MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.24,-71.84 Latitude: 42.24 Longitude: -71.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 981 201 17.1 16.8 98 0.3 16.9 129 13 291.8 294.0 290.7 326.7 12.33 2 950 478 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.7 140 36 293.2 295.3 290.9 327.0 11.85 3 900 936 13.7 13.6 99 0.1 13.6 154 51 295.6 297.6 290.9 327.0 10.91 4 850 1417 11.2 11.1 99 0.1 11.1 160 50 297.9 299.7 290.7 326.4 9.78 5 800 1922 8.6 8.4 99 0.1 8.5 163 48 300.3 301.9 290.6 326.0 8.71 6 750 2454 5.7 5.6 99 0.2 5.6 165 46 302.8 304.2 290.4 325.5 7.60 7 700 3016 2.3 2.1 99 0.2 2.2 169 46 305.0 306.2 290.0 324.3 6.37 8 650 3610 -1.4 -1.8 98 0.3 -1.6 173 45 307.3 308.3 289.8 323.3 5.18 9 600 4244 -4.9 -5.2 97 0.3 -5.1 177 44 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.0 4.32 10 550 4924 -8.8 -9.7 93 0.9 -9.2 178 44 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.3 3.33 11 500 5656 -13.4 -14.9 88 1.6 -13.9 175 42 316.7 317.2 290.2 324.6 2.40 12 450 6450 -18.5 -20.5 84 2.0 -19.0 170 43 320.0 320.3 290.5 325.6 1.66 13 400 7317 -24.9 -27.4 79 2.6 -25.4 162 44 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 1.01 14 350 8274 -31.5 -34.6 74 3.1 -32.0 151 50 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.58 15 300 9347 -39.4 -42.9 69 3.6 -39.6 154 74 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.29 16 250 10581 -43.2 -63.2 9 20.0 -43.9 177 89 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.03 17 200 12067 -50.5 -72.6 6 22.1 -51.0 167 66 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 13907 -57.6 -81.1 4 23.5 -57.9 202 30 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16429 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -63.0 208 16 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.56 m Freezing level: 669.29 mb = 3380.85 m = 11091.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.06 mb = 3354.51 m = 11005.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.07 % Est. max temperature: 24.02 C = 75.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.14 mb = 237.62 m = 779.58 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 3.74 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 710.95 m = 2332.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.71 C = 67.49 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 35.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.29 mb = 673.67 m = 2210.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.29 mb = 1286.37 m = 4220.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.29 mb = 7257.03 m = 23808.86 ft B at Equ Level: 158.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 293.29 mb = 9500.12 m = 31167.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.6 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 197.6 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 403.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 403.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 2.58 Bulk Shear: 61.59 m/s