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: 41.89,-71.48 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -71.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 999 77 16.7 16.0 96 0.7 16.3 136 14 289.9 292.0 289.5 322.2 11.50 2 950 501 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 147 43 292.2 294.2 289.9 323.8 11.12 3 900 958 12.8 12.6 99 0.1 12.7 165 52 294.7 296.5 290.0 324.1 10.26 4 850 1436 9.3 8.2 93 1.1 8.7 176 44 295.9 297.4 288.5 319.3 8.07 5 800 1936 6.9 0.7 65 6.1 3.8 178 42 298.5 299.4 286.5 313.5 5.04 6 750 2465 5.5 -8.3 36 13.8 -0.3 185 42 302.5 303.0 285.7 311.0 2.73 7 700 3025 1.9 -12.8 33 14.7 -3.6 189 47 304.6 305.0 285.7 311.1 2.04 8 650 3618 -2.0 -15.3 35 13.4 -6.6 193 53 306.7 307.1 286.2 312.5 1.78 9 600 4247 -7.2 -13.6 60 6.4 -9.5 194 61 307.8 308.2 287.1 314.9 2.23 10 550 4920 -11.5 -14.1 82 2.5 -12.4 192 67 310.4 310.8 288.1 317.9 2.34 11 500 5647 -13.5 -15.2 87 1.7 -14.1 180 67 316.5 317.0 290.0 324.3 2.34 12 450 6441 -18.2 -20.2 84 2.0 -18.7 169 64 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.70 13 400 7312 -23.4 -25.7 81 2.3 -23.9 163 61 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.8 1.18 14 350 8273 -30.9 -33.8 75 3.0 -31.3 160 67 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.4 0.62 15 300 9348 -39.7 -42.9 71 3.2 -40.0 158 76 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.5 0.29 16 250 10565 -50.4 -54.5 62 4.1 -50.5 159 85 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.09 17 200 12011 -50.4 -79.0 2 28.6 -50.8 174 68 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.00 18 150 13866 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.4 -55.1 194 26 375.8 375.8 301.5 375.8 0.00 19 100 16402 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 196 16 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.30 m Freezing level: 675.39 mb = 3316.92 m = 10882.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.38 mb = 2428.23 m = 7966.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.48 % Est. max temperature: 22.70 C = 72.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.41 mb = 163.79 m = 537.35 ft T: 16.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 13.14 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.11 mb = 616.27 m = 2021.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.55 C = 67.19 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: 0.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 16.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 143.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.04 mb = 553.94 m = 1817.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.04 mb = 1154.77 m = 3788.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 769.04 mb = 2259.57 m = 7413.21 ft B at Equ Level: 41.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 399.04 mb = 7329.06 m = 24045.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.3 at 52.1 knts Storm direction: 212.3 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 520.2 neg: -14.0 tot: 506.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 168.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 145.74 m/s