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,-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 28 SFC 969 299 19.0 12.9 68 6.1 15.2 160 16 294.8 296.6 289.6 322.7 9.70 2 950 467 18.0 12.6 71 5.4 14.6 162 28 295.4 297.2 289.8 323.4 9.69 3 900 927 14.1 11.6 85 2.5 12.6 169 42 296.1 297.8 289.9 323.8 9.60 4 850 1407 10.9 10.7 99 0.1 10.8 185 52 297.5 299.3 290.4 325.4 9.57 5 800 1911 7.9 7.4 97 0.5 7.6 206 56 299.5 301.0 289.8 323.3 8.09 6 750 2442 5.4 4.6 94 0.8 4.9 213 49 302.4 303.7 289.9 323.6 7.09 7 700 3003 1.9 0.8 92 1.1 1.3 207 44 304.6 305.7 289.4 322.2 5.80 8 650 3598 -1.7 -2.9 92 1.1 -2.3 208 47 307.0 307.9 289.3 321.7 4.76 9 600 4231 -5.1 -8.8 75 3.7 -6.6 207 52 310.2 310.9 288.9 320.6 3.27 10 550 4910 -7.9 -22.0 31 14.1 -12.0 197 62 314.7 314.9 288.3 318.7 1.19 11 500 5647 -10.6 -38.6 8 28.0 -15.8 187 77 320.1 320.1 289.0 321.1 0.27 12 450 6448 -16.3 -48.1 5 31.9 -20.4 192 75 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.2 0.11 13 400 7324 -21.0 -35.1 27 14.1 -23.5 186 81 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.49 14 350 8299 -26.6 -30.8 68 4.2 -27.5 184 85 332.8 333.0 293.3 335.9 0.84 15 300 9393 -35.3 -39.4 66 4.1 -35.8 187 88 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.2 0.42 16 250 10638 -43.6 -48.8 56 5.2 -43.9 206 96 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.0 0.18 17 200 12112 -51.1 -70.2 9 19.1 -51.5 212 64 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13948 -58.6 -83.7 3 25.1 -58.8 213 69 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16460 -66.3 -86.0 5 19.6 -66.5 209 24 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.79 m Freezing level: 673.87 mb = 3313.82 m = 10871.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.43 mb = 3218.86 m = 10560.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.61 % Est. max temperature: 22.93 C = 73.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.01 mb = 1068.31 m = 3504.92 ft T: 13.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 4.92 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1418.85 m = 4654.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.76 C = 71.17 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 2.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.53 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 31.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.02 mb = 1211.84 m = 3975.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.02 mb = 2945.20 m = 9662.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 605.02 mb = 4164.91 m = 13664.23 ft B at Equ Level: 13.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 555.02 mb = 4839.38 m = 15877.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.4 at 53.8 knts Storm direction: 226.4 at 40.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 541.4 neg: -25.3 tot: 516.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 172.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 143.15 m/s