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: 42.69,-74.92 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -74.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 1 950 455 SFC 946 492 17.9 15.1 84 2.8 16.1 130 3 295.7 297.8 291.3 328.7 11.46 3 900 915 13.1 12.7 97 0.4 12.9 153 9 295.0 296.9 290.2 324.6 10.30 4 850 1393 9.6 7.9 89 1.7 8.6 155 15 296.2 297.6 288.4 319.0 7.86 5 800 1893 5.9 1.1 71 4.8 3.5 140 20 297.5 298.4 286.3 312.8 5.18 6 750 2418 2.1 -3.4 67 5.5 -0.4 130 25 298.9 299.6 285.6 310.8 3.97 7 700 2971 -0.8 -18.6 24 17.8 -6.4 126 29 301.6 301.8 283.7 305.6 1.25 8 650 3557 -4.5 -30.3 11 25.8 -10.4 135 31 303.8 303.9 283.5 305.4 0.47 9 600 4183 -8.0 -31.1 14 23.2 -12.9 135 40 306.9 307.0 284.8 308.5 0.47 10 550 4852 -12.8 -30.6 21 17.8 -16.4 133 45 308.9 309.0 285.6 310.8 0.55 11 500 5572 -17.2 -38.7 14 21.5 -20.4 136 57 312.1 312.1 286.4 313.0 0.27 12 450 6355 -21.5 -50.2 6 28.8 -24.4 135 72 316.3 316.3 287.6 316.6 0.09 13 400 7213 -26.6 -56.4 4 29.8 -28.8 132 79 320.5 320.5 288.9 320.6 0.05 14 350 8164 -32.9 -50.5 16 17.6 -34.2 132 84 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.11 15 300 9235 -38.9 -56.7 14 17.8 -39.8 137 84 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.06 16 250 10465 -45.2 -60.7 16 15.5 -45.7 143 58 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 11947 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 179 39 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 13827 -52.7 -80.5 2 27.7 -53.2 182 15 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16382 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 220 21 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5550.51 m Freezing level: 713.83 mb = 2817.76 m = 9244.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.01 mb = 2363.90 m = 7755.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.55 % Est. max temperature: 19.75 C = 67.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.30 mb = 846.06 m = 2775.75 ft T: 13.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 23.26 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1116.86 m = 3664.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.71 C = 63.88 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 16.83 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 516.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.63 mb = 1115.79 m = 3660.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.63 mb = 1163.55 m = 3817.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.63 mb = 7147.19 m = 23448.49 ft B at Equ Level: 515.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 263.63 mb = 10107.03 m = 33159.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.9 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 164.9 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.6 neg: -1.1 tot: 78.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 4.50 Bulk Shear: 114.77 m/s