MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.66,-75.67 Latitude: 39.66 Longitude: -75.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 36 17.1 15.9 92 1.2 16.3 237 12 290.0 292.1 289.4 322.1 11.39 1 1000 59 16.9 15.7 93 1.2 16.1 240 13 290.0 292.0 289.3 321.7 11.28 2 950 495 13.2 12.6 96 0.7 12.9 243 28 290.6 292.3 288.1 318.0 9.67 3 900 947 10.0 7.9 87 2.1 8.8 253 29 291.8 293.1 286.4 313.0 7.42 4 850 1421 7.4 5.9 90 1.5 6.6 249 27 293.9 295.1 286.6 313.7 6.85 5 800 1919 5.9 5.4 96 0.6 5.6 227 24 297.5 298.8 288.1 318.1 7.04 6 750 2446 4.0 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 200 28 300.9 302.1 289.0 320.8 6.67 7 700 3005 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 187 36 304.4 305.5 289.6 322.8 6.07 8 650 3599 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.3 182 44 306.5 307.4 289.2 321.6 4.92 9 600 4229 -6.9 -9.8 80 2.9 -8.0 194 53 308.1 308.7 288.0 317.7 3.04 10 550 4908 -8.0 -35.9 9 27.9 -13.6 192 71 314.6 314.6 287.3 315.7 0.32 11 500 5639 -13.9 -40.1 9 26.2 -18.1 190 76 316.1 316.1 287.7 316.9 0.23 12 450 6431 -19.6 -40.7 14 21.1 -22.6 187 78 318.6 318.6 288.6 319.5 0.24 13 400 7294 -25.8 -49.0 9 23.3 -28.0 186 86 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.9 0.11 14 350 8247 -32.2 -60.1 5 27.9 -33.8 187 94 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.4 0.03 15 300 9321 -37.0 -62.5 5 25.5 -38.2 188 103 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.03 16 250 10572 -41.8 -70.5 3 28.7 -42.7 200 103 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.01 17 200 12061 -48.2 -75.6 3 27.4 -48.8 199 69 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 18 150 13916 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.1 220 60 375.8 375.8 301.5 375.8 0.00 19 100 16428 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 203 30 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5579.96 m Freezing level: 677.88 mb = 3267.74 m = 10720.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.05 mb = 3236.77 m = 10619.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.88 % Est. max temperature: 20.84 C = 69.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.84 mb = 189.07 m = 620.30 ft T: 15.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 9.08 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.59 mb = 640.73 m = 2102.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.08 C = 64.55 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: 3.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.23 C Showalter Index: 6.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.31 C Cross Totals Index: 19.80 C K Index: 26.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.50 mb = 605.78 m = 1987.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.50 mb = 740.79 m = 2430.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 812.50 mb = 1791.28 m = 5876.82 ft B at Equ Level: 24.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 732.50 mb = 2637.13 m = 8651.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.3 at 44.0 knts Storm direction: 230.3 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 6.1 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.9 neg: -41.0 tot: 41.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 134.95 m/s