MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.09,-77.61 Latitude: 40.09 Longitude: -77.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 976 301 9.8 8.8 93 1.1 9.2 113 2 284.9 286.2 283.4 305.1 7.27 2 950 527 12.1 9.8 86 2.3 10.7 166 12 289.4 290.8 286.1 312.0 8.00 3 900 985 16.6 11.4 71 5.2 13.3 176 30 298.6 300.3 290.6 326.1 9.42 4 850 1470 13.7 9.7 77 3.9 11.3 176 31 300.5 302.1 290.8 326.8 8.94 5 800 1979 11.3 2.9 56 8.4 6.8 178 28 303.2 304.3 289.1 321.1 5.92 6 750 2517 10.4 -5.7 32 16.0 2.8 179 26 307.8 308.4 288.2 318.3 3.34 7 700 3087 6.9 -6.4 38 13.3 0.8 185 30 310.1 310.8 289.0 320.8 3.38 8 650 3691 3.1 -7.7 45 10.8 -1.7 193 35 312.5 313.1 289.7 323.0 3.30 9 600 4334 -1.5 -7.4 64 5.9 -4.1 205 38 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.1 3.65 10 550 5022 -5.7 -18.8 35 13.1 -10.0 218 39 317.3 317.6 289.5 322.6 1.57 11 500 5761 -9.9 -24.8 29 14.9 -14.0 222 37 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.5 1.02 12 450 6567 -13.4 -31.6 20 18.2 -17.5 213 36 326.3 326.5 291.3 328.5 0.60 13 400 7453 -19.6 -40.6 14 21.0 -22.8 212 36 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.28 14 350 8427 -27.6 -38.7 34 11.1 -29.2 223 40 331.5 331.6 292.5 333.0 0.38 15 300 9518 -35.6 -44.2 41 8.6 -36.4 220 34 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.2 0.25 16 250 10759 -46.2 -52.1 52 5.8 -46.5 240 33 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.8 0.12 17 200 12203 -55.6 -61.8 46 6.2 -55.8 267 63 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 13996 -64.6 -76.3 19 11.6 -64.7 254 39 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16463 -66.7 -88.5 3 21.8 -66.8 263 27 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.14 m Freezing level: 616.39 mb = 4123.29 m = 13527.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.49 mb = 3269.59 m = 10726.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.60 mb = 434.09 m = 1424.15 ft T: 11.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 8.55 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 976.00 mb = 300.75 m = 986.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.22 C = 52.19 F Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lifted Index: 7.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.22 C Showalter Index: 2.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 20.03 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8950.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.44 mb = 1200.64 m = 3939.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.4 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 227.4 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.3 neg: -14.6 tot: 194.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 62.99 m/s