MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 175 1 950 593 SFC 944 643 5.3 -3.7 52 9.0 1.6 256 2 283.0 283.6 277.5 291.8 3.07 3 900 1030 0.6 -5.0 66 5.6 -1.6 256 6 282.2 282.7 276.9 290.5 2.93 4 850 1487 -0.0 -0.8 95 0.8 -0.3 262 18 286.1 286.9 280.6 298.2 4.25 5 800 1975 1.3 0.5 95 0.8 1.0 263 29 292.5 293.4 284.2 307.0 4.97 6 750 2493 -0.8 -1.1 98 0.3 -1.0 259 31 295.7 296.5 285.1 309.5 4.70 7 700 3042 -2.9 -3.2 98 0.3 -3.0 265 36 299.3 300.1 286.1 312.2 4.32 8 650 3628 -4.0 -5.2 91 1.2 -4.6 282 46 304.4 305.2 287.6 316.7 3.98 9 600 4257 -7.0 -9.4 83 2.4 -7.9 285 57 308.0 308.6 288.1 317.9 3.12 10 550 4929 -12.1 -13.8 87 1.7 -12.6 278 59 309.8 310.2 287.9 317.4 2.39 11 500 5652 -16.2 -26.2 42 10.0 -18.4 278 61 313.3 313.5 287.6 316.4 0.90 12 450 6438 -21.8 -34.8 30 13.0 -23.8 278 67 315.9 315.9 287.9 317.4 0.44 13 400 7291 -28.9 -40.7 31 11.8 -30.2 278 71 317.5 317.5 288.2 318.5 0.27 14 350 8231 -36.7 -46.8 34 10.1 -37.4 280 77 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.8 0.16 15 300 9279 -45.4 -52.7 44 7.2 -45.7 279 84 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.7 0.10 16 250 10467 -55.2 -59.7 57 4.5 -55.4 275 86 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.1 0.05 17 200 11875 -56.0 -76.6 6 20.5 -56.2 288 71 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.01 18 150 13701 -58.1 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 274 68 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16235 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.1 273 52 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5477.50 m Freezing level: 851.45 mb = 1473.24 m = 4833.42 ft Freezing level: 849.29 mb = 1493.49 m = 4899.86 ft Freezing level: 769.18 mb = 2294.32 m = 7527.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 922.02 mb = 834.80 m = 2738.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.29 % Est. max temperature: 14.98 C = 58.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.66 mb = 1759.92 m = 5773.94 ft T: 0.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 1.29 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.45 mb = 4499.69 m = 14762.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Cap Strength: 15.80 C Lifted Index: 17.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.62 C Showalter Index: 14.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.14 C Cross Totals Index: 15.39 C K Index: 15.08 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16589.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.66 mb = 1672.06 m = 5485.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.8 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 305.8 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 299.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 19.85 m/s