 183 44 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16405 -63.5 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.7 241 22 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.61 m Freezing level: 672.65 mb = 3323.87 m = 10904.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.16 mb = 3288.54 m = 10789.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.02 % Est. max temperature: 22.40 C = 72.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.43 mb = 473.18 m = 1552.41 ft T: 14.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 1.70 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 971.98 m = 3188.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.70 C = 63.86 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 33.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.19 mb = 913.39 m = 2996.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.19 mb = 2927.15 m = 9603.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 676.19 mb = 3276.25 m = 10748.73 ft B at Equ Level: 20.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 566.19 mb = 4680.84 m = 15356.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.3 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 207.3 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 421.7 neg: -8.1 tot: 413.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 112.18 m/s