MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 46.09,-70.80 Latitude: 46.09 Longitude: -70.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 978 318 8.5 2.0 63 6.6 5.4 317 5 283.5 284.3 279.6 296.1 4.51 2 950 556 4.8 0.8 75 4.0 2.9 318 6 282.0 282.8 278.6 293.9 4.26 3 900 994 1.8 -1.3 80 3.1 0.5 347 14 283.4 284.1 278.7 294.3 3.86 4 850 1453 -0.3 -3.9 77 3.6 -1.8 348 14 285.8 286.4 279.3 295.5 3.36 5 800 1937 -1.5 -5.9 72 4.4 -3.3 355 14 289.5 290.1 280.7 298.5 3.07 6 750 2450 -2.4 -8.7 62 6.3 -4.8 349 15 294.0 294.4 282.1 301.8 2.63 7 700 2995 -5.4 -13.1 55 7.7 -7.9 348 14 296.5 296.9 282.4 302.6 1.99 8 650 3572 -8.8 -19.9 40 11.0 -11.8 346 13 299.0 299.2 282.5 302.8 1.22 9 600 4188 -11.5 -28.1 24 16.7 -15.0 346 20 302.8 303.0 283.4 304.9 0.63 10 550 4851 -14.2 -40.4 9 26.3 -18.0 344 29 307.3 307.3 284.6 308.0 0.20 11 500 5568 -17.7 -47.2 6 29.4 -21.2 343 42 311.4 311.4 285.9 311.8 0.11 12 450 6348 -23.3 -36.0 30 12.7 -25.1 340 49 313.9 314.0 287.2 315.3 0.39 13 400 7197 -29.7 -38.9 40 9.2 -30.7 337 51 316.4 316.5 287.9 317.6 0.33 14 350 8135 -36.3 -53.8 15 17.5 -37.2 335 63 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.1 0.07 15 300 9188 -42.9 -59.0 15 16.1 -43.5 332 71 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.1 0.04 16 250 10401 -49.0 -63.6 17 14.6 -49.4 331 77 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.03 17 200 11846 -52.0 -77.7 3 25.7 -52.4 329 53 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.00 18 150 13693 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -55.9 327 36 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16253 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 328 23 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5432.76 m Freezing level: 857.45 mb = 1384.62 m = 4542.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 889.31 mb = 1089.99 m = 3576.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.30 % Est. max temperature: 12.43 C = 54.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.68 mb = 1131.87 m = 3713.45 ft T: 1.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 2.18 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.38 mb = 2616.20 m = 8583.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.72 C = 67.49 F Cap Strength: 12.84 C Lifted Index: 15.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.37 C Showalter Index: 14.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.42 C Cross Totals Index: 13.82 C K Index: 5.81 Risk: None Sweat Index: 70.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16489.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.26 mb = 1245.46 m = 4086.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.3 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 14.3 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -3.5 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 29.47 m/s