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: 43.01,-71.05 Latitude: 43.01 Longitude: -71.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 999 61 14.6 14.2 97 0.5 14.4 110 18 287.9 289.7 287.5 316.3 10.21 2 950 486 13.2 13.0 99 0.2 13.1 127 51 290.6 292.4 288.3 318.7 9.95 3 900 942 13.1 12.9 99 0.1 13.0 144 61 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.1 10.47 4 850 1422 11.1 10.9 99 0.1 11.0 153 56 297.7 299.5 290.6 325.9 9.69 5 800 1927 8.4 8.2 99 0.2 8.3 156 54 300.1 301.7 290.4 325.3 8.57 6 750 2458 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 159 53 302.3 303.6 290.0 324.0 7.29 7 700 3019 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 160 54 304.3 305.5 289.6 322.7 6.05 8 650 3613 -1.6 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.8 160 55 307.1 308.1 289.6 322.9 5.12 9 600 4247 -5.1 -5.7 96 0.6 -5.4 164 51 310.2 311.0 289.8 323.3 4.17 10 550 4926 -8.6 -9.5 93 0.9 -8.9 167 48 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.8 3.40 11 500 5660 -12.3 -13.6 91 1.2 -12.8 163 49 318.0 318.5 290.8 326.8 2.69 12 450 6457 -17.8 -19.4 87 1.6 -18.3 160 54 320.9 321.2 290.9 327.1 1.83 13 400 7327 -24.5 -26.5 84 2.0 -24.9 158 59 323.1 323.3 290.8 326.9 1.09 14 350 8283 -31.9 -34.7 76 2.8 -32.3 155 66 325.7 325.9 291.1 327.8 0.57 15 300 9355 -39.8 -43.0 72 3.2 -40.1 151 68 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.29 16 250 10572 -49.8 -54.6 57 4.9 -49.9 148 73 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.09 17 200 12012 -54.2 -71.6 10 17.4 -54.5 167 66 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 13863 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 177 23 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16405 -63.3 -86.0 3 22.7 -63.5 184 11 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.17 m Freezing level: 674.62 mb = 3320.64 m = 10894.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.69 mb = 3290.55 m = 10795.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.83 % Est. max temperature: 24.55 C = 76.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.13 mb = 119.75 m = 392.89 ft T: 14.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 3.28 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.14 mb = 431.70 m = 1416.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.03 C = 62.65 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 34.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8436.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.18 mb = 537.94 m = 1764.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.3 at 51.7 knts Storm direction: 186.3 at 38.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 647.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 647.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 108.70 m/s