MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.00,-74.13 Latitude: 41.00 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 31 SFC 992 103 17.2 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 107 9 291.1 293.3 290.5 325.8 12.32 2 950 468 15.6 15.4 99 0.2 15.5 128 28 293.0 295.1 290.6 326.1 11.66 3 900 926 13.2 13.0 99 0.1 13.1 147 32 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.4 10.54 4 850 1406 11.2 8.7 85 2.5 9.7 159 27 297.8 299.3 289.4 322.1 8.31 5 800 1910 7.5 2.9 72 4.6 5.1 168 26 299.2 300.3 287.6 316.7 5.90 6 750 2437 3.7 -1.0 71 4.7 1.4 176 37 300.5 301.4 287.0 314.8 4.73 7 700 2995 0.5 -2.4 81 2.9 -0.9 178 52 303.1 303.9 287.8 317.0 4.59 8 650 3586 -2.7 -4.5 88 1.7 -3.6 176 55 305.9 306.6 288.3 318.9 4.22 9 600 4216 -6.3 -7.5 91 1.2 -6.8 172 58 308.8 309.5 288.8 320.2 3.62 10 550 4894 -9.1 -10.4 90 1.3 -9.6 164 45 313.2 313.8 289.8 323.4 3.15 11 500 5625 -13.5 -15.2 87 1.7 -14.1 156 40 316.6 317.0 290.0 324.3 2.34 12 450 6419 -18.4 -20.5 84 2.1 -19.0 145 37 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.7 1.67 13 400 7288 -24.3 -26.8 80 2.5 -24.9 136 44 323.3 323.6 290.9 327.1 1.06 14 350 8245 -32.1 -35.2 74 3.0 -32.6 134 55 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.4 0.55 15 300 9315 -40.6 -43.9 71 3.3 -40.9 139 65 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.26 16 250 10528 -47.9 -57.1 34 9.2 -48.2 161 81 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.07 17 200 11997 -48.5 -75.8 3 27.3 -49.0 178 55 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 13871 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 230 38 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16418 -61.9 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 218 20 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.17 m Freezing level: 692.00 mb = 3089.28 m = 10135.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.29 mb = 2775.03 m = 9104.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.50 % Est. max temperature: 24.19 C = 75.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.46 mb = 138.70 m = 455.04 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 11.37 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.40 mb = 617.57 m = 2026.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.81 C = 67.66 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 30.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 240.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.14 mb = 574.65 m = 1885.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.14 mb = 896.71 m = 2941.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.14 mb = 1084.98 m = 3559.60 ft B at Equ Level: 16.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 273.14 mb = 9938.67 m = 32606.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.4 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 195.4 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.1 neg: -14.9 tot: 293.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 2.38 Bulk Shear: 101.07 m/s