MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.26,-73.83 Latitude: 41.26 Longitude: -73.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 988 140 17.6 17.1 97 0.5 17.2 152 11 291.7 293.9 290.9 327.0 12.47 2 950 477 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 165 31 293.5 295.6 291.1 327.8 12.02 3 900 936 13.4 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 186 37 295.3 297.2 290.6 325.9 10.66 4 850 1415 11.1 9.8 92 1.2 10.3 196 29 297.8 299.4 290.0 324.0 9.01 5 800 1920 8.5 7.0 90 1.6 7.6 186 41 300.3 301.7 289.8 323.5 7.85 6 750 2451 5.3 3.8 90 1.5 4.5 182 49 302.4 303.6 289.5 322.5 6.72 7 700 3012 1.6 0.9 95 0.7 1.3 175 55 304.3 305.4 289.3 322.0 5.85 8 650 3606 -1.5 -4.8 79 3.2 -3.0 178 56 307.2 308.0 288.8 320.0 4.13 9 600 4239 -5.0 -22.8 23 17.8 -10.1 187 57 310.3 310.5 286.6 313.7 1.01 10 550 4918 -8.6 -34.2 11 25.5 -13.9 185 65 313.9 313.9 287.2 315.2 0.39 11 500 5649 -13.1 -41.0 8 27.9 -17.6 178 68 317.0 317.1 288.0 317.8 0.21 12 450 6442 -19.2 -38.9 16 19.7 -22.2 177 73 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.1 0.29 13 400 7305 -25.7 -48.4 10 22.7 -27.9 179 77 321.6 321.6 289.3 322.0 0.12 14 350 8260 -30.7 -36.4 58 5.7 -31.5 176 90 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.1 0.49 15 300 9342 -36.3 -39.5 72 3.2 -36.7 177 100 334.2 334.2 293.3 335.7 0.41 16 250 10587 -43.1 -59.9 14 16.8 -43.7 189 89 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 17 200 12069 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.5 -50.6 168 71 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.00 18 150 13916 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 200 41 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16421 -63.8 -87.9 2 24.1 -64.0 240 23 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.20 m Freezing level: 674.25 mb = 3317.54 m = 10884.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.39 mb = 3180.76 m = 10435.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.18 C = 75.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.04 mb = 202.94 m = 665.80 ft T: 17.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 14.06 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.30 mb = 664.02 m = 2178.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.07 C = 68.13 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 33.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 215.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.27 mb = 618.75 m = 2029.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.27 mb = 848.75 m = 2784.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 379.27 mb = 7685.56 m = 25214.79 ft B at Equ Level: 212.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 299.27 mb = 9358.91 m = 30704.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.5 at 51.0 knts Storm direction: 211.5 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 4.1 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.7 neg: -31.9 tot: 243.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 2.07 Bulk Shear: 104.09 m/s