MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 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 38 SFC 970 302 17.8 13.5 76 4.3 15.1 171 14 293.5 295.3 289.5 322.3 10.06 2 950 477 17.1 12.7 75 4.4 14.3 174 27 294.5 296.2 289.5 322.5 9.75 3 900 935 13.3 11.9 91 1.4 12.4 179 37 295.2 296.9 289.8 323.3 9.75 4 850 1414 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.6 195 50 297.4 299.1 290.2 324.8 9.45 5 800 1918 7.7 7.4 98 0.3 7.6 213 49 299.4 300.9 289.8 323.3 8.13 6 750 2448 4.6 4.3 98 0.3 4.4 221 34 301.6 302.8 289.5 322.3 6.96 7 700 3007 1.3 0.8 96 0.5 1.0 202 34 303.9 305.0 289.2 321.4 5.79 8 650 3600 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.7 198 50 306.0 306.9 288.9 320.7 4.76 9 600 4232 -5.9 -9.1 78 3.2 -7.2 202 56 309.3 309.9 288.5 319.4 3.20 10 550 4910 -8.4 -26.5 22 18.1 -13.0 197 67 314.1 314.3 287.7 316.9 0.80 11 500 5643 -11.9 -48.1 3 36.2 -17.0 195 78 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.8 0.10 12 450 6442 -16.7 -50.0 4 33.3 -20.8 194 80 322.2 322.3 289.5 322.6 0.09 13 400 7314 -22.6 -51.2 6 28.6 -25.5 191 84 325.6 325.6 290.6 325.9 0.09 14 350 8286 -26.7 -33.2 54 6.5 -27.9 187 92 332.7 332.8 293.1 335.2 0.67 15 300 9379 -35.4 -38.7 72 3.3 -35.8 186 91 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.2 0.45 16 250 10620 -43.9 -52.6 38 8.7 -44.3 204 103 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.12 17 200 12098 -50.7 -73.2 5 22.5 -51.2 210 74 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 13928 -59.1 -80.2 5 21.1 -59.3 217 71 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16449 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 224 25 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.68 m Freezing level: 683.35 mb = 3204.69 m = 10513.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.46 mb = 3163.62 m = 10379.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.87 % Est. max temperature: 22.81 C = 73.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.09 mb = 850.16 m = 2789.20 ft T: 13.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1326.34 m = 4351.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.20 C = 70.16 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: 2.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.85 mb = 1087.13 m = 3566.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.85 mb = 2351.60 m = 7715.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 578.85 mb = 4511.27 m = 14800.57 ft B at Equ Level: 42.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 518.85 mb = 5358.10 m = 17578.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.4 at 52.3 knts Storm direction: 228.4 at 39.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 425.2 neg: -21.7 tot: 403.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.5 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 114.90 m/s