MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.96,-71.34 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -71.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 997 96 15.3 14.7 96 0.6 14.9 101 13 288.7 290.5 288.2 318.3 10.60 2 950 507 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 122 39 291.2 293.0 288.9 320.5 10.38 3 900 963 12.5 12.4 99 0.1 12.4 146 48 294.4 296.2 289.8 323.3 10.08 4 850 1441 9.5 8.8 96 0.6 9.1 155 45 296.1 297.6 288.9 320.5 8.42 5 800 1942 7.0 5.4 90 1.6 6.1 155 41 298.6 299.9 288.5 319.3 7.03 6 750 2470 4.0 2.4 89 1.6 3.1 152 40 300.9 302.0 288.4 319.0 6.06 7 700 3028 0.7 -0.8 90 1.5 -0.0 149 37 303.2 304.2 288.3 318.9 5.16 8 650 3620 -2.6 -4.4 88 1.8 -3.4 148 41 306.0 306.8 288.4 319.0 4.24 9 600 4251 -6.1 -12.7 60 6.6 -8.5 146 48 309.1 309.5 287.7 316.8 2.40 10 550 4926 -10.7 -12.9 84 2.2 -11.5 147 53 311.4 311.9 288.6 319.7 2.58 11 500 5654 -14.2 -19.9 62 5.7 -15.9 151 54 315.7 316.0 289.0 320.9 1.58 12 450 6445 -19.2 -30.4 37 11.2 -21.4 147 54 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.5 0.68 13 400 7310 -25.1 -30.5 60 5.5 -26.1 147 54 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.1 0.75 14 350 8267 -31.5 -34.7 73 3.2 -32.0 149 51 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.4 0.58 15 300 9337 -41.0 -44.2 71 3.2 -41.2 150 53 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.25 16 250 10551 -48.4 -58.3 31 9.9 -48.7 156 69 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.06 17 200 12007 -50.8 -75.6 4 24.8 -51.2 170 48 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13863 -55.8 -80.8 3 25.0 -56.1 169 20 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16397 -62.4 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.6 221 13 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5580.48 m Freezing level: 689.69 mb = 3150.44 m = 10335.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.61 mb = 3021.33 m = 9912.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.24 % Est. max temperature: 22.82 C = 73.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.68 mb = 169.50 m = 556.11 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 4.44 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 717.90 m = 2355.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.29 C = 66.73 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 31.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.53 mb = 573.78 m = 1882.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.53 mb = 2828.41 m = 9279.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 647.53 mb = 3650.14 m = 11975.39 ft B at Equ Level: 24.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 517.53 mb = 5390.51 m = 17685.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.5 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 177.5 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 398.4 neg: -35.9 tot: 362.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 73.85 m/s