MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 42.90,-71.43 Latitude: 42.90 Longitude: -71.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 993 97 16.9 9.9 63 7.0 12.9 199 10 290.7 292.1 286.3 312.7 7.74 2 950 471 12.6 8.1 74 4.5 10.1 201 18 290.0 291.3 285.4 310.3 7.15 3 900 921 8.2 6.6 90 1.5 7.3 203 20 289.9 291.1 285.1 309.3 6.82 4 850 1390 4.0 2.6 91 1.4 3.3 208 27 290.3 291.3 283.8 305.9 5.43 5 800 1880 1.5 -14.2 30 15.6 -3.7 214 32 292.7 293.0 280.3 297.6 1.59 6 750 2395 -2.7 -13.0 45 10.2 -6.1 211 30 293.6 294.0 281.0 299.3 1.88 7 700 2937 -7.1 -13.6 60 6.5 -9.2 205 34 294.6 295.0 281.5 300.5 1.91 8 650 3511 -10.0 -22.4 35 12.4 -13.0 206 44 297.7 297.9 281.7 300.8 0.97 9 600 4125 -12.4 -26.1 31 13.7 -15.4 207 56 301.8 301.9 283.1 304.3 0.76 10 550 4784 -16.4 -33.2 22 16.7 -19.3 204 63 304.6 304.7 283.8 306.0 0.43 11 500 5493 -21.2 -42.4 13 21.2 -23.7 203 69 307.2 307.2 284.5 307.8 0.18 12 450 6261 -27.2 -42.1 23 14.9 -28.7 201 73 309.1 309.1 285.2 309.8 0.21 13 400 7097 -33.4 -46.9 25 13.5 -34.4 199 78 311.6 311.6 286.1 312.1 0.14 14 350 8024 -37.8 -60.6 7 22.8 -38.7 201 86 317.8 317.8 288.1 317.9 0.03 15 300 9078 -41.8 -63.8 7 22.0 -42.5 204 94 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.6 0.02 16 250 10300 -46.1 -68.5 6 22.4 -46.7 206 94 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.02 17 200 11769 -50.1 -75.1 4 25.0 -50.6 211 88 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13630 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 208 68 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16212 -57.4 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.8 231 34 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5456.30 m Freezing level: 782.37 mb = 2061.29 m = 6762.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 826.53 mb = 1615.93 m = 5301.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.37 % Est. max temperature: 16.92 C = 62.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.21 mb = 973.97 m = 3195.40 ft T: 7.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 1039.30 m = 3409.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.30 C = 61.34 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 21.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.03 mb = 1049.29 m = 3442.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.03 mb = 1095.68 m = 3594.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 551.03 mb = 4770.14 m = 15649.87 ft B at Equ Level: 212.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 361.03 mb = 7809.03 m = 25619.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.3 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 235.3 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.7 neg: -6.4 tot: 111.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 1.96 Bulk Shear: 108.86 m/s