MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.09,-77.13 Latitude: 42.09 Longitude: -77.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 961 442 10.2 4.8 69 5.4 7.4 271 13 286.6 287.6 282.3 302.4 5.60 2 950 535 9.2 4.1 70 5.1 6.6 273 18 286.5 287.5 282.1 301.7 5.39 3 900 980 4.8 2.9 87 1.9 3.9 275 25 286.5 287.4 281.9 301.3 5.25 4 850 1443 1.2 -0.4 89 1.5 0.4 290 32 287.4 288.1 281.3 299.8 4.37 5 800 1928 -0.5 -7.7 58 7.2 -3.2 300 30 290.6 291.1 280.7 298.6 2.68 6 750 2444 -0.1 -38.4 4 38.3 -7.4 305 29 296.4 296.5 280.0 297.1 0.18 7 700 2992 -3.1 -33.3 8 30.2 -9.3 301 29 299.1 299.1 281.4 300.2 0.33 8 650 3575 -5.8 -40.3 5 34.4 -11.7 295 28 302.3 302.4 282.6 303.0 0.18 9 600 4198 -8.9 -38.9 7 30.1 -14.0 293 32 305.8 305.9 284.0 306.6 0.22 10 550 4866 -12.4 -40.3 8 27.9 -16.8 298 39 309.4 309.4 285.4 310.1 0.21 11 500 5588 -15.9 -54.3 2 38.4 -20.0 306 55 313.7 313.7 286.7 313.8 0.05 12 450 6376 -19.8 -54.4 3 34.6 -23.2 313 70 318.3 318.3 288.3 318.5 0.05 13 400 7239 -25.7 -49.9 8 24.2 -27.9 315 79 321.6 321.6 289.3 322.0 0.10 14 350 8190 -33.2 -51.5 14 18.3 -34.5 314 84 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.3 0.09 15 300 9255 -40.3 -57.5 14 17.2 -41.1 311 80 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.05 16 250 10486 -44.1 -65.4 8 21.3 -44.8 310 72 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.02 17 200 11963 -49.5 -76.6 3 27.1 -50.0 302 52 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 13826 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 281 31 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16387 -61.1 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 232 18 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5480.26 m Freezing level: 814.50 mb = 1787.44 m = 5864.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 844.08 mb = 1498.56 m = 4916.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.05 % Est. max temperature: 13.47 C = 56.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.75 mb = 1118.18 m = 3668.53 ft T: 3.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 5.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.70 mb = 1322.55 m = 4339.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.70 C = 51.27 F Cap Strength: 9.95 C Lifted Index: 12.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.63 C Showalter Index: 13.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.05 C Cross Totals Index: 15.51 C K Index: -13.58 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14223.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.04 mb = 1263.20 m = 4144.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.8 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 329.8 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.5 neg: -6.9 tot: 130.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 55.74 m/s