MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.14,-73.47 Latitude: 41.14 Longitude: -73.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 996 70 17.8 17.4 97 0.4 17.5 144 12 291.3 293.6 290.9 327.1 12.66 2 950 471 15.9 15.9 100 0.1 15.9 159 34 293.4 295.5 291.0 327.6 12.02 3 900 929 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.1 175 41 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.5 10.56 4 850 1408 10.1 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 186 32 296.8 298.4 289.6 323.0 9.03 5 800 1911 7.6 6.2 91 1.3 6.8 189 38 299.2 300.6 289.1 321.2 7.47 6 750 2440 4.4 3.7 95 0.7 4.0 182 41 301.4 302.6 289.1 321.3 6.67 7 700 3000 1.5 0.9 96 0.5 1.2 173 44 304.1 305.2 289.3 321.8 5.86 8 650 3594 -1.5 -1.8 98 0.3 -1.6 161 47 307.3 308.3 289.8 323.2 5.17 9 600 4227 -5.5 -5.8 98 0.3 -5.7 161 51 309.7 310.5 289.6 322.6 4.13 10 550 4905 -9.3 -9.7 97 0.3 -9.5 167 67 313.0 313.7 289.9 323.7 3.34 11 500 5636 -13.8 -20.4 57 6.6 -15.7 168 81 316.2 316.5 289.2 321.3 1.51 12 450 6427 -19.9 -34.3 26 14.5 -22.3 174 89 318.3 318.3 288.7 319.9 0.46 13 400 7287 -26.9 -45.3 16 18.4 -28.8 178 90 320.0 320.0 288.9 320.6 0.17 14 350 8236 -33.2 -48.6 20 15.4 -34.4 172 90 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.13 15 300 9304 -40.1 -53.9 21 13.8 -40.8 170 101 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.08 16 250 10530 -46.1 -63.2 13 17.1 -46.6 174 87 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 12005 -48.5 -75.8 3 27.3 -49.0 167 63 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 13872 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 208 33 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16411 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.5 -62.3 251 14 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.22 m Freezing level: 675.14 mb = 3295.19 m = 10810.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.82 mb = 3246.08 m = 10649.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.23 % Est. max temperature: 23.45 C = 74.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.87 mb = 119.79 m = 393.00 ft T: 17.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 6.43 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.70 mb = 581.34 m = 1907.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.29 C = 68.52 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 33.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 399.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.75 mb = 535.77 m = 1757.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.75 mb = 671.73 m = 2203.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.75 mb = 8482.95 m = 27830.85 ft B at Equ Level: 397.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.75 mb = 10861.63 m = 35634.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.1 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 200.1 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.1 neg: -28.7 tot: 196.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 85.27 m/s