MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.14,-75.84 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -75.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 961 394 17.7 12.6 72 5.1 14.6 159 12 294.2 295.9 289.3 321.7 9.58 2 950 492 17.2 12.3 73 4.9 14.2 161 18 294.7 296.4 289.3 322.0 9.51 3 900 950 13.1 11.3 89 1.8 12.0 166 34 295.0 296.7 289.4 322.1 9.40 4 850 1428 9.3 8.8 96 0.5 9.0 174 42 295.9 297.4 288.8 320.3 8.39 5 800 1930 8.0 5.9 87 2.1 6.9 199 30 299.7 301.1 289.2 321.3 7.32 6 750 2462 6.7 3.4 79 3.3 4.9 195 33 303.9 305.1 289.8 323.5 6.53 7 700 3026 4.6 -6.4 45 11.0 -0.4 192 44 307.6 308.2 288.1 318.1 3.37 8 650 3626 1.7 -10.5 40 12.2 -3.3 194 51 310.9 311.4 288.5 319.4 2.65 9 600 4266 -2.2 -22.2 20 20.0 -8.3 191 55 313.6 313.8 287.8 317.2 1.07 10 550 4952 -5.5 -26.8 17 21.3 -11.2 186 62 317.6 317.7 288.8 320.3 0.78 11 500 5692 -11.2 -14.9 74 3.6 -12.5 182 62 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.3 2.41 12 450 6492 -16.7 -20.2 74 3.5 -17.7 184 62 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.1 1.71 13 400 7367 -21.8 -22.8 91 1.0 -22.1 188 62 326.7 327.0 292.3 332.0 1.53 14 350 8337 -28.1 -39.0 35 10.9 -29.6 182 64 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.3 0.37 15 300 9424 -36.6 -46.1 37 9.5 -37.4 183 63 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.20 16 250 10660 -47.1 -53.5 48 6.4 -47.4 189 57 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.11 17 200 12104 -56.3 -61.3 53 5.0 -56.4 192 60 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 13924 -59.1 -79.7 5 20.5 -59.3 224 41 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16433 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 217 19 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.71 m Freezing level: 628.36 mb = 3903.23 m = 12805.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.70 mb = 2983.01 m = 9786.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.89 % Est. max temperature: 22.34 C = 72.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.84 mb = 1035.75 m = 3398.10 ft T: 12.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 5.41 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.92 mb = 1272.97 m = 4176.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.14 C = 66.45 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Showalter Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 18.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.94 mb = 1195.91 m = 3923.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.94 mb = 1438.40 m = 4719.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.94 mb = 1536.51 m = 5040.98 ft B at Equ Level: 4.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 808.94 mb = 1838.00 m = 6030.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.1 at 46.9 knts Storm direction: 216.1 at 35.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 301.5 neg: -28.3 tot: 273.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 98.12 m/s