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: 41.31,-73.38 Latitude: 41.31 Longitude: -73.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 131 17.5 17.1 97 0.5 17.2 136 12 291.6 293.8 290.8 326.8 12.46 2 950 471 15.9 15.8 100 0.1 15.9 147 33 293.3 295.5 291.0 327.5 12.00 3 900 929 13.8 13.6 99 0.1 13.7 164 45 295.7 297.7 290.9 327.3 10.96 4 850 1410 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.6 178 43 297.4 299.1 290.2 324.9 9.46 5 800 1913 7.7 7.0 95 0.7 7.3 183 39 299.4 300.8 289.6 322.7 7.91 6 750 2443 4.7 4.1 96 0.6 4.4 182 38 301.7 303.0 289.5 322.2 6.88 7 700 3003 1.9 1.4 97 0.4 1.7 175 38 304.5 305.7 289.6 322.9 6.08 8 650 3598 -1.2 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.4 166 41 307.6 308.6 289.9 323.8 5.28 9 600 4232 -5.0 -5.3 98 0.3 -5.2 163 49 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.7 4.29 10 550 4911 -9.6 -10.4 94 0.8 -9.9 168 67 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.8 3.15 11 500 5639 -14.3 -25.8 37 11.5 -17.1 170 79 315.6 315.7 288.3 318.8 0.94 12 450 6430 -19.6 -41.1 13 21.4 -22.7 176 87 318.5 318.6 288.5 319.4 0.23 13 400 7291 -26.8 -47.3 13 20.4 -28.8 178 87 320.1 320.2 288.9 320.6 0.13 14 350 8241 -33.2 -47.3 23 14.1 -34.3 171 87 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.6 0.15 15 300 9309 -39.9 -50.2 32 10.3 -40.5 170 99 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 16 250 10535 -46.2 -61.9 15 15.8 -46.7 174 86 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.04 17 200 12008 -49.1 -75.0 3 25.9 -49.6 167 63 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 13872 -54.6 -81.7 2 27.2 -54.9 206 34 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16409 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.5 -62.2 246 12 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.48 m Freezing level: 669.74 mb = 3363.26 m = 11034.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.75 mb = 3321.98 m = 10898.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.88 % Est. max temperature: 23.69 C = 74.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.27 mb = 185.73 m = 609.34 ft T: 17.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 5.29 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.25 mb = 639.79 m = 2099.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.10 C = 68.19 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.89 C K Index: 35.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 414.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.48 mb = 601.33 m = 1972.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.48 mb = 1018.81 m = 3342.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.48 mb = 8638.63 m = 28341.63 ft B at Equ Level: 410.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.48 mb = 10791.42 m = 35404.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.8 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 199.8 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.6 neg: -14.0 tot: 309.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 4.19 Bulk Shear: 98.97 m/s