MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.01,-71.02 Latitude: 43.01 Longitude: -71.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 54 15.8 15.4 97 0.4 15.5 122 15 288.9 290.8 288.6 319.8 11.04 1 1000 59 15.8 15.5 98 0.3 15.6 122 16 288.9 290.9 288.8 320.0 11.12 2 950 494 15.0 14.9 99 0.2 14.9 145 48 292.5 294.5 290.1 324.4 11.25 3 900 952 13.4 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 156 51 295.3 297.2 290.5 325.9 10.66 4 850 1432 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.7 160 48 297.4 299.1 290.3 325.0 9.48 5 800 1936 8.0 7.9 99 0.2 8.0 166 49 299.7 301.3 290.1 324.4 8.38 6 750 2467 5.2 4.9 98 0.3 5.1 171 48 302.3 303.6 290.0 324.0 7.28 7 700 3028 2.0 1.7 98 0.3 1.8 179 47 304.7 305.8 289.8 323.4 6.19 8 650 3623 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.0 187 46 306.8 307.8 289.5 322.3 5.02 9 600 4255 -5.1 -5.4 98 0.3 -5.2 188 46 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.7 4.28 10 550 4935 -8.7 -9.1 97 0.4 -8.9 182 42 313.8 314.4 290.2 324.9 3.48 11 500 5668 -13.3 -14.3 92 1.0 -13.6 173 41 316.9 317.4 290.3 325.2 2.54 12 450 6461 -19.3 -24.9 61 5.6 -20.6 169 44 319.0 319.2 289.6 322.8 1.12 13 400 7324 -25.9 -33.2 51 7.3 -27.1 166 48 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.4 0.58 14 350 8276 -33.1 -36.9 69 3.8 -33.6 162 54 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.8 0.46 15 300 9344 -39.5 -44.1 61 4.6 -39.9 159 72 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.25 16 250 10576 -44.8 -58.7 20 14.0 -45.3 161 64 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.06 17 200 12044 -51.3 -74.8 4 23.4 -51.7 169 69 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13889 -55.6 -81.4 3 25.7 -56.0 184 34 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16412 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.1 168 7 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.70 m Freezing level: 674.34 mb = 3333.38 m = 10936.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.26 mb = 3305.07 m = 10843.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.72 % Est. max temperature: 24.27 C = 75.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.82 mb = 102.95 m = 337.74 ft T: 15.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 3.68 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 720.30 m = 2363.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.73 C = 69.32 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 34.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.64 mb = 524.46 m = 1720.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.64 mb = 3124.61 m = 10251.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 601.64 mb = 4233.85 m = 13890.42 ft B at Equ Level: 33.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 501.64 mb = 5642.35 m = 18511.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.7 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 201.7 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 518.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 518.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 172.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 75.79 m/s