MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 19 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 167 1 950 584 SFC 943 643 0.8 -0.2 93 1.0 0.4 128 4 278.5 279.2 276.5 289.6 4.00 3 900 1018 0.8 0.5 98 0.3 0.7 184 12 282.3 283.1 278.9 294.7 4.41 4 850 1480 2.6 2.3 98 0.3 2.5 220 17 288.9 289.9 283.1 304.1 5.33 5 800 1971 2.4 2.1 98 0.3 2.2 237 15 293.7 294.7 285.2 309.8 5.56 6 750 2493 2.5 2.0 96 0.5 2.2 254 29 299.3 300.4 287.7 316.8 5.90 7 700 3048 -0.2 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.4 263 30 302.2 303.2 288.1 318.1 5.27 8 650 3639 -3.1 -3.7 96 0.6 -3.4 269 31 305.4 306.3 288.5 319.2 4.47 9 600 4268 -7.2 -8.3 92 1.1 -7.7 271 29 307.8 308.4 288.2 318.5 3.41 10 550 4940 -12.3 -14.1 87 1.8 -12.9 281 34 309.5 309.9 287.8 317.0 2.34 11 500 5661 -17.1 -19.4 83 2.3 -17.7 285 39 312.2 312.5 287.9 317.6 1.65 12 450 6444 -21.8 -24.3 80 2.5 -22.4 264 43 315.8 316.0 288.7 319.8 1.19 13 400 7301 -27.3 -30.1 77 2.8 -27.8 245 57 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.3 0.78 14 350 8247 -35.0 -38.2 72 3.3 -35.3 251 67 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.1 0.40 15 300 9302 -44.5 -47.9 69 3.4 -44.7 258 76 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.3 0.17 16 250 10491 -56.1 -59.7 64 3.6 -56.2 259 82 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.8 0.05 17 200 11889 -55.9 -74.4 8 18.5 -56.1 275 87 344.3 344.3 295.3 344.3 0.01 18 150 13715 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.3 265 61 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16239 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 278 53 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5494.00 m Freezing level: 704.13 mb = 3002.30 m = 9849.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.40 mb = 2963.52 m = 9722.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.73 % Est. max temperature: 16.38 C = 61.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.04 mb = 763.17 m = 2503.81 ft T: 0.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 943.11 mb = 642.55 m = 2108.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.82 C = 35.28 F Cap Strength: 13.11 C Lifted Index: 14.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.12 C Showalter Index: 8.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.77 C Cross Totals Index: 19.47 C K Index: 21.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14692.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.27 mb = 1142.24 m = 3747.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.7 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 295.7 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 250.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 15.48 m/s