MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.74,-71.59 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -71.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 997 90 17.0 16.3 96 0.7 16.5 146 14 290.4 292.4 289.8 323.5 11.78 2 950 503 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 157 40 292.3 294.3 290.0 324.2 11.22 3 900 959 11.8 11.6 98 0.3 11.7 177 40 293.7 295.4 289.0 321.1 9.56 4 850 1435 8.7 5.5 80 3.2 7.0 188 33 295.3 296.5 287.0 314.7 6.69 5 800 1934 6.6 -3.9 47 10.5 1.8 181 37 298.2 298.8 284.9 308.9 3.57 6 750 2463 5.2 -19.1 15 24.3 -2.7 184 41 302.2 302.4 283.7 305.9 1.12 7 700 3021 1.4 -18.3 21 19.7 -5.0 186 47 304.1 304.3 284.7 308.2 1.29 8 650 3614 -1.8 -23.6 17 21.8 -7.9 192 52 306.9 307.1 285.2 309.9 0.88 9 600 4244 -6.4 -20.9 31 14.5 -10.6 197 61 308.7 309.0 286.3 312.7 1.21 10 550 4916 -12.1 -16.6 69 4.6 -13.5 198 70 309.8 310.1 287.4 315.9 1.89 11 500 5643 -13.5 -15.1 88 1.6 -14.0 184 71 316.6 317.1 290.1 324.4 2.37 12 450 6436 -18.1 -20.1 84 2.0 -18.7 169 68 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.3 1.71 13 400 7308 -23.2 -25.5 82 2.3 -23.8 159 66 324.8 325.0 291.4 329.0 1.20 14 350 8269 -30.7 -33.7 75 3.0 -31.2 156 72 327.3 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.63 15 300 9345 -39.6 -42.8 71 3.2 -39.9 156 79 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.29 16 250 10561 -50.8 -54.8 62 4.0 -50.9 157 86 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.09 17 200 12007 -50.1 -78.7 2 28.7 -50.5 178 67 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.00 18 150 13863 -53.9 -82.5 2 28.6 -54.3 199 26 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16402 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 194 17 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.54 m Freezing level: 677.90 mb = 3283.01 m = 10770.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 780.30 mb = 2138.54 m = 7016.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.21 % Est. max temperature: 22.06 C = 71.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.75 mb = 170.96 m = 560.90 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 18.32 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.11 mb = 617.83 m = 2026.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.29 C = 66.73 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 5.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.99 C K Index: 8.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 204.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.94 mb = 565.53 m = 1855.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.94 mb = 700.85 m = 2299.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 757.94 mb = 2376.54 m = 7796.95 ft B at Equ Level: 56.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 407.94 mb = 7162.48 m = 23498.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.5 at 50.7 knts Storm direction: 216.5 at 38.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 382.2 neg: -21.9 tot: 360.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 119.37 m/s