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: 40.59,-74.13 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -74.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 10 17.7 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 143 16 290.4 292.7 290.5 325.6 12.51 1 1000 52 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 143 19 290.7 292.9 290.6 325.9 12.52 2 950 490 15.4 15.3 99 0.1 15.3 164 36 292.8 294.9 290.5 325.7 11.56 3 900 947 12.9 12.7 99 0.2 12.8 184 32 294.8 296.7 290.1 324.4 10.31 4 850 1427 10.7 10.5 99 0.1 10.6 192 30 297.3 299.1 290.2 324.8 9.45 5 800 1930 7.8 7.6 99 0.2 7.7 184 29 299.5 301.0 289.9 323.7 8.24 6 750 2460 4.2 3.9 98 0.3 4.0 177 31 301.1 302.3 289.1 321.2 6.74 7 700 3019 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 177 33 303.6 304.7 289.0 321.1 5.77 8 650 3613 -1.5 -1.8 98 0.3 -1.6 181 37 307.3 308.2 289.8 323.2 5.17 9 600 4247 -4.5 -4.8 98 0.3 -4.6 180 40 310.9 311.8 290.3 325.0 4.47 10 550 4928 -8.4 -8.7 97 0.3 -8.5 180 43 314.2 314.8 290.5 325.7 3.60 11 500 5661 -12.7 -14.0 90 1.3 -13.2 177 49 317.6 318.1 290.6 326.1 2.59 12 450 6458 -17.8 -19.6 86 1.8 -18.3 179 56 320.9 321.2 290.9 327.0 1.80 13 400 7328 -24.1 -26.4 81 2.3 -24.6 181 60 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.5 1.10 14 350 8287 -31.5 -34.4 75 2.9 -31.9 184 67 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.4 0.59 15 300 9356 -41.4 -44.7 70 3.4 -41.6 183 79 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.24 16 250 10571 -46.5 -59.3 22 12.8 -46.9 183 80 336.9 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.05 17 200 12042 -50.4 -73.1 5 22.7 -50.8 180 58 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 13899 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.2 215 44 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16426 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 244 18 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.61 m Freezing level: 679.67 mb = 3260.36 m = 10696.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.93 mb = 3216.74 m = 10553.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.65 % Est. max temperature: 24.36 C = 75.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.24 mb = 49.80 m = 163.37 ft T: 17.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 3.75 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.88 mb = 518.08 m = 1699.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.21 C = 68.38 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.76 mb = 474.44 m = 1556.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.76 mb = 699.69 m = 2295.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 576.76 mb = 4556.32 m = 14948.39 ft B at Equ Level: 114.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 386.76 mb = 7569.81 m = 24835.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.5 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 208.5 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.4 neg: -7.1 tot: 173.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 3.74 Bulk Shear: 30.75 m/s