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: 41.39,-72.40 Latitude: 41.39 Longitude: -72.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 61 18.1 17.2 95 0.9 17.5 139 14 291.2 293.4 290.6 326.3 12.46 1 1000 71 18.0 17.3 96 0.7 17.5 140 12 291.1 293.4 290.7 326.5 12.53 2 950 509 15.9 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 154 40 293.3 295.4 290.9 327.3 11.92 3 900 967 13.1 11.0 87 2.2 11.8 164 38 295.0 296.7 289.2 321.5 9.18 4 850 1447 10.8 10.6 99 0.1 10.7 169 33 297.4 299.1 290.3 325.0 9.49 5 800 1949 6.8 5.9 94 1.0 6.3 170 34 298.4 299.7 288.6 319.8 7.27 6 750 2477 3.9 0.2 77 3.6 2.0 175 49 300.8 301.7 287.5 316.3 5.19 7 700 3036 2.6 -11.7 34 14.2 -3.0 173 55 305.3 305.8 286.2 312.4 2.23 8 650 3632 -0.4 -13.5 36 13.1 -5.3 172 55 308.5 308.9 287.2 315.2 2.08 9 600 4266 -4.9 -11.0 62 6.2 -7.2 172 56 310.5 311.0 288.5 319.3 2.74 10 550 4947 -8.4 -13.0 69 4.7 -10.1 173 55 314.2 314.7 289.5 322.5 2.55 11 500 5680 -12.5 -14.4 86 1.8 -13.2 174 57 317.7 318.2 290.6 326.0 2.51 12 450 6475 -18.0 -21.4 75 3.4 -19.0 177 60 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.53 13 400 7346 -23.4 -26.2 78 2.8 -24.0 182 66 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.5 1.13 14 350 8310 -30.1 -33.1 75 3.0 -30.6 186 71 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.6 0.67 15 300 9387 -39.4 -42.7 70 3.4 -39.6 177 78 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.29 16 250 10609 -46.6 -56.6 31 10.0 -47.0 183 83 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.07 17 200 12078 -50.8 -73.0 5 22.3 -51.2 179 53 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13910 -57.6 -82.6 3 24.9 -57.9 212 49 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16422 -63.1 -85.3 3 22.1 -63.3 221 12 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.29 m Freezing level: 656.24 mb = 3557.79 m = 11672.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.63 mb = 2700.02 m = 8858.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.42 % Est. max temperature: 24.31 C = 75.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.71 mb = 167.99 m = 551.14 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 12.62 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.52 mb = 703.05 m = 2306.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.99 C = 69.78 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 19.67 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.59 mb = 593.67 m = 1947.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.59 mb = 1008.38 m = 3308.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 675.59 mb = 3321.69 m = 10897.79 ft B at Equ Level: 84.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 405.59 mb = 7243.35 m = 23763.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.0 at 47.6 knts Storm direction: 201.0 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.4 neg: -19.3 tot: 298.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 1.28 Bulk Shear: 74.00 m/s