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: 43.11,-71.07 Latitude: 43.11 Longitude: -71.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 86 16.4 10.7 69 5.7 13.0 194 9 290.1 291.5 286.4 313.1 8.14 2 950 471 12.5 8.8 78 3.6 10.4 199 17 289.8 291.2 285.7 311.1 7.51 3 900 921 8.0 7.5 97 0.5 7.8 201 19 289.8 291.1 285.4 310.4 7.25 4 850 1390 4.1 3.7 97 0.4 3.8 209 28 290.4 291.4 284.2 307.2 5.86 5 800 1880 1.2 -3.3 72 4.6 -0.7 207 35 292.4 293.1 282.7 303.4 3.73 6 750 2396 -2.1 -8.3 62 6.2 -4.4 205 33 294.3 294.8 282.4 302.5 2.72 7 700 2940 -6.4 -18.8 37 12.4 -9.8 203 34 295.4 295.7 281.0 299.3 1.24 8 650 3515 -9.6 -23.5 31 13.9 -12.9 199 44 298.1 298.3 281.7 301.0 0.88 9 600 4130 -12.2 -31.1 19 18.9 -15.8 204 57 302.0 302.1 282.8 303.6 0.48 10 550 4790 -16.0 -30.3 28 14.3 -18.7 200 63 305.1 305.2 284.2 306.9 0.56 11 500 5500 -21.1 -37.1 22 16.1 -23.3 199 68 307.3 307.4 284.7 308.4 0.31 12 450 6269 -26.8 -41.3 24 14.6 -28.3 198 73 309.6 309.6 285.5 310.4 0.23 13 400 7106 -33.1 -47.6 22 14.5 -34.1 196 78 312.0 312.0 286.2 312.4 0.13 14 350 8034 -37.7 -61.4 7 23.7 -38.7 198 87 317.9 317.9 288.1 318.0 0.03 15 300 9087 -42.1 -62.9 9 20.8 -42.8 202 95 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.1 0.03 16 250 10306 -46.6 -67.6 7 21.0 -47.1 204 96 336.8 336.8 293.5 336.9 0.02 17 200 11772 -50.5 -75.4 4 24.9 -50.9 210 89 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13632 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 207 67 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16214 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 230 33 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5462.65 m Freezing level: 781.55 mb = 2070.78 m = 6793.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 808.12 mb = 1798.67 m = 5901.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.57 % Est. max temperature: 16.99 C = 62.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.45 mb = 806.69 m = 2646.59 ft T: 9.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.07 mb = 911.22 m = 2989.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.17 C = 61.11 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.87 C Showalter Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.74 C K Index: 16.38 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 226.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.11 mb = 920.16 m = 3018.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.11 mb = 965.85 m = 3168.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 545.11 mb = 4856.56 m = 15933.42 ft B at Equ Level: 225.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 345.11 mb = 8130.05 m = 26673.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.5 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 231.5 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.0 neg: -11.6 tot: 99.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 116.54 m/s