MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.60,-72.38 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -72.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 992 113 17.4 16.9 97 0.5 17.1 149 12 291.2 293.4 290.5 325.9 12.29 2 950 482 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 155 36 292.7 294.8 290.3 325.3 11.45 3 900 939 12.5 12.4 99 0.2 12.4 167 44 294.4 296.2 289.8 323.3 10.08 4 850 1417 9.4 9.0 97 0.5 9.2 176 42 296.0 297.6 288.9 320.6 8.49 5 800 1918 6.7 6.3 97 0.5 6.5 173 41 298.3 299.7 288.8 320.3 7.48 6 750 2446 4.2 3.9 98 0.3 4.0 173 42 301.1 302.3 289.1 321.2 6.75 7 700 3007 1.8 1.5 98 0.3 1.6 171 44 304.5 305.6 289.6 322.9 6.10 8 650 3601 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.4 171 49 307.5 308.5 289.9 323.6 5.24 9 600 4236 -4.5 -4.8 98 0.3 -4.7 168 52 310.9 311.7 290.2 324.9 4.46 10 550 4915 -9.9 -10.0 99 0.2 -9.9 164 59 312.4 313.0 289.6 322.8 3.25 11 500 5643 -14.2 -18.9 68 4.6 -15.6 164 72 315.7 316.0 289.2 321.4 1.72 12 450 6435 -19.5 -32.7 30 13.2 -21.8 167 76 318.8 318.9 289.0 320.7 0.55 13 400 7298 -25.9 -42.4 20 16.5 -27.8 164 78 321.3 321.4 289.4 322.2 0.23 14 350 8251 -32.4 -46.1 25 13.6 -33.6 155 77 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.18 15 300 9319 -40.5 -53.4 24 12.9 -41.2 156 87 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.09 16 250 10538 -47.4 -62.5 16 15.1 -47.9 160 82 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.03 17 200 11999 -50.3 -73.7 5 23.4 -50.7 168 68 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13866 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 198 30 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16411 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 170 5 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.50 m Freezing level: 671.28 mb = 3348.04 m = 10984.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.71 mb = 3313.55 m = 10871.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.87 % Est. max temperature: 22.57 C = 72.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.55 mb = 169.20 m = 555.11 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 5.58 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.57 mb = 620.60 m = 2036.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.44 C = 66.99 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 32.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.27 mb = 587.15 m = 1926.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.27 mb = 723.43 m = 2373.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 613.27 mb = 4062.43 m = 13328.02 ft B at Equ Level: 103.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.27 mb = 9244.16 m = 30328.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.8 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 197.8 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.2 neg: -9.8 tot: 250.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 1.90 Bulk Shear: 71.77 m/s