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: 41.81,-70.95 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -70.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 23 16.9 16.2 95 0.7 16.5 127 14 289.6 291.6 289.4 322.1 11.59 1 1000 74 16.5 16.0 97 0.5 16.3 129 17 289.7 291.7 289.4 322.1 11.54 2 950 511 15.5 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 142 47 292.9 294.9 290.5 325.8 11.56 3 900 969 13.8 13.7 99 0.1 13.7 160 49 295.7 297.7 291.0 327.4 10.99 4 850 1450 11.1 11.0 99 0.1 11.0 164 45 297.8 299.6 290.6 326.2 9.74 5 800 1954 7.9 7.6 98 0.4 7.7 159 44 299.6 301.1 289.9 323.7 8.19 6 750 2484 4.7 4.1 96 0.6 4.4 165 50 301.7 302.9 289.4 322.1 6.86 7 700 3042 0.5 -1.9 84 2.3 -0.7 167 51 303.0 303.9 287.9 317.5 4.76 8 650 3634 -1.5 -2.2 95 0.7 -1.9 169 54 307.3 308.2 289.6 322.7 5.02 9 600 4271 -3.4 -3.6 98 0.3 -3.5 174 57 312.2 313.2 291.0 327.6 4.87 10 550 4956 -6.7 -7.3 95 0.6 -7.0 174 60 316.1 316.9 291.4 329.0 4.01 11 500 5693 -12.2 -13.9 88 1.6 -12.8 179 61 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.8 2.62 12 450 6489 -17.9 -22.2 69 4.3 -19.1 180 62 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.6 1.43 13 400 7359 -24.0 -27.8 71 3.8 -24.8 178 59 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.2 0.97 14 350 8318 -30.9 -33.9 75 3.0 -31.3 174 65 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.4 0.62 15 300 9396 -38.5 -41.6 72 3.1 -38.8 164 71 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.4 0.33 16 250 10619 -49.1 -53.7 58 4.7 -49.3 164 70 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 17 200 12059 -54.5 -68.8 15 14.3 -54.8 162 60 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13890 -57.1 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.4 208 30 371.7 371.7 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16420 -63.1 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.3 196 7 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.83 m Freezing level: 688.27 mb = 3181.24 m = 10437.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.78 mb = 2964.45 m = 9725.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.19 % Est. max temperature: 24.93 C = 76.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.39 mb = 113.12 m = 371.13 ft T: 16.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 9.96 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.91 mb = 701.29 m = 2300.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.42 C = 70.56 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 32.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.05 mb = 501.45 m = 1645.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.05 mb = 1789.10 m = 5869.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 626.05 mb = 3932.83 m = 12902.84 ft B at Equ Level: 90.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 506.05 mb = 5599.62 m = 18371.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.2 at 51.3 knts Storm direction: 197.2 at 38.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 490.4 neg: -27.2 tot: 463.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 107.86 m/s