MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 57 SFC 972 298 10.9 10.3 96 0.6 10.6 215 9 286.4 287.8 284.9 309.0 8.12 2 950 486 9.5 9.2 98 0.3 9.3 221 17 286.8 288.1 284.7 308.2 7.68 3 900 933 7.4 6.9 97 0.5 7.2 256 24 289.2 290.4 284.9 308.8 6.95 4 850 1402 5.0 4.6 97 0.4 4.8 268 21 291.3 292.4 285.0 309.2 6.25 5 800 1894 1.8 1.2 96 0.5 1.5 256 17 293.1 294.0 284.7 308.3 5.23 6 750 2412 -1.0 -1.3 97 0.4 -1.2 224 20 295.5 296.3 285.0 309.1 4.62 7 700 2959 -4.5 -5.2 95 0.7 -4.8 197 33 297.5 298.2 284.8 308.6 3.71 8 650 3538 -8.7 -14.0 66 5.3 -10.4 195 46 299.1 299.4 283.5 305.2 1.99 9 600 4154 -12.3 -21.7 45 9.4 -14.6 189 62 301.9 302.1 283.6 305.5 1.12 10 550 4816 -13.7 -51.4 3 37.7 -18.0 189 72 307.8 307.8 284.6 308.0 0.06 11 500 5536 -16.8 -52.3 3 35.4 -20.6 186 87 312.5 312.5 286.3 312.8 0.06 12 450 6319 -21.4 -56.1 3 34.8 -24.4 182 92 316.4 316.4 287.6 316.5 0.04 13 400 7178 -26.0 -61.6 2 35.7 -28.4 180 96 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.3 0.02 14 350 8134 -31.0 -62.1 3 31.0 -32.8 182 93 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.0 0.03 15 300 9217 -34.9 -68.5 2 33.6 -36.4 188 92 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.01 16 250 10479 -38.0 -69.5 2 31.5 -39.4 195 72 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 17 200 11997 -44.3 -75.4 2 31.1 -45.2 197 73 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 18 150 13881 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 212 46 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16425 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 234 31 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5478.20 m Freezing level: 767.76 mb = 2227.97 m = 7309.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 771.37 mb = 2186.42 m = 7173.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.91 % Est. max temperature: 16.76 C = 62.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.76 mb = 374.46 m = 1228.53 ft T: 10.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 3.89 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 882.93 m = 2896.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.36 C = 56.05 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: 6.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: 5.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 25.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.48 mb = 801.01 m = 2627.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.48 mb = 3307.56 m = 10851.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 629.48 mb = 3785.05 m = 12417.98 ft B at Equ Level: 17.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 579.48 mb = 4419.02 m = 14497.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.3 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 226.3 at 35.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 6.6 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.0 neg: -58.0 tot: 112.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 160.07 m/s