MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.30,-70.80 Latitude: 43.30 Longitude: -70.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 999 73 14.0 13.5 96 0.6 13.7 119 18 287.3 289.0 286.9 314.4 9.76 2 950 498 12.7 12.5 99 0.1 12.6 136 49 290.0 291.7 287.8 317.2 9.64 3 900 952 11.8 11.6 99 0.1 11.7 154 54 293.6 295.3 289.0 321.0 9.58 4 850 1430 9.5 9.3 98 0.2 9.3 159 46 296.1 297.6 289.1 321.2 8.66 5 800 1931 6.6 6.3 97 0.4 6.4 157 39 298.2 299.6 288.8 320.2 7.48 6 750 2458 3.1 0.8 85 2.3 1.9 160 37 299.9 300.9 287.4 316.1 5.41 7 700 3014 0.2 -7.9 54 8.1 -3.1 174 34 302.7 303.3 286.0 312.0 3.00 8 650 3604 -3.8 -14.7 43 10.8 -7.5 193 37 304.6 305.0 285.5 310.6 1.89 9 600 4229 -8.4 -11.1 81 2.7 -9.4 191 51 306.4 306.9 287.1 315.0 2.74 10 550 4901 -10.7 -12.6 86 2.0 -11.4 175 61 311.4 311.9 288.7 319.8 2.63 11 500 5630 -13.6 -15.4 86 1.8 -14.2 159 56 316.5 316.9 290.0 324.1 2.31 12 450 6425 -18.2 -20.2 84 2.0 -18.8 148 57 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.71 13 400 7294 -24.0 -26.5 80 2.5 -24.6 149 63 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.6 1.10 14 350 8255 -30.8 -33.6 76 2.8 -31.2 154 71 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.64 15 300 9327 -40.4 -43.6 71 3.2 -40.6 157 76 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.4 0.27 16 250 10542 -50.8 -54.7 63 4.0 -50.9 160 81 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.09 17 200 11988 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.1 174 54 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.00 18 150 13848 -56.0 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.3 165 30 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16390 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 221 14 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.36 m Freezing level: 697.62 mb = 3041.74 m = 9979.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.02 mb = 2664.37 m = 8741.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.68 % Est. max temperature: 22.90 C = 73.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.96 mb = 142.31 m = 466.90 ft T: 13.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 10.54 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 963.30 m = 3160.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.46 C = 68.83 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: 2.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 24.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.46 mb = 547.12 m = 1795.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.46 mb = 3979.60 m = 13056.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 589.46 mb = 4365.80 m = 14323.31 ft B at Equ Level: 26.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 539.46 mb = 5048.86 m = 16564.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.3 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 196.3 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 480.6 neg: -72.2 tot: 408.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 87.57 m/s