MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.88,-74.17 Latitude: 40.88 Longitude: -74.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 997 69 18.0 17.5 97 0.4 17.7 144 15 291.4 293.6 291.0 327.4 12.76 2 950 481 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 163 39 293.7 295.8 291.3 328.5 12.21 3 900 941 14.0 13.8 99 0.1 13.9 183 44 295.9 297.9 291.1 327.9 11.11 4 850 1422 11.6 11.4 99 0.1 11.5 193 38 298.3 300.1 291.0 327.5 10.04 5 800 1927 8.5 8.4 99 0.1 8.5 187 34 300.2 301.8 290.5 325.8 8.66 6 750 2459 5.6 5.3 98 0.3 5.4 180 31 302.6 304.0 290.2 324.9 7.45 7 700 3020 2.5 2.1 97 0.4 2.3 180 41 305.3 306.4 290.2 324.6 6.39 8 650 3617 -0.8 -1.7 93 1.0 -1.3 182 49 308.1 309.1 290.0 324.1 5.19 9 600 4252 -4.1 -4.6 97 0.5 -4.3 188 55 311.4 312.2 290.5 325.7 4.55 10 550 4933 -8.7 -10.3 88 1.7 -9.4 191 59 313.8 314.4 290.0 324.0 3.17 11 500 5665 -13.1 -17.6 69 4.5 -14.5 187 60 317.1 317.5 289.8 323.5 1.92 12 450 6460 -18.8 -32.8 28 14.0 -21.4 184 65 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.6 0.54 13 400 7325 -25.3 -46.6 12 21.3 -27.5 181 73 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.14 14 350 8280 -31.6 -60.3 4 28.7 -33.2 181 78 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.3 0.03 15 300 9356 -38.2 -48.4 33 10.2 -38.9 179 91 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 16 250 10590 -45.0 -70.9 4 25.9 -45.6 192 88 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.2 0.01 17 200 12062 -49.4 -72.9 5 23.6 -49.9 190 60 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13905 -57.7 -81.2 3 23.5 -58.0 211 54 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16416 -64.1 -87.4 3 23.3 -64.3 239 17 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.72 m Freezing level: 661.89 mb = 3474.99 m = 11400.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.76 mb = 3399.86 m = 11154.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.20 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.96 mb = 120.51 m = 395.38 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 4.41 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.50 mb = 593.88 m = 1948.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.80 C = 69.44 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 35.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 249.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.51 mb = 539.61 m = 1770.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.51 mb = 1144.14 m = 3753.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 358.51 mb = 8108.53 m = 26602.45 ft B at Equ Level: 247.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.51 mb = 10106.44 m = 33157.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.3 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 214.3 at 34.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.5 neg: -40.8 tot: 321.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 3.53 Bulk Shear: 70.68 m/s