MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 48.26,-122.25 Latitude: 48.26 Longitude: -122.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 992 150 11.8 9.6 86 2.2 10.6 200 7 285.6 286.9 284.1 306.7 7.57 2 950 513 7.9 7.2 95 0.7 7.5 204 12 285.2 286.4 283.0 303.9 6.71 3 900 957 5.0 3.1 87 1.9 4.1 244 14 286.7 287.6 282.0 301.7 5.32 4 850 1421 1.9 0.8 93 1.1 1.4 270 27 288.1 288.9 282.0 301.7 4.76 5 800 1907 -1.4 -1.9 96 0.6 -1.6 265 29 289.7 290.4 282.0 301.7 4.15 6 750 2419 -4.5 -4.9 97 0.4 -4.7 266 34 291.7 292.3 282.2 302.0 3.53 7 700 2959 -7.7 -7.9 98 0.3 -7.8 269 36 294.0 294.5 282.5 303.0 3.00 8 650 3531 -11.8 -12.3 96 0.5 -11.9 270 35 295.7 296.1 282.4 302.6 2.29 9 600 4139 -16.3 -17.6 89 1.3 -16.6 271 36 297.3 297.6 282.3 302.3 1.60 10 550 4787 -21.2 -25.0 71 3.8 -21.9 275 36 299.0 299.2 282.1 301.9 0.92 11 500 5482 -26.7 -36.9 37 10.3 -27.8 279 39 300.5 300.6 282.0 301.6 0.32 12 450 6233 -32.6 -59.0 5 26.5 -33.8 279 43 302.3 302.3 282.3 302.4 0.03 13 400 7052 -38.1 -60.2 8 22.1 -38.9 282 48 305.5 305.5 283.7 305.6 0.03 14 350 7960 -42.9 -63.0 9 20.1 -43.5 284 56 310.9 310.9 285.7 311.0 0.02 15 300 8995 -43.8 -67.7 5 23.9 -44.4 286 69 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.7 0.01 16 250 10215 -45.7 -71.6 4 25.9 -46.4 285 78 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.01 17 200 11691 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.1 -49.0 288 76 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.00 18 150 13570 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 284 65 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16194 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 266 48 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5395.48 m Freezing level: 821.23 mb = 1700.71 m = 5579.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.12 mb = 1639.83 m = 5379.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.76 % Est. max temperature: 14.55 C = 58.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.49 mb = 430.56 m = 1412.57 ft T: 8.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 5.00 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.38 mb = 799.96 m = 2624.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.39 C = 54.30 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.99 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.54 C Cross Totals Index: 27.46 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.43 mb = 754.95 m = 2476.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.43 mb = 980.25 m = 3215.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.43 mb = 5962.24 m = 19560.91 ft B at Equ Level: 92.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.43 mb = 7447.06 m = 24432.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 157.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 106.67 m/s