MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 52 SFC 995 95 17.3 16.9 98 0.3 17.1 137 12 290.9 293.0 290.4 325.5 12.29 2 950 489 15.5 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 148 36 292.9 295.0 290.5 325.9 11.59 3 900 947 13.4 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 160 50 295.3 297.2 290.6 326.0 10.67 4 850 1427 11.2 11.0 99 0.1 11.1 172 53 297.8 299.6 290.6 326.2 9.75 5 800 1931 8.1 8.0 99 0.1 8.0 182 51 299.8 301.3 290.2 324.6 8.42 6 750 2462 4.7 4.5 98 0.3 4.6 186 50 301.7 303.0 289.6 322.7 7.03 7 700 3023 1.5 1.3 99 0.2 1.4 184 49 304.1 305.2 289.5 322.3 6.01 8 650 3616 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 183 49 307.0 308.0 289.6 322.6 5.08 9 600 4250 -4.9 -5.2 98 0.3 -5.0 180 48 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.1 4.35 10 550 4931 -8.3 -8.6 97 0.3 -8.4 181 46 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.8 3.62 11 500 5665 -12.3 -13.4 91 1.2 -12.7 174 46 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.0 2.71 12 450 6463 -17.6 -19.5 85 1.9 -18.1 167 51 321.2 321.5 290.9 327.3 1.82 13 400 7333 -24.3 -26.8 80 2.4 -24.9 162 61 323.3 323.6 290.9 327.1 1.07 14 350 8289 -31.9 -35.0 74 3.1 -32.3 162 72 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.56 15 300 9358 -40.8 -44.1 70 3.3 -41.1 165 81 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.25 16 250 10573 -50.2 -53.9 65 3.7 -50.4 167 95 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12031 -51.2 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.7 173 67 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13878 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.2 198 36 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16417 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.3 194 12 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.28 m Freezing level: 676.89 mb = 3297.00 m = 10816.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.78 mb = 3269.13 m = 10725.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.45 C = 76.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.14 mb = 136.20 m = 446.83 ft T: 17.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 3.94 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.33 mb = 611.55 m = 2006.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.96 C = 67.93 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.30 mb = 566.67 m = 1859.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.30 mb = 1662.21 m = 5453.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 556.30 mb = 4841.85 m = 15885.15 ft B at Equ Level: 109.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 386.30 mb = 7582.18 m = 24875.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.3 at 46.9 knts Storm direction: 206.3 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 507.3 neg: -10.8 tot: 496.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 96.00 m/s