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: 40.11,-76.22 Latitude: 40.11 Longitude: -76.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 990 144 17.5 13.0 75 4.6 14.7 150 15 291.6 293.3 288.3 318.6 9.53 2 950 492 16.2 12.3 78 3.9 13.8 160 36 293.6 295.3 289.0 320.8 9.49 3 900 951 13.7 10.9 83 2.8 12.0 179 48 295.6 297.3 289.4 322.1 9.16 4 850 1431 11.6 9.2 85 2.4 10.2 200 49 298.3 299.8 289.8 323.4 8.61 5 800 1936 9.4 7.8 90 1.6 8.5 213 43 301.2 302.7 290.5 325.8 8.31 6 750 2470 7.0 2.9 75 4.1 4.8 202 35 304.1 305.3 289.7 323.2 6.30 7 700 3034 3.9 -0.6 72 4.5 1.6 198 48 306.8 307.8 289.6 322.9 5.23 8 650 3634 0.7 -5.1 65 5.8 -2.0 192 56 309.8 310.6 289.5 322.4 4.03 9 600 4273 -2.6 -7.9 67 5.3 -4.9 191 62 313.1 313.7 290.0 324.3 3.51 10 550 4958 -6.1 -17.0 42 10.9 -9.8 191 66 316.9 317.2 289.7 323.0 1.84 11 500 5698 -10.3 -27.3 23 17.0 -14.6 190 69 320.4 320.6 289.8 323.3 0.81 12 450 6500 -15.8 -23.1 53 7.3 -17.8 194 66 323.4 323.6 291.2 328.0 1.32 13 400 7379 -20.5 -32.3 34 11.8 -22.8 190 70 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.7 0.63 14 350 8354 -26.9 -41.3 24 14.4 -28.7 188 72 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.29 15 300 9446 -35.6 -40.7 59 5.1 -36.1 191 76 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.6 0.36 16 250 10688 -44.9 -48.6 66 3.7 -45.2 208 80 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.18 17 200 12153 -52.0 -69.4 11 17.4 -52.3 220 65 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.02 18 150 13978 -60.4 -80.7 5 20.3 -60.6 216 56 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16468 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.5 -66.6 214 14 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.49 m Freezing level: 639.11 mb = 3772.83 m = 12377.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.59 mb = 3297.54 m = 10818.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.69 % Est. max temperature: 24.80 C = 76.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.61 mb = 722.11 m = 2369.10 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 3.33 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 1883.68 m = 6179.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lifted Index: 5.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.51 C K Index: 26.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8222.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.10 mb = 1053.23 m = 3455.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.9 at 52.2 knts Storm direction: 221.9 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 2.3 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 504.0 neg: -21.6 tot: 482.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 132.37 m/s