MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 188 1 950 605 SFC 946 643 3.8 2.4 90 1.4 3.1 305 3 281.4 282.2 278.9 294.7 4.80 3 900 1041 0.0 -0.4 97 0.5 -0.2 303 7 281.5 282.3 278.2 293.0 4.12 4 850 1502 2.6 -9.4 41 12.0 -1.8 313 14 288.9 289.3 279.3 295.4 2.21 5 800 1992 2.2 -17.9 21 20.1 -4.0 313 21 293.5 293.7 280.1 297.2 1.17 6 750 2514 3.3 -37.7 3 40.9 -5.3 322 25 300.1 300.2 281.7 300.8 0.20 7 700 3071 1.7 -24.1 13 25.8 -5.6 326 25 304.4 304.5 284.2 307.0 0.78 8 650 3662 -2.9 -25.3 16 22.3 -8.8 315 26 305.6 305.8 284.6 308.2 0.75 9 600 4290 -7.2 -24.0 25 16.8 -11.6 318 29 307.8 308.0 285.7 310.9 0.92 10 550 4962 -11.4 -29.9 20 18.5 -15.4 314 29 310.5 310.6 286.2 312.5 0.58 11 500 5685 -16.6 -36.1 17 19.6 -19.8 316 30 312.9 312.9 286.8 314.1 0.35 12 450 6466 -23.1 -35.8 30 12.7 -25.0 310 33 314.2 314.2 287.3 315.6 0.40 13 400 7315 -30.2 -43.3 27 13.1 -31.4 301 37 315.8 315.8 287.6 316.5 0.21 14 350 8251 -36.9 -52.6 18 15.6 -37.8 307 45 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.3 0.08 15 300 9301 -44.2 -59.0 18 14.7 -44.7 315 54 323.0 323.0 289.7 323.2 0.04 16 250 10499 -52.4 -64.0 24 11.6 -52.7 306 57 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.03 17 200 11924 -56.5 -74.3 9 17.8 -56.7 301 78 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.4 0.01 18 150 13733 -60.2 -82.4 4 22.2 -60.4 294 63 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16250 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 287 49 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5497.01 m Freezing level: 681.58 mb = 3288.88 m = 10790.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 902.17 mb = 1021.64 m = 3351.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.46 % Est. max temperature: 16.28 C = 61.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.17 mb = 818.95 m = 2686.82 ft T: 2.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 1.64 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 597.56 mb = 4321.52 m = 14178.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Cap Strength: 15.78 C Lifted Index: 16.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.64 C Showalter Index: 15.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.17 C Cross Totals Index: 7.18 C K Index: -15.98 Risk: None Sweat Index: 56.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15710.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.62 mb = 1553.66 m = 5097.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.7 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 345.7 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.6 neg: -7.6 tot: 60.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 9.56 m/s