MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 52.54,-79.15 Latitude: 52.54 Longitude: -79.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 -2 5.4 5.0 98 0.4 5.2 334 12 278.3 279.2 278.2 293.2 5.47 1 1000 21 5.6 5.4 98 0.2 5.5 335 15 278.8 279.7 278.7 294.1 5.62 2 950 444 6.7 5.9 95 0.7 6.3 357 18 283.9 285.0 281.8 301.0 6.15 3 900 887 5.8 5.4 97 0.4 5.6 353 11 287.5 288.6 283.4 305.1 6.23 4 850 1354 3.6 2.6 93 1.0 3.1 305 7 289.9 290.9 283.5 305.4 5.41 5 800 1843 1.0 0.0 93 1.0 0.5 284 6 292.2 293.1 283.8 306.1 4.79 6 750 2361 -0.4 -1.3 93 0.9 -0.8 232 7 296.2 297.0 285.2 309.8 4.63 7 700 2911 -2.8 -3.6 94 0.8 -3.1 219 15 299.4 300.2 286.1 312.0 4.20 8 650 3495 -5.9 -6.1 98 0.3 -6.0 208 21 302.3 303.0 286.6 313.7 3.72 9 600 4120 -7.4 -8.3 93 0.9 -7.8 194 33 307.5 308.2 288.2 318.2 3.41 10 550 4795 -9.7 -16.1 59 6.4 -11.8 196 45 312.5 312.9 288.4 319.0 1.97 11 500 5525 -13.6 -34.3 16 20.7 -17.5 201 52 316.5 316.6 288.1 318.0 0.42 12 450 6316 -19.8 -30.7 37 10.9 -21.8 208 64 318.4 318.5 289.0 320.7 0.66 13 400 7180 -25.2 -27.8 79 2.6 -25.8 199 70 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.6 0.97 14 350 8135 -32.4 -35.5 74 3.1 -32.9 186 73 325.0 325.1 290.9 326.9 0.53 15 300 9200 -42.4 -45.8 70 3.3 -42.6 189 78 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.21 16 250 10404 -50.1 -55.1 56 5.0 -50.3 193 78 331.5 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 17 200 11840 -55.7 -66.5 25 10.9 -55.9 203 65 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13683 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 208 42 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16262 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 211 22 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5503.50 m Freezing level: 763.51 mb = 2221.47 m = 7288.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 779.70 mb = 2049.64 m = 6724.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.75 % Est. max temperature: 16.86 C = 62.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.39 mb = 42.88 m = 140.70 ft T: 5.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.13 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 21.35 m = 70.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.60 C = 43.89 F Cap Strength: 13.39 C Lifted Index: 15.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.63 C Showalter Index: 11.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.17 C Cross Totals Index: 16.13 C K Index: 18.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15173.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.72 mb = 498.23 m = 1634.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.7 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 238.7 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 5.3 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.2 neg: -14.6 tot: 73.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 196.83 m/s