MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.23,-72.56 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -72.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 963 346 14.9 13.5 91 1.5 14.0 137 6 291.2 293.0 288.7 319.8 10.13 2 950 464 13.9 13.0 94 0.9 13.4 142 11 291.3 293.1 288.6 319.5 9.97 3 900 917 9.9 9.8 99 0.1 9.9 157 19 291.8 293.3 287.4 315.9 8.47 4 850 1389 6.1 2.7 79 3.4 4.4 165 21 292.5 293.5 284.7 308.4 5.48 5 800 1883 3.7 -12.1 31 15.8 -2.0 162 24 295.1 295.4 281.7 300.9 1.89 6 750 2404 1.2 -4.2 67 5.4 -1.2 157 27 297.8 298.5 284.9 309.0 3.72 7 700 2956 -1.7 -12.8 43 11.0 -5.7 156 31 300.6 301.0 284.2 307.0 2.05 8 650 3541 -5.2 -15.9 43 10.6 -8.7 154 40 303.0 303.3 284.7 308.4 1.71 9 600 4165 -9.1 -25.4 25 16.3 -13.0 152 49 305.6 305.7 284.7 308.3 0.81 10 550 4832 -12.9 -30.3 22 17.4 -16.4 149 63 308.8 308.9 285.6 310.7 0.56 11 500 5553 -15.9 -43.8 7 27.9 -19.7 149 85 313.7 313.7 286.8 314.3 0.16 12 450 6341 -20.3 -44.0 10 23.8 -23.2 144 95 317.8 317.8 288.2 318.4 0.17 13 400 7202 -26.3 -46.8 13 20.6 -28.3 139 97 320.8 320.9 289.2 321.4 0.14 14 350 8154 -32.2 -49.4 16 17.2 -33.6 132 102 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.12 15 300 9225 -39.4 -50.2 31 10.8 -40.1 132 98 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.13 16 250 10455 -44.4 -64.7 9 20.3 -45.1 148 71 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.03 17 200 11943 -46.9 -77.1 2 30.2 -47.6 157 40 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 18 150 13829 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 182 17 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16386 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 187 17 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5523.10 m Freezing level: 729.70 mb = 2628.24 m = 8622.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 815.76 mb = 1724.16 m = 5656.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.57 % Est. max temperature: 18.12 C = 64.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.92 mb = 526.46 m = 1727.21 ft T: 13.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 18.97 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.37 mb = 904.49 m = 2967.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.50 C = 59.89 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: 2.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 7.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.95 C Cross Totals Index: 18.59 C K Index: 13.66 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.18 mb = 896.96 m = 2942.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.18 mb = 943.17 m = 3094.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 577.18 mb = 4462.08 m = 14639.18 ft B at Equ Level: 92.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 477.18 mb = 5902.61 m = 19365.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.1 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 181.1 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.5 neg: -2.2 tot: 108.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 140.21 m/s