MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.06,-77.64 Latitude: 40.06 Longitude: -77.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 969 299 20.3 13.3 64 7.0 15.8 157 17 296.1 297.9 290.2 324.7 9.92 2 950 471 19.0 12.3 65 6.7 14.8 159 28 296.5 298.2 290.0 324.1 9.52 3 900 932 14.6 11.2 80 3.4 12.6 162 36 296.6 298.3 289.9 323.7 9.35 4 850 1412 10.3 9.7 96 0.7 10.0 172 40 297.0 298.6 289.6 322.9 8.92 5 800 1916 8.3 7.9 97 0.4 8.0 202 49 300.0 301.5 290.2 324.6 8.37 6 750 2450 7.1 6.6 97 0.5 6.8 214 46 304.3 305.8 291.4 328.9 8.18 7 700 3015 4.4 -0.0 73 4.4 2.1 204 50 307.3 308.4 290.0 324.1 5.47 8 650 3615 1.4 -8.3 48 9.7 -2.8 196 57 310.6 311.2 288.9 320.6 3.15 9 600 4254 -2.3 -16.3 33 14.0 -7.2 192 63 313.5 313.8 288.5 319.4 1.79 10 550 4941 -4.9 -25.1 19 20.2 -10.6 190 73 318.3 318.5 289.2 321.4 0.90 11 500 5683 -9.7 -23.6 31 14.0 -13.6 190 76 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.2 1.14 12 450 6489 -14.4 -23.3 47 8.9 -16.9 196 73 325.1 325.4 291.6 329.7 1.30 13 400 7372 -19.5 -29.5 41 9.9 -21.7 194 71 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.6 0.83 14 350 8350 -26.7 -35.2 44 8.5 -28.0 192 69 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.9 0.55 15 300 9443 -35.5 -39.2 69 3.7 -36.0 193 67 335.3 335.4 293.6 336.9 0.42 16 250 10685 -45.4 -48.7 69 3.3 -45.6 209 70 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.18 17 200 12144 -53.3 -68.4 14 15.1 -53.7 218 66 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13962 -59.5 -82.7 3 23.3 -59.7 223 61 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16457 -66.6 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 242 21 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.72 m Freezing level: 630.76 mb = 3860.99 m = 12667.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.24 mb = 3270.49 m = 10729.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.36 % Est. max temperature: 22.98 C = 73.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.13 mb = 1186.70 m = 3893.31 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 9.49 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.05 mb = 1392.01 m = 4566.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.17 C = 70.11 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: 4.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.37 C Showalter Index: 5.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 25.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7462.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.23 mb = 1341.13 m = 4399.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.8 at 55.5 knts Storm direction: 221.8 at 41.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.1 neg: -6.7 tot: 378.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 161.05 m/s