MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180600F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511180600F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 6Z FRI 21 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 155 1 950 574 SFC 942 642 4.2 4.0 99 0.2 4.1 211 3 282.2 283.1 280.1 297.2 5.42 3 900 1015 3.8 3.5 98 0.3 3.7 238 21 285.4 286.4 281.7 300.8 5.47 4 850 1479 8.1 -0.8 54 8.8 3.8 246 23 294.6 295.4 284.2 307.1 4.25 5 800 1983 8.6 -2.8 45 11.4 3.2 270 29 300.3 301.0 286.1 312.1 3.90 6 750 2511 3.6 -0.6 74 4.3 1.5 265 30 300.5 301.4 287.1 315.2 4.87 7 700 3067 -0.5 -1.6 92 1.1 -1.0 267 29 302.0 302.9 287.6 316.7 4.87 8 650 3656 -4.2 -4.7 96 0.5 -4.4 262 31 304.2 305.0 287.8 317.0 4.16 9 600 4283 -7.4 -8.7 90 1.3 -7.9 258 36 307.5 308.1 288.1 317.8 3.29 10 550 4958 -9.9 -22.3 36 12.3 -13.3 255 37 312.3 312.5 287.5 316.2 1.17 11 500 5684 -15.8 -24.2 49 8.3 -17.9 265 30 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.4 1.08 12 450 6471 -20.4 -22.9 80 2.5 -21.0 265 44 317.6 317.8 289.4 322.1 1.34 13 400 7333 -26.3 -28.7 80 2.4 -26.8 259 56 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.0 0.89 14 350 8283 -33.9 -36.9 74 3.0 -34.3 258 69 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.46 15 300 9344 -42.3 -47.3 58 5.0 -42.6 273 89 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.18 16 250 10550 -52.2 -59.2 42 7.1 -52.4 273 101 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.7 0.05 17 200 11955 -61.6 -66.8 50 5.2 -61.7 282 97 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.02 18 150 13742 -61.1 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.3 275 74 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16231 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.3 -63.9 279 54 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5528.85 m Freezing level: 705.70 mb = 3003.88 m = 9855.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.73 mb = 2843.32 m = 9328.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.54 % Est. max temperature: 22.13 C = 71.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.95 mb = 669.42 m = 2196.24 ft T: 4.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 687.89 mb = 3205.90 m = 10517.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.23 C = 75.61 F Cap Strength: 11.74 C Lifted Index: 11.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.66 C Showalter Index: 8.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 15.05 C K Index: 22.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12091.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.61 mb = 1492.67 m = 4897.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.4 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 290.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.8 neg: -2.9 tot: 155.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 9.61 m/s