MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.19,-70.93 Latitude: 43.19 Longitude: -70.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 1000 69 15.0 14.6 98 0.4 14.8 125 14 288.2 290.0 287.9 317.5 10.52 2 950 500 14.9 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 147 46 292.3 294.3 290.0 324.0 11.17 3 900 957 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 159 44 294.1 295.9 289.5 322.4 9.86 4 850 1435 10.6 10.4 99 0.2 10.4 163 40 297.2 298.9 290.1 324.4 9.35 5 800 1940 8.8 8.6 99 0.1 8.7 166 40 300.5 302.1 290.7 326.5 8.81 6 750 2472 6.2 5.9 98 0.3 6.1 172 42 303.3 304.8 290.7 326.7 7.80 7 700 3036 3.3 3.0 98 0.3 3.1 176 45 306.2 307.4 290.8 326.8 6.79 8 650 3634 -0.3 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.4 179 47 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.1 5.65 9 600 4270 -3.7 -4.0 98 0.3 -3.8 180 49 311.9 312.8 290.8 326.8 4.76 10 550 4953 -7.9 -8.5 95 0.6 -8.2 184 48 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.4 3.65 11 500 5687 -13.3 -14.5 91 1.2 -13.7 184 49 316.8 317.3 290.3 324.9 2.48 12 450 6480 -19.1 -21.5 82 2.4 -19.7 182 51 319.2 319.5 290.1 324.4 1.53 13 400 7344 -26.0 -32.1 56 6.1 -27.0 181 54 321.2 321.4 289.8 323.6 0.65 14 350 8298 -31.5 -34.6 73 3.2 -31.9 173 66 326.3 326.5 291.3 328.4 0.58 15 300 9377 -36.7 -43.7 48 7.0 -37.4 170 81 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.26 16 250 10616 -45.5 -54.9 34 9.3 -46.0 173 81 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.09 17 200 12074 -53.8 -69.7 13 15.9 -54.1 171 74 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13906 -57.6 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 185 37 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16419 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 168 9 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.96 m Freezing level: 653.89 mb = 3587.05 m = 11768.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.28 mb = 3556.01 m = 11666.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.31 % Est. max temperature: 24.08 C = 75.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.41 mb = 113.20 m = 371.37 ft T: 14.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 1.64 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.95 mb = 707.64 m = 2321.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.94 C = 67.90 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 33.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7595.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.80 mb = 537.52 m = 1763.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.2 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 203.2 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 415.8 neg: -9.2 tot: 406.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 69.75 m/s