MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 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 34 SFC 969 301 19.7 12.8 64 6.9 15.3 170 17 295.4 297.1 289.7 323.1 9.60 2 950 475 18.4 12.1 67 6.3 14.5 173 29 295.9 297.6 289.6 323.0 9.36 3 900 936 14.1 10.9 81 3.2 12.1 176 38 296.0 297.7 289.5 322.5 9.15 4 850 1415 9.8 9.4 97 0.4 9.6 184 43 296.4 298.0 289.3 321.7 8.73 5 800 1917 7.2 6.9 98 0.3 7.0 209 49 298.8 300.2 289.3 321.7 7.81 6 750 2449 7.0 6.1 94 0.9 6.5 214 43 304.2 305.7 291.2 328.0 7.91 7 700 3014 3.9 2.4 90 1.5 3.1 203 49 306.8 308.0 290.7 326.6 6.50 8 650 3613 0.8 -1.2 87 2.0 -0.3 198 56 309.8 310.8 290.7 326.5 5.39 9 600 4253 -2.6 -6.6 74 4.0 -4.4 196 62 313.1 313.9 290.5 325.5 3.89 10 550 4939 -5.7 -19.4 33 13.7 -10.1 191 69 317.3 317.6 289.5 322.4 1.50 11 500 5680 -9.8 -23.0 33 13.2 -13.6 191 75 321.1 321.4 290.3 325.3 1.21 12 450 6485 -15.4 -16.3 93 0.8 -15.7 195 73 323.9 324.3 292.2 331.9 2.39 13 400 7365 -20.0 -26.8 55 6.8 -21.6 194 72 329.0 329.3 292.5 332.9 1.07 14 350 8342 -27.0 -32.0 62 5.0 -27.9 196 74 332.4 332.5 293.1 335.1 0.75 15 300 9436 -34.8 -37.9 73 3.1 -35.2 196 71 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.2 0.48 16 250 10680 -45.3 -48.8 68 3.5 -45.6 199 72 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.4 0.18 17 200 12136 -53.2 -67.5 16 14.3 -53.5 214 77 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13954 -61.0 -81.2 5 20.2 -61.2 220 62 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16446 -65.7 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 239 24 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.69 m Freezing level: 638.66 mb = 3758.35 m = 12330.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.09 mb = 3562.54 m = 11687.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.94 % Est. max temperature: 22.08 C = 71.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.38 mb = 1168.33 m = 3833.07 ft T: 12.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 5.57 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1363.17 m = 4472.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.63 C = 69.13 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: 5.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 27.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.68 mb = 1310.35 m = 4299.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.68 mb = 1457.22 m = 4780.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 795.68 mb = 1961.60 m = 6435.63 ft B at Equ Level: 3.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 775.68 mb = 2171.56 m = 7124.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 54.9 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 41.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 330.9 neg: -8.5 tot: 322.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 119.18 m/s