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: 41.74,-74.73 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -74.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 952 444 15.9 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 167 6 293.1 295.3 290.8 326.8 11.83 2 950 464 15.9 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 168 8 293.3 295.4 290.9 327.2 11.92 3 900 922 12.6 12.5 99 0.1 12.5 182 23 294.5 296.3 289.9 323.6 10.14 4 850 1400 9.6 9.5 99 0.1 9.5 203 20 296.2 297.8 289.2 321.6 8.78 5 800 1902 7.2 6.1 92 1.2 6.6 195 19 298.9 300.2 288.9 320.6 7.38 6 750 2431 4.3 3.3 93 1.0 3.8 170 33 301.3 302.5 288.9 320.7 6.50 7 700 2989 0.6 -0.7 91 1.3 -0.0 177 41 303.1 304.1 288.4 318.9 5.20 8 650 3580 -2.9 -4.4 89 1.5 -3.6 175 60 305.7 306.5 288.3 318.8 4.25 9 600 4211 -6.2 -8.5 83 2.3 -7.1 167 67 309.0 309.6 288.6 319.5 3.35 10 550 4886 -10.4 -27.1 24 16.7 -14.3 168 65 311.8 311.9 286.9 314.3 0.75 11 500 5612 -16.0 -34.2 19 18.2 -19.3 168 74 313.5 313.6 287.1 315.0 0.42 12 450 6396 -22.2 -35.1 30 13.0 -24.2 165 81 315.4 315.5 287.7 316.9 0.43 13 400 7251 -27.3 -47.7 13 20.4 -29.2 165 89 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.0 0.13 14 350 8201 -32.6 -52.6 12 20.0 -34.0 164 97 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.1 0.08 15 300 9271 -40.0 -58.9 11 19.0 -40.8 164 100 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.05 16 250 10499 -44.1 -61.2 13 17.1 -44.7 176 84 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.04 17 200 11990 -46.4 -76.7 2 30.3 -47.1 172 60 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 18 150 13860 -54.8 -81.3 2 26.6 -55.1 196 39 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16407 -62.6 -83.2 5 20.6 -62.9 191 6 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5583.45 m Freezing level: 691.45 mb = 3090.13 m = 10138.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.51 mb = 2983.10 m = 9786.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.19 % Est. max temperature: 21.45 C = 70.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.80 mb = 474.91 m = 1558.07 ft T: 15.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 6.67 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 907.29 m = 2976.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.23 C = 63.01 F Cap Strength: -0.07 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.47 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 319.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.22 mb = 919.94 m = 3018.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.22 mb = 966.54 m = 3171.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.22 mb = 7518.83 m = 24667.78 ft B at Equ Level: 318.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 275.22 mb = 9851.62 m = 32321.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.5 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 201.5 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 5.7 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.6 neg: -33.1 tot: 197.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 2.02 Bulk Shear: 158.16 m/s