MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 18 NOV 25 Station: 39.9,-78.9 Latitude: 39.90 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 1 950 584 SFC 943 642 -2.3 -6.2 75 3.9 -3.6 281 4 275.5 275.9 272.6 282.5 2.55 3 900 1015 -2.0 -9.3 57 7.4 -4.4 300 21 279.5 279.8 274.2 285.4 2.09 4 850 1467 -4.9 -9.8 69 4.9 -6.5 297 31 281.0 281.3 275.1 287.1 2.13 5 800 1943 -3.3 -31.0 10 27.7 -8.8 299 36 287.6 287.7 276.0 288.8 0.36 6 750 2456 -1.3 -24.2 16 22.9 -7.1 298 46 295.2 295.3 280.2 297.5 0.72 7 700 3005 -1.3 -27.6 11 26.3 -7.8 298 53 301.1 301.2 282.6 303.0 0.57 8 650 3592 -3.8 -22.4 22 18.6 -9.0 298 58 304.7 304.9 284.5 307.9 0.97 9 600 4219 -8.0 -21.9 32 13.9 -11.8 296 58 306.8 307.0 285.5 310.4 1.10 10 550 4888 -12.8 -24.0 38 11.2 -15.6 295 58 308.9 309.1 286.1 312.2 0.99 11 500 5607 -17.8 -25.3 52 7.5 -19.4 293 62 311.4 311.6 287.0 314.7 0.98 12 450 6388 -22.7 -30.6 48 8.0 -24.1 292 65 314.7 314.9 287.8 317.0 0.66 13 400 7241 -29.0 -37.0 46 8.0 -30.0 289 71 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.8 0.40 14 350 8179 -36.6 -43.2 50 6.6 -37.1 287 73 319.4 319.5 288.8 320.3 0.24 15 300 9230 -44.0 -51.2 45 7.2 -44.3 285 76 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.8 0.11 16 250 10430 -52.7 -59.7 42 7.0 -52.8 282 81 327.7 327.8 291.1 327.9 0.05 17 200 11853 -55.1 -72.8 9 17.7 -55.3 275 84 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.01 18 150 13689 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.0 279 77 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.4 0.00 19 100 16213 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 282 63 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5435.95 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.95 % Est. max temperature: 10.69 C = 51.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.86 mb = 1131.61 m = 3712.59 ft T: -2.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 943.1- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 521.68 mb = 5287.01 m = 17345.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Cap Strength: 20.92 C Lifted Index: 21.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 17.52 C Showalter Index: 20.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 12.83 C Cross Totals Index: 7.96 C K Index: -23.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19596.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.30 mb = 1823.22 m = 5981.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.6 at 50.0 knts Storm direction: 325.6 at 37.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 4.8 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 246.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 18.06 m/s