MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511181800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511181800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 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 154 1 950 574 SFC 942 643 5.2 -1.7 61 7.0 2.2 146 4 283.2 283.8 278.3 293.3 3.57 3 900 1014 2.5 -3.1 66 5.7 0.2 175 9 284.1 284.7 278.4 293.7 3.36 4 850 1474 2.0 -2.4 72 4.4 0.1 233 15 288.3 288.9 281.0 299.1 3.77 5 800 1965 2.9 2.6 97 0.4 2.8 251 31 294.3 295.3 285.7 311.1 5.77 6 750 2486 0.3 -0.2 97 0.5 0.1 268 34 296.9 297.8 285.9 311.8 5.03 7 700 3038 -1.8 -2.9 92 1.2 -2.3 265 38 300.5 301.3 286.6 313.8 4.40 8 650 3627 -2.9 -5.0 85 2.1 -3.8 270 37 305.7 306.5 288.2 318.3 4.07 9 600 4256 -7.0 -10.1 79 3.1 -8.2 273 46 308.0 308.5 287.8 317.3 2.95 10 550 4930 -11.0 -13.2 84 2.2 -11.8 275 48 311.1 311.5 288.5 319.1 2.51 11 500 5655 -15.9 -18.4 81 2.5 -16.6 276 52 313.7 314.0 288.6 319.6 1.79 12 450 6441 -21.3 -24.0 79 2.7 -21.9 278 58 316.5 316.7 288.9 320.6 1.22 13 400 7298 -27.6 -30.4 77 2.8 -28.1 274 66 319.1 319.2 289.3 321.8 0.76 14 350 8243 -34.9 -38.0 73 3.1 -35.3 264 76 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.1 0.41 15 300 9299 -43.8 -47.1 69 3.4 -43.9 261 81 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.4 0.18 16 250 10494 -54.5 -58.1 64 3.6 -54.6 259 90 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.2 0.06 17 200 11892 -60.0 -69.8 27 9.7 -60.2 272 95 337.7 337.7 293.7 337.8 0.02 18 150 13704 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 276 54 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16232 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 274 47 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5500.99 m Freezing level: 742.82 mb = 2565.11 m = 8415.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.37 mb = 2503.24 m = 8212.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.34 % Est. max temperature: 16.56 C = 61.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.79 mb = 1514.27 m = 4968.03 ft T: 2.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 586.52 mb = 4432.23 m = 14541.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Cap Strength: 15.25 C Lifted Index: 16.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.33 C Showalter Index: 13.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.90 C Cross Totals Index: 13.48 C K Index: 14.34 Risk: None Sweat Index: 194.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14627.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.87 mb = 1786.12 m = 5859.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.5 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 299.5 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 315.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 315.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 20.60 m/s