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: 42.57,-73.87 Latitude: 42.57 Longitude: -73.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 986 165 16.3 15.3 94 1.0 15.7 136 13 290.6 292.6 289.4 322.2 11.18 2 950 481 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 147 34 292.0 294.0 289.8 323.2 10.99 3 900 937 12.8 12.4 97 0.4 12.5 166 47 294.7 296.5 289.9 323.6 10.07 4 850 1416 10.4 9.4 94 0.9 9.8 172 41 297.0 298.6 289.5 322.5 8.77 5 800 1920 8.6 6.7 88 1.9 7.5 180 32 300.3 301.7 289.7 323.1 7.70 6 750 2451 5.7 2.5 80 3.2 4.0 186 35 302.8 303.9 289.1 321.1 6.10 7 700 3013 2.7 -4.5 59 7.2 -0.6 183 46 305.4 306.2 287.9 317.5 3.90 8 650 3609 -0.2 -6.1 64 5.9 -2.8 181 54 308.8 309.5 288.9 320.5 3.73 9 600 4245 -3.8 -7.4 76 3.6 -5.4 182 56 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.3 3.65 10 550 4928 -7.9 -10.2 83 2.4 -8.8 186 58 314.7 315.3 290.3 325.0 3.19 11 500 5662 -12.5 -19.1 58 6.7 -14.5 185 57 317.8 318.2 289.8 323.5 1.69 12 450 6458 -18.4 -38.2 16 19.8 -21.5 185 56 320.1 320.2 289.1 321.3 0.31 13 400 7324 -25.0 -39.6 24 14.6 -26.9 185 68 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.6 0.31 14 350 8282 -31.1 -35.1 67 4.1 -31.6 173 76 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.9 0.55 15 300 9361 -38.2 -41.2 73 3.0 -38.5 171 83 331.6 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.35 16 250 10590 -46.6 -55.4 36 8.8 -47.0 185 87 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 17 200 12054 -50.9 -74.0 5 23.1 -51.3 168 57 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13891 -58.2 -79.9 5 21.7 -58.4 190 38 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16404 -64.6 -81.7 8 17.2 -64.7 237 12 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.77 m Freezing level: 652.83 mb = 3575.38 m = 11730.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.75 mb = 2934.91 m = 9628.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.31 % Est. max temperature: 23.56 C = 74.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.17 mb = 284.89 m = 934.65 ft T: 15.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 5.57 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.14 mb = 759.50 m = 2491.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.32 C = 66.77 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: 2.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 25.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6846.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.58 mb = 664.12 m = 2178.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.6 at 47.1 knts Storm direction: 209.6 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 416.7 neg: -50.6 tot: 366.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 99.92 m/s