MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.72,-74.77 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -74.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 24 17.9 17.4 97 0.5 17.6 177 7 290.9 293.1 290.6 326.3 12.56 1 1000 42 17.8 17.3 97 0.5 17.5 174 6 290.9 293.1 290.6 326.1 12.50 2 950 481 15.1 14.9 99 0.1 15.0 196 26 292.5 294.5 290.2 324.6 11.31 3 900 937 12.4 12.0 97 0.4 12.1 215 25 294.3 296.1 289.5 322.5 9.83 4 850 1416 10.6 9.3 91 1.3 9.9 211 23 297.3 298.9 289.5 322.6 8.69 5 800 1919 8.0 6.2 89 1.8 7.0 203 27 299.7 301.0 289.3 321.7 7.47 6 750 2449 3.9 2.6 91 1.3 3.2 199 40 300.8 301.9 288.5 319.1 6.16 7 700 3006 0.9 -0.1 93 1.0 0.4 195 51 303.5 304.5 288.7 319.8 5.41 8 650 3600 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.8 181 54 307.1 308.0 289.6 322.7 5.09 9 600 4233 -5.6 -6.5 93 0.9 -6.0 177 63 309.7 310.4 289.3 322.0 3.92 10 550 4910 -9.6 -11.5 86 1.9 -10.4 171 72 312.7 313.2 289.3 321.9 2.87 11 500 5640 -13.9 -26.8 33 12.9 -17.0 167 74 316.1 316.2 288.4 319.0 0.85 12 450 6431 -19.8 -47.3 7 27.5 -23.0 173 75 318.3 318.3 288.3 318.8 0.12 13 400 7291 -27.2 -48.9 11 21.7 -29.1 171 78 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.1 0.11 14 350 8239 -33.3 -47.8 22 14.5 -34.5 167 87 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.3 0.14 15 300 9307 -39.1 -58.7 11 19.6 -40.1 177 93 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.05 16 250 10546 -43.3 -67.9 5 24.6 -44.0 186 80 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 17 200 12026 -48.7 -76.0 3 27.3 -49.3 193 53 355.6 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 13890 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 226 55 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16417 -63.7 -87.8 2 24.1 -63.9 239 19 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.52 m Freezing level: 682.66 mb = 3212.03 m = 10538.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.55 mb = 3103.44 m = 10181.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.76 % Est. max temperature: 24.19 C = 75.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.03 mb = 85.03 m = 278.97 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 3.78 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.92 mb = 525.78 m = 1724.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.71 C = 67.47 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 32.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 147.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.67 mb = 501.27 m = 1644.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 932.67 mb = 635.96 m = 2086.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 862.67 mb = 1291.83 m = 4238.23 ft B at Equ Level: 17.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 302.67 mb = 9245.72 m = 30333.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.5 at 47.6 knts Storm direction: 212.5 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 4.9 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.5 neg: -20.4 tot: 98.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 132.19 m/s