MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 36 SFC 959 393 14.5 13.5 94 1.0 13.9 137 9 291.2 293.0 288.8 320.0 10.21 2 950 470 14.0 13.3 96 0.7 13.6 139 11 291.4 293.2 288.8 320.2 10.16 3 900 925 11.9 11.7 99 0.2 11.7 163 33 293.7 295.5 289.1 321.2 9.61 4 850 1403 9.8 9.6 99 0.2 9.6 191 39 296.4 298.0 289.3 322.0 8.84 5 800 1904 7.1 6.7 97 0.4 6.9 193 32 298.7 300.1 289.2 321.4 7.72 6 750 2433 4.6 4.0 96 0.7 4.2 176 35 301.6 302.8 289.3 321.9 6.79 7 700 2993 0.8 -0.1 93 1.0 0.4 174 35 303.4 304.4 288.7 319.8 5.42 8 650 3584 -2.6 -3.1 96 0.5 -2.9 186 41 306.0 306.9 288.9 320.4 4.67 9 600 4217 -5.2 -5.6 97 0.4 -5.4 176 48 310.1 310.9 289.8 323.3 4.21 10 550 4894 -10.4 -10.7 98 0.3 -10.5 176 60 311.7 312.3 289.2 321.6 3.08 11 500 5621 -15.2 -19.0 72 3.8 -16.3 178 66 314.5 314.8 288.8 320.1 1.70 12 450 6410 -19.3 -37.9 18 18.6 -22.2 178 69 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.2 0.33 13 400 7277 -24.1 -55.3 4 31.3 -26.8 173 78 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.9 0.05 14 350 8238 -29.8 -44.7 22 14.9 -31.4 170 86 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.20 15 300 9320 -37.1 -44.3 47 7.2 -37.7 169 89 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.25 16 250 10555 -45.5 -61.6 15 16.1 -46.1 179 83 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.04 17 200 12020 -51.2 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.6 184 58 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13869 -56.6 -83.2 2 26.6 -56.9 195 42 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16398 -62.5 -86.0 3 23.5 -62.7 215 32 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.87 m Freezing level: 687.93 mb = 3135.47 m = 10286.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.24 mb = 3058.62 m = 10034.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.94 % Est. max temperature: 21.57 C = 70.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.73 mb = 516.76 m = 1695.39 ft T: 13.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 2.04 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 979.50 m = 3213.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.36 C = 63.25 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 33.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.30 mb = 903.40 m = 2963.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.30 mb = 3023.43 m = 9919.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 647.30 mb = 3617.20 m = 11867.30 ft B at Equ Level: 19.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 587.30 mb = 4383.76 m = 14382.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.3 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 208.3 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 282.0 neg: -17.1 tot: 264.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 107.75 m/s