MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.71,-73.94 Latitude: 40.71 Longitude: -73.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 10 18.3 17.7 96 0.6 17.9 159 15 291.2 293.4 290.9 327.2 12.77 1 1000 38 18.1 17.5 97 0.6 17.7 160 14 291.2 293.5 290.9 327.0 12.69 2 950 477 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 176 34 293.2 295.3 290.8 326.8 11.82 3 900 935 12.7 12.6 99 0.1 12.6 201 27 294.6 296.5 290.0 324.0 10.22 4 850 1413 10.3 9.9 97 0.4 10.0 200 20 296.9 298.6 289.8 323.2 9.04 5 800 1917 8.1 7.4 95 0.7 7.7 181 35 299.8 301.3 289.9 323.7 8.11 6 750 2447 4.5 3.4 93 1.1 3.9 188 51 301.5 302.7 289.0 321.0 6.53 7 700 3007 1.9 1.2 95 0.7 1.5 181 65 304.6 305.7 289.6 322.6 5.96 8 650 3602 -1.5 -2.1 95 0.7 -1.8 171 64 307.3 308.3 289.6 322.9 5.04 9 600 4236 -4.7 -10.2 65 5.5 -6.9 168 66 310.7 311.2 288.8 320.0 2.92 10 550 4915 -8.8 -23.9 28 15.1 -12.8 169 71 313.7 313.9 287.8 317.1 1.01 11 500 5644 -14.6 -34.5 17 20.0 -18.2 168 74 315.3 315.4 287.7 316.7 0.41 12 450 6434 -19.8 -49.8 5 30.0 -23.1 168 76 318.3 318.4 288.3 318.7 0.09 13 400 7297 -25.6 -46.9 12 21.3 -27.8 173 80 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.2 0.14 14 350 8251 -32.2 -49.4 17 17.1 -33.6 168 83 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.12 15 300 9321 -39.9 -54.3 20 14.4 -40.7 169 88 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.08 16 250 10547 -45.3 -65.6 8 20.2 -45.9 181 82 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.02 17 200 12023 -47.9 -75.3 3 27.4 -48.5 179 64 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 13885 -55.8 -82.8 2 27.0 -56.2 210 45 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16415 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 217 12 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.13 m Freezing level: 671.88 mb = 3341.78 m = 10963.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.14 mb = 3273.68 m = 10740.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.05 % Est. max temperature: 23.92 C = 75.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.04 mb = 89.37 m = 293.20 ft T: 17.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 4.00 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.55 mb = 534.71 m = 1754.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.48 C = 68.87 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 34.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 233.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.35 mb = 482.87 m = 1584.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 934.35 mb = 617.67 m = 2026.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 384.35 mb = 7581.64 m = 24873.84 ft B at Equ Level: 232.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.35 mb = 9921.90 m = 32551.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.9 at 52.6 knts Storm direction: 204.9 at 39.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 5.0 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.8 neg: -45.8 tot: 198.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.5 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 2.16 Bulk Shear: 107.92 m/s