MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.26,-73.04 Latitude: 42.26 Longitude: -73.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 958 392 16.3 15.9 97 0.4 16.1 114 11 293.0 295.2 290.9 327.0 11.95 2 950 465 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.8 118 19 293.3 295.4 290.9 327.2 11.88 3 900 923 13.2 13.0 99 0.1 13.1 133 38 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.4 10.55 4 850 1403 10.5 10.3 99 0.1 10.4 147 43 297.1 298.8 290.0 324.1 9.30 5 800 1906 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 153 37 299.3 300.7 289.6 322.9 8.05 6 750 2436 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 151 35 301.7 302.9 289.5 322.5 7.00 7 700 2995 1.0 0.0 93 1.0 0.5 158 36 303.6 304.6 288.8 320.1 5.48 8 650 3587 -2.5 -6.7 73 4.2 -4.3 161 47 306.2 306.8 287.8 317.3 3.56 9 600 4218 -6.4 -14.8 52 8.3 -9.3 159 55 308.7 309.1 287.2 315.2 2.02 10 550 4892 -10.7 -25.7 28 14.9 -14.4 160 63 311.4 311.5 286.8 314.3 0.86 11 500 5618 -15.2 -25.1 42 9.9 -17.6 157 69 314.5 314.7 288.1 317.9 1.00 12 450 6407 -20.0 -30.5 39 10.5 -22.0 151 74 318.1 318.3 288.9 320.5 0.67 13 400 7269 -26.0 -38.7 29 12.7 -27.7 148 80 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.4 0.34 14 350 8222 -32.3 -41.3 40 9.0 -33.3 145 85 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.29 15 300 9293 -39.8 -43.6 67 3.9 -40.1 145 89 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.27 16 250 10511 -47.7 -59.3 25 11.6 -48.1 158 87 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 11979 -47.3 -77.6 2 30.3 -47.9 176 53 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 18 150 13851 -55.1 -82.3 2 27.2 -55.5 184 21 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16398 -62.1 -88.8 2 26.8 -62.3 189 13 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.53 m Freezing level: 685.81 mb = 3162.96 m = 10377.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.85 mb = 3053.91 m = 10019.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.86 % Est. max temperature: 22.12 C = 71.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.35 mb = 444.17 m = 1457.25 ft T: 16.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 12.90 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.10 mb = 884.81 m = 2902.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.22 C = 64.80 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 25.49 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 344.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.27 mb = 873.83 m = 2866.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.27 mb = 920.76 m = 3020.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 380.27 mb = 7629.45 m = 25030.69 ft B at Equ Level: 343.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.27 mb = 10504.06 m = 34461.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.2 at 49.3 knts Storm direction: 184.2 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.7 neg: -35.5 tot: 327.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 3.15 Bulk Shear: 109.57 m/s