MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 38.46,-71.97 Latitude: 38.46 Longitude: -71.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 -2 20.6 16.1 75 4.5 17.7 200 18 292.7 294.8 290.3 325.3 11.45 1 1000 103 19.6 14.5 72 5.1 16.4 200 22 292.8 294.6 289.5 322.5 10.45 2 950 542 15.4 13.2 87 2.2 14.0 200 25 292.8 294.6 289.2 321.5 10.06 3 900 998 11.4 10.9 97 0.5 11.1 200 28 293.2 294.9 288.5 319.4 9.15 4 850 1473 8.4 3.1 69 5.3 5.6 212 34 294.9 295.9 285.8 311.4 5.64 5 800 1975 8.5 -11.6 23 20.1 0.6 223 27 300.2 300.5 283.9 306.3 1.96 6 750 2504 4.5 -1.7 64 6.2 1.5 223 22 301.4 302.3 287.1 315.1 4.50 7 700 3061 0.3 -1.8 86 2.1 -0.7 216 25 302.8 303.7 287.9 317.3 4.79 8 650 3651 -3.4 -8.2 69 4.8 -5.4 220 33 305.1 305.7 287.1 314.9 3.17 9 600 4279 -7.4 -13.1 64 5.6 -9.4 216 40 307.5 308.0 287.1 314.9 2.33 10 550 4954 -9.8 -22.8 34 13.1 -13.3 213 52 312.5 312.7 287.5 316.2 1.11 11 500 5684 -14.0 -29.5 26 15.5 -17.3 211 59 316.0 316.1 288.2 318.3 0.67 12 450 6474 -19.8 -39.2 16 19.4 -22.6 211 63 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.5 0.28 13 400 7335 -26.7 -38.1 33 11.4 -28.2 212 70 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.6 0.36 14 350 8284 -33.1 -49.0 19 15.9 -34.4 220 78 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.5 0.13 15 300 9352 -40.6 -52.5 27 11.9 -41.2 222 84 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.10 16 250 10569 -49.1 -60.8 25 11.6 -49.5 222 81 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.04 17 200 12006 -56.6 -70.4 16 13.8 -56.8 225 83 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.2 0.01 18 150 13803 -60.0 -81.6 4 21.6 -60.2 238 62 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16305 -64.7 -87.8 3 23.1 -64.8 204 46 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5580.93 m Freezing level: 695.77 mb = 3111.24 m = 10207.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.76 mb = 2881.42 m = 9453.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.85 % Est. max temperature: 22.39 C = 72.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.43 mb = 565.14 m = 1854.11 ft T: 15.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 18.99 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.50 mb = 844.96 m = 2772.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.97 C = 69.74 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: 7.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.35 C Cross Totals Index: 17.08 C K Index: 23.34 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.04 mb = 812.51 m = 2665.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.04 mb = 951.10 m = 3120.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 825.04 mb = 1719.82 m = 5642.40 ft B at Equ Level: 20.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 765.04 mb = 2341.00 m = 7680.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.4 neg: -23.5 tot: 74.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.15 Bulk Shear: 28.19 m/s