MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 38.74,-73.99 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -73.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1011 -2 15.2 12.2 83 2.9 13.4 275 15 287.4 289.0 286.1 312.2 8.88 1 1000 89 13.7 10.8 83 2.9 12.0 275 16 286.9 288.3 285.2 309.6 8.16 2 950 519 11.2 3.5 59 7.7 7.3 264 17 288.6 289.5 282.7 303.4 5.19 3 900 969 8.3 4.7 78 3.7 6.4 246 19 290.1 291.1 284.2 307.0 5.94 4 850 1438 5.1 -0.7 66 5.8 2.4 243 22 291.5 292.3 283.0 304.0 4.28 5 800 1930 2.8 -14.2 27 17.0 -3.0 230 33 294.1 294.4 280.9 299.0 1.59 6 750 2448 -0.7 -18.7 24 18.0 -6.1 228 41 295.8 296.0 281.1 299.4 1.17 7 700 2996 -3.5 -25.8 16 22.3 -9.0 229 44 298.6 298.7 281.7 300.8 0.67 8 650 3580 -4.6 -33.6 8 29.0 -10.6 233 45 303.8 303.8 283.4 304.9 0.34 9 600 4204 -9.1 -34.0 11 24.9 -13.9 232 48 305.6 305.7 284.1 306.8 0.36 10 550 4872 -12.9 -41.6 7 28.7 -17.2 232 53 308.8 308.8 285.1 309.4 0.18 11 500 5590 -18.2 -39.2 14 21.0 -21.2 233 60 310.8 310.9 285.9 311.8 0.26 12 450 6370 -22.2 -53.7 4 31.5 -25.0 238 70 315.4 315.4 287.3 315.6 0.06 13 400 7227 -27.1 -50.6 9 23.5 -29.1 244 80 319.7 319.8 288.8 320.1 0.09 14 350 8175 -33.4 -52.5 13 19.1 -34.7 246 92 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.0 0.08 15 300 9243 -39.9 -59.4 11 19.6 -40.7 246 100 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.3 0.04 16 250 10468 -46.9 -62.9 14 16.0 -47.4 244 98 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.03 17 200 11924 -53.4 -71.5 9 18.2 -53.7 242 92 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13746 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -58.9 248 69 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16261 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 238 43 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5501.25 m Freezing level: 760.36 mb = 2341.03 m = 7680.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.53 mb = 1655.48 m = 5431.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.84 % Est. max temperature: 18.95 C = 66.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.68 mb = 364.65 m = 1196.33 ft T: 12.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 8.79 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.02 mb = 1524.23 m = 5000.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.73 C = 67.51 F Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lifted Index: 6.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.44 C Showalter Index: 8.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 17.54 C K Index: 0.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 103.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11422.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.41 mb = 1075.19 m = 3527.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 5.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.5 neg: -1.4 tot: 124.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 107.78 m/s