MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 39.18,-68.01 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -68.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -2 19.1 13.6 71 5.5 15.7 224 23 291.1 292.8 288.3 318.6 9.72 1 1000 116 17.4 11.2 67 6.3 13.7 223 26 290.6 292.0 286.8 314.2 8.35 2 950 552 13.1 10.1 82 3.1 11.3 223 27 290.5 292.0 286.6 313.7 8.16 3 900 1003 8.8 8.2 96 0.6 8.5 221 27 290.5 291.9 286.1 312.1 7.61 4 850 1475 8.5 -18.8 13 27.3 -0.3 232 28 295.1 295.3 280.6 298.3 1.02 5 800 1975 7.5 -24.7 8 32.2 -1.8 231 32 299.2 299.3 281.8 301.3 0.65 6 750 2504 6.7 -25.6 8 32.3 -2.7 233 37 303.9 304.0 283.8 306.0 0.63 7 700 3068 5.5 -36.9 3 42.4 -4.4 236 43 308.6 308.7 285.1 309.4 0.23 8 650 3670 2.8 -24.1 12 26.9 -5.4 234 47 312.1 312.3 287.1 315.0 0.84 9 600 4311 -1.9 -17.6 29 15.6 -7.3 235 48 313.9 314.2 288.5 319.2 1.60 10 550 4996 -7.0 -23.6 25 16.5 -11.7 238 50 315.7 315.9 288.5 319.3 1.04 11 500 5731 -12.0 -34.7 13 22.7 -16.4 241 50 318.4 318.5 288.7 319.9 0.40 12 450 6528 -17.4 -44.5 7 27.2 -21.1 247 49 321.4 321.4 289.3 322.0 0.16 13 400 7399 -24.0 -42.9 16 18.9 -26.3 251 52 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.22 14 350 8355 -32.0 -57.8 6 25.8 -33.6 252 52 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.7 0.04 15 300 9425 -40.2 -61.6 8 21.4 -41.1 254 53 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.03 16 250 10644 -49.0 -62.6 19 13.5 -49.4 253 56 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.03 17 200 12080 -56.5 -70.0 17 13.6 -56.6 250 50 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 13891 -60.3 -81.4 5 21.1 -60.4 231 41 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16391 -64.8 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.9 231 17 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.55 m Freezing level: 620.58 mb = 4047.39 m = 13278.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 851.89 mb = 1457.10 m = 4780.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.08 % Est. max temperature: 21.80 C = 71.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.12 mb = 683.40 m = 2242.09 ft T: 11.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 20.31 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.79 mb = 921.86 m = 3024.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.54 C = 65.37 F Cap Strength: 8.63 C Lifted Index: 7.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.74 C Showalter Index: 18.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.52 C Cross Totals Index: -6.78 C K Index: -40.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.44 mb = 925.11 m = 3035.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.44 mb = 971.20 m = 3186.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.44 mb = 1156.55 m = 3794.42 ft B at Equ Level: 0.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 873.44 mb = 1250.64 m = 4103.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 30.33 m/s