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: 46.12,-70.80 Latitude: 46.12 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 979 314 8.6 2.0 63 6.6 5.5 317 5 283.5 284.3 279.6 296.2 4.52 2 950 556 4.8 0.8 75 4.0 2.9 318 6 282.0 282.8 278.6 294.0 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 -1.7 348 14 285.8 286.4 279.3 295.5 3.38 5 800 1937 -1.5 -5.8 73 4.3 -3.2 355 14 289.5 290.1 280.7 298.6 3.09 6 750 2450 -2.4 -8.7 62 6.3 -4.8 349 15 293.9 294.4 282.1 301.8 2.63 7 700 2995 -5.4 -13.0 55 7.6 -7.9 348 14 296.5 296.9 282.4 302.6 2.00 8 650 3572 -8.9 -19.8 41 10.9 -11.8 346 13 298.9 299.2 282.5 302.8 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 -40.5 9 26.3 -18.0 344 29 307.3 307.3 284.5 308.0 0.20 11 500 5568 -17.8 -46.8 6 29.1 -21.2 343 41 311.4 311.4 285.9 311.8 0.11 12 450 6347 -23.3 -36.1 30 12.8 -25.2 340 48 313.9 314.0 287.2 315.3 0.39 13 400 7197 -29.7 -38.8 41 9.2 -30.7 336 51 316.4 316.5 287.9 317.6 0.33 14 350 8135 -36.3 -53.8 15 17.5 -37.3 335 63 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.1 0.07 15 300 9188 -42.9 -58.9 16 16.0 -43.5 332 71 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.1 0.05 16 250 10400 -49.0 -63.6 17 14.6 -49.4 331 77 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.03 17 200 11846 -51.9 -78.2 3 26.3 -52.3 328 52 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 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 16252 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 328 22 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5432.62 m Freezing level: 856.96 mb = 1389.16 m = 4557.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 889.03 mb = 1092.57 m = 3584.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.49 % Est. max temperature: 12.45 C = 54.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.90 mb = 1129.97 m = 3707.20 ft T: 1.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 2.21 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.55 mb = 2603.65 m = 8542.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.68 C = 67.42 F Cap Strength: 12.81 C Lifted Index: 15.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.34 C Showalter Index: 14.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.48 C Cross Totals Index: 13.92 C K Index: 5.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 69.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16420.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.61 mb = 1242.21 m = 4075.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.3 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 14.3 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: -3.5 tot: 21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 29.28 m/s