MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.14,-75.84 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -75.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 960 393 8.9 8.4 96 0.6 8.6 276 13 285.4 286.6 283.5 305.4 7.19 2 950 480 8.2 7.8 97 0.4 8.0 279 17 285.5 286.8 283.4 305.1 7.02 3 900 925 5.2 4.9 98 0.3 5.1 292 40 286.9 287.9 283.0 303.9 6.04 4 850 1388 1.4 1.1 98 0.3 1.2 301 45 287.6 288.4 281.9 301.4 4.86 5 800 1875 -0.2 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.3 309 39 290.9 291.8 283.1 304.3 4.61 6 750 2391 -1.0 -1.3 98 0.3 -1.1 318 27 295.5 296.4 285.0 309.2 4.65 7 700 2940 -3.0 -3.6 96 0.6 -3.3 322 21 299.1 299.9 285.9 311.7 4.19 8 650 3524 -5.9 -6.7 94 0.8 -6.2 314 17 302.3 303.0 286.5 313.2 3.56 9 600 4147 -9.4 -10.5 91 1.1 -9.8 300 18 305.3 305.8 286.8 314.2 2.86 10 550 4814 -13.8 -15.3 88 1.5 -14.3 290 21 307.7 308.1 286.9 314.5 2.12 11 500 5531 -18.8 -20.7 85 1.9 -19.3 290 25 310.1 310.4 287.1 314.9 1.47 12 450 6308 -24.5 -26.3 85 1.8 -24.9 298 27 312.4 312.6 287.3 315.8 0.99 13 400 7153 -31.2 -33.0 84 1.8 -31.4 307 26 314.4 314.5 287.6 316.5 0.59 14 350 8085 -36.0 -51.2 19 15.2 -37.0 246 10 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.6 0.10 15 300 9154 -37.1 -70.1 2 33.0 -38.3 183 12 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.1 0.01 16 250 10407 -39.3 -71.7 2 32.4 -40.5 182 14 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.01 17 200 11917 -44.8 -75.8 2 31.0 -45.7 199 15 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 18 150 13812 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 220 18 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16385 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 232 15 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5477.62 m Freezing level: 806.45 mb = 1811.97 m = 5944.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 810.89 mb = 1766.30 m = 5794.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.06 % Est. max temperature: 13.72 C = 56.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.01 mb = 462.48 m = 1517.31 ft T: 8.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 3.98 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 917.47 m = 3010.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.37 C = 50.66 F Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lifted Index: 7.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.22 C Showalter Index: 9.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.88 C K Index: 20.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.11 mb = 878.02 m = 2880.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.11 mb = 1014.25 m = 3327.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.11 mb = 1773.98 m = 5820.06 ft B at Equ Level: 22.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 760.11 mb = 2283.86 m = 7492.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.5 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 331.5 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.7 neg: -8.9 tot: 214.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 6.44 m/s