MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.72,-75.62 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -75.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 18.6 14.7 78 3.9 16.1 149 13 291.6 293.4 289.2 321.4 10.54 1 1000 69 18.5 14.7 79 3.8 16.1 149 13 291.6 293.5 289.2 321.6 10.58 2 950 508 16.1 13.4 84 2.7 14.4 168 36 293.5 295.4 289.6 322.8 10.25 3 900 966 13.9 11.4 85 2.5 12.3 189 45 295.8 297.5 289.7 323.0 9.42 4 850 1447 11.9 8.9 82 3.0 10.1 208 43 298.6 300.1 289.8 323.3 8.43 5 800 1953 9.6 9.0 96 0.5 9.3 213 36 301.4 303.0 291.2 328.2 9.07 6 750 2487 7.3 3.2 75 4.1 5.1 200 42 304.5 305.7 290.0 324.0 6.44 7 700 3053 5.2 -7.2 40 12.5 -0.3 191 50 308.3 308.9 288.2 318.3 3.17 8 650 3654 1.8 -11.3 37 13.1 -3.5 189 53 311.0 311.5 288.4 319.0 2.48 9 600 4295 -1.5 -19.1 25 17.6 -7.4 191 58 314.3 314.6 288.4 319.0 1.41 10 550 4983 -5.0 -25.4 18 20.4 -10.7 191 64 318.2 318.3 289.1 321.2 0.88 11 500 5724 -10.2 -26.4 25 16.2 -14.4 194 66 320.6 320.8 289.9 323.7 0.89 12 450 6526 -15.6 -25.9 41 10.3 -18.1 198 64 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.3 1.03 13 400 7406 -20.1 -32.5 32 12.3 -22.5 193 64 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.1 0.63 14 350 8383 -26.6 -42.8 20 16.2 -28.7 192 66 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.25 15 300 9476 -35.5 -42.5 48 7.1 -36.2 194 66 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.5 0.30 16 250 10717 -45.0 -48.7 66 3.7 -45.2 210 70 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.18 17 200 12181 -52.5 -68.2 13 15.6 -52.8 222 66 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13999 -61.4 -80.7 6 19.3 -61.5 222 52 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16476 -66.9 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 220 11 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.02 m Freezing level: 622.99 mb = 4000.33 m = 13124.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.08 mb = 3017.10 m = 9898.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.50 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.85 mb = 544.77 m = 1787.28 ft T: 15.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.92 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1547.25 m = 5076.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.23 C = 79.21 F Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lifted Index: 4.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.07 C K Index: 18.47 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8482.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.04 mb = 862.94 m = 2831.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.9 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 222.9 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 3.3 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.9 neg: -12.2 tot: 377.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 123.47 m/s