MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 43.80,-79.59 Latitude: 43.80 Longitude: -79.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 976 207 19.1 14.5 75 4.6 16.2 156 16 294.3 296.3 290.3 325.0 10.70 2 950 436 16.5 13.7 83 2.8 14.8 164 28 294.0 295.8 289.9 323.9 10.45 3 900 897 15.6 13.6 88 2.0 14.3 191 51 297.6 299.6 291.5 329.4 10.94 4 850 1379 12.0 11.3 96 0.7 11.6 199 49 298.7 300.5 291.1 327.8 9.94 5 800 1886 9.9 7.7 86 2.2 8.6 188 49 301.8 303.3 290.7 326.4 8.30 6 750 2420 6.8 3.5 79 3.3 5.0 190 56 304.0 305.2 289.9 323.8 6.58 7 700 2984 3.1 0.7 84 2.4 1.9 191 62 306.0 307.0 289.8 323.6 5.77 8 650 3581 -0.6 -3.6 80 3.0 -2.0 192 64 308.3 309.1 289.5 322.3 4.50 9 600 4217 -3.8 -11.8 54 7.9 -6.9 190 62 311.7 312.2 288.8 320.0 2.59 10 550 4900 -6.8 -25.6 21 18.9 -11.8 192 63 316.1 316.2 288.4 319.0 0.86 11 500 5637 -11.4 -20.6 47 9.1 -14.2 194 63 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.2 1.49 12 450 6437 -16.0 -29.7 30 13.7 -19.0 186 57 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.8 0.72 13 400 7315 -21.5 -33.9 32 12.4 -23.8 187 57 327.0 327.1 291.4 329.0 0.54 14 350 8283 -28.7 -35.0 55 6.2 -29.7 188 53 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.1 0.56 15 300 9365 -38.5 -43.1 62 4.5 -38.9 199 54 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.28 16 250 10586 -49.3 -53.2 63 3.9 -49.5 215 73 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 17 200 12029 -54.0 -69.5 13 15.6 -54.2 219 48 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 13850 -59.9 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.2 221 45 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16366 -62.0 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 235 26 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.78 m Freezing level: 657.82 mb = 3487.45 m = 11441.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.87 mb = 3266.55 m = 10716.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.16 mb = 791.70 m = 2597.41 ft T: 15.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 10.36 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.35 mb = 1316.59 m = 4319.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.33 C = 74.00 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 32.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.01 mb = 990.95 m = 3251.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.01 mb = 3041.58 m = 9978.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 595.01 mb = 4282.65 m = 14050.51 ft B at Equ Level: 23.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 535.01 mb = 5113.52 m = 16776.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.6 at 56.4 knts Storm direction: 220.6 at 42.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 442.1 neg: -26.5 tot: 415.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 129.77 m/s