MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.71,-74.85 Latitude: 40.71 Longitude: -74.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 985 153 17.1 16.6 97 0.5 16.8 138 11 291.5 293.7 290.5 325.9 12.17 2 950 462 15.6 15.4 99 0.1 15.5 151 28 293.0 295.1 290.6 326.3 11.69 3 900 919 13.2 13.0 99 0.1 13.1 173 40 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.4 10.53 4 850 1399 10.3 10.2 99 0.1 10.2 191 34 297.0 298.6 289.9 323.7 9.22 5 800 1902 7.8 7.4 97 0.5 7.5 179 32 299.5 300.9 289.8 323.2 8.07 6 750 2432 4.9 4.2 95 0.7 4.5 173 41 301.9 303.2 289.5 322.5 6.90 7 700 2992 1.3 0.5 94 0.8 0.9 172 47 303.9 305.0 289.0 321.1 5.66 8 650 3584 -2.7 -3.1 97 0.4 -2.9 172 54 306.0 306.8 288.9 320.4 4.70 9 600 4216 -6.1 -6.6 96 0.5 -6.3 178 53 309.0 309.8 289.1 321.2 3.88 10 550 4891 -10.5 -16.3 63 5.8 -12.3 181 68 311.6 312.0 288.1 318.0 1.95 11 500 5617 -15.6 -36.2 15 20.6 -19.1 176 73 314.0 314.1 287.2 315.3 0.35 12 450 6404 -20.6 -47.3 7 26.7 -23.6 179 82 317.4 317.4 288.0 317.8 0.12 13 400 7263 -26.9 -52.8 7 25.9 -29.0 175 84 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.4 0.07 14 350 8216 -31.9 -62.0 3 30.1 -33.6 172 91 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.8 0.03 15 300 9289 -38.6 -62.5 6 23.9 -39.6 180 92 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.03 16 250 10525 -43.2 -63.5 9 20.2 -44.0 187 82 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 17 200 12013 -47.6 -75.1 3 27.5 -48.3 176 58 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 18 150 13878 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 207 34 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16406 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 232 25 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.37 m Freezing level: 683.59 mb = 3186.38 m = 10453.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.02 mb = 3129.98 m = 10268.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.52 % Est. max temperature: 23.27 C = 73.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.01 mb = 214.18 m = 702.69 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 5.88 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.54 mb = 664.22 m = 2179.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.51 C = 67.11 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.77 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 382.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.49 mb = 628.23 m = 2061.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.49 mb = 858.65 m = 2817.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 376.49 mb = 7695.01 m = 25245.80 ft B at Equ Level: 382.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.49 mb = 10092.38 m = 33111.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.0 at 50.1 knts Storm direction: 206.0 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.1 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.6 neg: -16.1 tot: 315.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 3.17 Bulk Shear: 120.61 m/s