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: 40.06,-76.82 Latitude: 40.06 Longitude: -76.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 987 153 18.5 13.4 72 5.1 15.3 150 16 292.8 294.5 289.0 320.8 9.84 2 950 481 16.6 12.7 78 3.9 14.2 160 35 294.1 295.8 289.4 322.0 9.76 3 900 940 14.3 11.2 82 3.1 12.4 176 48 296.2 297.9 289.8 323.2 9.33 4 850 1421 11.5 9.8 90 1.6 10.5 197 50 298.2 299.8 290.1 324.5 9.01 5 800 1925 8.9 6.2 83 2.7 7.3 214 50 300.6 302.0 289.6 322.7 7.44 6 750 2459 6.7 2.9 77 3.8 4.6 205 38 303.9 305.1 289.6 322.9 6.31 7 700 3022 3.0 -0.1 80 3.1 1.4 202 42 305.8 306.9 289.5 322.4 5.43 8 650 3619 -0.3 -5.9 66 5.6 -2.8 200 50 308.7 309.4 288.9 320.5 3.79 9 600 4256 -2.9 -11.7 51 8.8 -6.4 195 60 312.8 313.3 289.1 321.2 2.60 10 550 4940 -6.9 -11.1 72 4.2 -8.6 191 66 315.9 316.5 290.5 325.6 2.97 11 500 5678 -10.4 -19.1 49 8.7 -13.2 188 68 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.1 1.69 12 450 6481 -15.7 -35.1 17 19.4 -19.4 192 69 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.0 0.43 13 400 7358 -21.2 -24.1 78 2.9 -22.0 188 72 327.4 327.7 292.3 332.2 1.36 14 350 8332 -26.8 -34.9 46 8.2 -28.1 186 81 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.8 0.56 15 300 9426 -35.6 -39.3 69 3.7 -36.1 190 83 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.42 16 250 10667 -44.5 -48.9 61 4.5 -44.7 207 88 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.6 0.18 17 200 12135 -51.7 -69.7 10 18.1 -52.0 217 67 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 13965 -59.6 -81.5 4 21.9 -59.8 216 61 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16466 -66.4 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.5 209 16 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.16 m Freezing level: 654.03 mb = 3570.70 m = 11714.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.10 mb = 3218.77 m = 10560.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.02 % Est. max temperature: 24.55 C = 76.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.13 mb = 798.34 m = 2619.19 ft T: 15.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.37 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.52 mb = 1634.01 m = 5360.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.97 C = 76.94 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: 4.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 28.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8234.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.46 mb = 1086.62 m = 3564.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.6 at 52.1 knts Storm direction: 223.6 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 534.5 neg: -38.0 tot: 496.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 136.38 m/s