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: 42.97,-71.43 Latitude: 42.97 Longitude: -71.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 996 109 15.3 14.7 96 0.6 15.0 101 13 288.8 290.7 288.3 318.5 10.62 2 950 506 13.7 13.5 99 0.2 13.6 121 38 291.1 292.9 288.8 320.3 10.32 3 900 962 12.4 12.3 99 0.1 12.3 145 49 294.3 296.1 289.6 323.0 10.00 4 850 1439 9.3 8.5 94 0.9 8.8 154 46 295.9 297.4 288.6 319.7 8.21 5 800 1940 6.9 5.2 89 1.8 5.9 154 42 298.5 299.8 288.4 318.9 6.93 6 750 2468 4.0 2.4 89 1.7 3.2 150 40 301.0 302.1 288.4 319.0 6.06 7 700 3026 0.8 -0.4 91 1.3 0.2 148 37 303.4 304.4 288.6 319.5 5.30 8 650 3618 -2.6 -4.2 89 1.6 -3.4 149 40 306.0 306.8 288.5 319.3 4.31 9 600 4249 -6.3 -12.2 63 5.8 -8.5 146 48 308.8 309.3 287.7 316.8 2.51 10 550 4924 -10.6 -12.6 85 2.1 -11.3 147 52 311.5 312.0 288.7 320.0 2.63 11 500 5652 -14.2 -19.4 65 5.2 -15.7 150 53 315.8 316.1 289.1 321.2 1.65 12 450 6443 -19.3 -28.6 44 9.3 -21.2 147 54 319.0 319.1 289.3 321.8 0.81 13 400 7309 -25.0 -29.3 67 4.3 -25.8 147 53 322.5 322.6 290.4 325.4 0.84 14 350 8265 -31.6 -34.7 74 3.1 -32.0 149 51 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.58 15 300 9335 -41.0 -44.3 71 3.3 -41.3 150 53 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.25 16 250 10548 -48.4 -57.6 34 9.2 -48.7 155 68 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.06 17 200 12005 -50.6 -75.0 4 24.4 -51.1 170 48 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13861 -55.6 -80.7 3 25.1 -56.0 169 20 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16396 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.6 222 14 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5580.34 m Freezing level: 687.96 mb = 3169.07 m = 10397.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.26 mb = 3057.75 m = 10031.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.02 % Est. max temperature: 22.62 C = 72.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.87 mb = 183.42 m = 601.75 ft T: 15.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 4.06 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.12 mb = 701.98 m = 2303.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.95 C = 66.12 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 2.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 30.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8409.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.87 mb = 586.99 m = 1925.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.0 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 177.0 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 414.8 neg: -46.7 tot: 368.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 75.22 m/s