MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.21,-70.95 Latitude: 43.21 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 51 SFC 997 81 14.7 14.3 97 0.4 14.4 123 17 288.2 290.0 287.8 317.0 10.32 2 950 485 13.6 13.5 100 0.1 13.6 138 48 291.0 292.8 288.8 320.0 10.28 3 900 941 12.5 12.3 99 0.1 12.4 158 58 294.4 296.2 289.8 323.2 10.05 4 850 1419 9.5 9.3 99 0.2 9.4 165 54 296.1 297.6 289.1 321.2 8.68 5 800 1920 6.5 6.1 98 0.4 6.3 166 49 298.1 299.4 288.7 319.8 7.42 6 750 2447 3.7 3.3 98 0.3 3.5 165 48 300.6 301.7 288.7 319.8 6.49 7 700 3004 0.2 -0.1 98 0.3 0.0 164 47 302.7 303.7 288.4 319.0 5.42 8 650 3596 -2.4 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.6 162 45 306.2 307.1 289.0 320.9 4.80 9 600 4228 -5.2 -5.8 96 0.5 -5.5 161 41 310.1 310.8 289.7 323.1 4.15 10 550 4907 -8.7 -9.7 92 1.1 -9.1 158 41 313.8 314.4 290.1 324.5 3.32 11 500 5640 -12.7 -14.1 89 1.4 -13.2 159 47 317.6 318.1 290.6 326.0 2.57 12 450 6436 -18.2 -20.2 85 1.9 -18.8 162 55 320.3 320.6 290.6 326.1 1.71 13 400 7304 -24.9 -27.4 80 2.5 -25.4 163 64 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.2 1.01 14 350 8259 -32.9 -35.9 74 3.0 -33.3 160 73 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.2 0.51 15 300 9324 -41.4 -44.6 71 3.2 -41.6 147 76 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.24 16 250 10536 -49.8 -55.1 53 5.3 -50.0 153 87 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.09 17 200 11989 -50.7 -73.7 5 23.0 -51.1 159 66 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 13855 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.1 187 28 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16395 -63.2 -85.1 4 21.9 -63.4 209 12 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.09 m Freezing level: 696.90 mb = 3040.82 m = 9976.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.63 mb = 3008.40 m = 9869.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.47 % Est. max temperature: 22.76 C = 72.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.38 mb = 132.94 m = 436.16 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 3.37 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 752.37 m = 2468.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.51 C = 67.12 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: 3.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 31.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.88 mb = 548.02 m = 1797.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.88 mb = 2361.78 m = 7748.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 667.88 mb = 3379.37 m = 11087.02 ft B at Equ Level: 29.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 597.88 mb = 4255.41 m = 13961.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 160.0 at 46.4 knts Storm direction: 190.0 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 502.8 neg: -29.3 tot: 473.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 52.45 m/s