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: 41.70,-72.76 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -72.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 999 95 16.8 16.2 96 0.6 16.4 133 11 290.0 292.1 289.6 322.9 11.68 2 950 526 15.1 14.9 99 0.1 15.0 151 35 292.5 294.5 290.2 324.6 11.30 3 900 984 12.7 12.5 99 0.1 12.6 172 41 294.6 296.4 289.9 323.8 10.18 4 850 1461 8.7 7.2 90 1.5 7.9 177 39 295.3 296.6 287.8 317.0 7.51 5 800 1960 5.8 -0.5 64 6.3 2.7 171 43 297.3 298.2 285.7 311.0 4.60 6 750 2489 6.5 -15.9 18 22.4 -1.5 173 48 303.6 303.9 284.7 308.4 1.47 7 700 3051 3.9 -18.5 18 22.4 -3.7 178 52 306.8 307.0 285.7 310.9 1.27 8 650 3650 1.2 -30.9 7 32.1 -6.9 179 51 310.3 310.4 286.0 311.9 0.45 9 600 4288 -2.2 -33.0 7 30.7 -9.4 178 51 313.5 313.6 287.1 314.9 0.40 10 550 4973 -6.4 -27.6 17 21.2 -11.8 178 51 316.5 316.7 288.4 319.0 0.72 11 500 5709 -12.4 -19.1 57 6.7 -14.5 182 54 317.9 318.2 289.9 323.6 1.68 12 450 6506 -17.8 -18.8 92 1.0 -18.1 182 54 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.3 1.92 13 400 7377 -22.8 -25.2 81 2.4 -23.4 181 57 325.3 325.6 291.6 329.7 1.23 14 350 8347 -28.0 -30.8 77 2.8 -28.5 181 60 331.1 331.2 292.8 334.1 0.84 15 300 9434 -37.2 -40.3 73 3.1 -37.5 176 59 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.38 16 250 10663 -48.3 -51.9 66 3.6 -48.5 187 59 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.13 17 200 12106 -54.9 -67.4 20 12.5 -55.2 190 39 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13919 -59.4 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 197 32 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16413 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.3 260 21 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.52 m Freezing level: 632.45 mb = 3873.87 m = 12709.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.82 mb = 2296.34 m = 7533.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.80 % Est. max temperature: 22.11 C = 71.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.62 mb = 169.93 m = 557.51 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 16.22 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.11 mb = 641.90 m = 2105.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.79 C = 67.63 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: 5.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 5.93 Risk: None Sweat Index: 217.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.14 mb = 569.75 m = 1869.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.14 mb = 982.41 m = 3223.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 770.14 mb = 2271.65 m = 7452.83 ft B at Equ Level: 71.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 660.14 mb = 3524.81 m = 11564.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.4 at 46.4 knts Storm direction: 205.4 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 375.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 375.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 95.25 m/s