MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 42.94,-71.36 Latitude: 42.94 Longitude: -71.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 995 94 14.5 12.9 90 1.7 13.5 169 9 288.1 289.8 286.9 314.4 9.40 2 950 481 10.5 10.1 97 0.4 10.3 182 24 287.9 289.3 285.7 310.9 8.21 3 900 930 8.2 5.7 84 2.5 6.9 197 33 290.0 291.1 284.7 308.2 6.39 4 850 1399 5.3 2.9 84 2.5 4.1 193 36 291.7 292.7 284.4 307.7 5.53 5 800 1892 2.2 -0.9 80 3.0 0.8 196 34 293.5 294.3 284.0 306.6 4.49 6 750 2410 -1.1 -4.7 77 3.6 -2.6 205 37 295.4 296.0 283.8 306.1 3.59 7 700 2957 -4.7 -7.7 79 3.0 -5.9 203 46 297.2 297.8 284.0 306.5 3.05 8 650 3536 -8.4 -10.7 83 2.4 -9.2 196 53 299.5 300.0 284.4 307.4 2.59 9 600 4152 -12.1 -15.5 75 3.5 -13.1 191 51 302.1 302.5 284.6 308.1 1.90 10 550 4812 -16.4 -31.7 25 15.3 -19.1 193 58 304.7 304.8 284.0 306.3 0.49 11 500 5521 -21.0 -44.7 10 23.7 -23.6 191 65 307.5 307.5 284.5 308.0 0.14 12 450 6291 -26.5 -47.2 12 20.7 -28.3 193 66 309.9 310.0 285.5 310.4 0.12 13 400 7130 -32.7 -51.8 13 19.0 -34.0 196 71 312.4 312.4 286.3 312.7 0.08 14 350 8058 -38.1 -60.3 8 22.2 -39.1 198 78 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.4 0.03 15 300 9108 -42.7 -64.7 7 22.0 -43.3 203 84 325.2 325.2 290.3 325.3 0.02 16 250 10324 -47.2 -66.2 10 18.9 -47.7 206 86 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.02 17 200 11788 -50.5 -75.8 3 25.3 -51.0 209 84 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 13641 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 210 54 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16214 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 223 34 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5471.13 m Freezing level: 766.85 mb = 2235.42 m = 7333.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 788.84 mb = 2004.86 m = 6577.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.60 % Est. max temperature: 18.32 C = 64.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.44 mb = 302.26 m = 991.65 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 8.35 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 765.50 m = 2511.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.63 C = 60.13 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 26.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.66 mb = 687.24 m = 2254.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.66 mb = 1287.43 m = 4223.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 541.66 mb = 4925.61 m = 16159.94 ft B at Equ Level: 86.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 411.66 mb = 6925.14 m = 22719.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.6 at 45.8 knts Storm direction: 224.6 at 34.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.3 neg: -4.8 tot: 195.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 106.94 m/s