MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 164 1 950 582 SFC 943 643 3.9 -2.7 62 6.6 1.1 140 4 281.7 282.3 277.2 291.1 3.31 3 900 1019 0.8 -3.9 71 4.7 -1.1 165 8 282.3 282.9 277.3 291.4 3.18 4 850 1476 2.1 1.7 98 0.3 1.9 234 18 288.3 289.2 282.5 302.9 5.11 5 800 1968 1.9 1.6 98 0.3 1.7 262 27 293.2 294.1 284.8 308.7 5.36 6 750 2486 -0.0 -0.8 94 0.8 -0.4 265 29 296.5 297.4 285.6 310.7 4.80 7 700 3040 0.8 -1.7 83 2.5 -0.4 274 36 303.3 304.2 288.1 317.9 4.81 8 650 3632 -2.9 -4.0 92 1.1 -3.4 274 46 305.7 306.5 288.5 319.2 4.37 9 600 4262 -7.1 -9.0 86 1.9 -7.8 280 47 308.0 308.6 288.1 318.1 3.23 10 550 4934 -11.6 -15.3 74 3.8 -12.8 279 51 310.4 310.8 287.8 317.2 2.11 11 500 5659 -16.3 -30.3 29 14.1 -19.0 283 58 313.2 313.3 287.2 315.4 0.61 12 450 6443 -21.9 -35.5 28 13.6 -24.0 283 66 315.7 315.8 287.8 317.2 0.41 13 400 7297 -28.6 -36.0 49 7.4 -29.6 279 75 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.4 0.44 14 350 8238 -35.5 -38.7 72 3.2 -35.8 272 79 320.9 320.9 289.5 322.3 0.38 15 300 9291 -44.8 -48.1 70 3.3 -45.0 272 82 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.8 0.16 16 250 10479 -55.8 -59.5 63 3.7 -55.9 272 96 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.3 0.05 17 200 11884 -57.1 -70.3 17 13.3 -57.2 283 85 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.01 18 150 13708 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.7 282 58 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16233 -61.4 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 274 49 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5495.07 m Freezing level: 750.91 mb = 2476.32 m = 8124.31 ft Freezing level: 747.77 mb = 2510.49 m = 8236.41 ft Freezing level: 689.58 mb = 3163.53 m = 10378.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 920.77 mb = 834.52 m = 2737.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.28 % Est. max temperature: 15.59 C = 60.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.10 mb = 1466.04 m = 4809.79 ft T: 2.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 604.49 mb = 4203.28 m = 13790.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.04 F Cap Strength: 14.96 C Lifted Index: 16.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.10 C Showalter Index: 10.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 17.58 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15102.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.97 mb = 1514.87 m = 4969.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.3 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 305.3 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 361.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 361.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 22.35 m/s