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: 41.35,-72.95 Latitude: 41.35 Longitude: -72.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 72 17.9 17.2 96 0.7 17.4 131 13 291.0 293.2 290.6 326.1 12.42 1 1000 75 17.8 17.2 96 0.6 17.4 132 11 290.9 293.1 290.6 326.0 12.42 2 950 513 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 153 32 292.7 294.8 290.3 325.3 11.46 3 900 970 12.4 11.7 96 0.6 12.0 169 33 294.3 296.0 289.3 322.0 9.66 4 850 1447 9.4 7.9 90 1.5 8.6 168 31 296.0 297.4 288.4 318.9 7.89 5 800 1948 6.4 3.0 79 3.4 4.6 177 42 298.0 299.1 287.3 315.5 5.96 6 750 2477 6.9 -4.3 45 11.2 1.7 174 48 304.1 304.7 287.2 315.5 3.71 7 700 3040 3.8 -14.9 24 18.6 -3.0 177 47 306.6 307.0 286.1 312.2 1.72 8 650 3638 0.2 -8.1 54 8.3 -3.4 180 47 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.2 3.18 9 600 4274 -3.8 -5.6 87 1.8 -4.6 183 47 311.8 312.6 290.3 325.1 4.21 10 550 4956 -8.0 -11.0 79 2.9 -9.2 183 50 314.6 315.1 290.0 324.3 3.01 11 500 5690 -13.0 -19.7 57 6.7 -15.0 184 53 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.5 1.60 12 450 6482 -19.8 -25.5 61 5.7 -21.1 187 52 318.3 318.5 289.3 322.0 1.07 13 400 7346 -24.6 -27.2 79 2.6 -25.1 177 62 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.7 1.03 14 350 8308 -30.0 -32.8 76 2.9 -30.4 172 68 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.9 0.69 15 300 9389 -38.1 -41.1 73 3.0 -38.4 172 72 331.6 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.35 16 250 10614 -47.4 -54.0 47 6.6 -47.7 182 71 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12069 -53.4 -72.3 8 18.9 -53.7 180 56 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13899 -58.1 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.3 199 46 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16416 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 244 17 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.52 m Freezing level: 647.75 mb = 3666.17 m = 12027.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.29 mb = 2672.03 m = 8766.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.25 % Est. max temperature: 22.89 C = 73.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.16 mb = 159.54 m = 523.42 ft T: 17.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.86 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 610.96 m = 2004.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.93 C = 67.88 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 11.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 210.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.61 mb = 561.23 m = 1841.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 929.61 mb = 696.46 m = 2284.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 769.61 mb = 2265.43 m = 7432.42 ft B at Equ Level: 59.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 659.61 mb = 3519.27 m = 11546.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.2 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 207.2 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.6 neg: -7.9 tot: 284.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 86.54 m/s