MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.96,-79.73 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -79.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -48 SFC 973 188 18.6 17.3 92 1.3 17.8 145 12 294.0 296.4 291.9 330.8 12.88 2 950 391 17.3 16.2 93 1.2 16.5 151 23 294.8 296.9 291.7 329.8 12.24 3 900 852 14.8 13.6 93 1.2 14.0 162 39 296.7 298.7 291.3 328.4 10.96 4 850 1334 11.6 10.5 93 1.1 10.9 179 45 298.3 300.0 290.5 325.8 9.41 5 800 1838 8.4 7.8 97 0.5 8.0 184 43 300.1 301.6 290.2 324.7 8.35 6 750 2370 5.3 4.8 97 0.5 5.1 186 43 302.4 303.7 290.0 324.0 7.23 7 700 2931 2.2 1.5 95 0.7 1.9 189 46 305.0 306.1 289.8 323.5 6.12 8 650 3526 -1.2 -1.9 95 0.7 -1.5 187 51 307.6 308.6 289.8 323.5 5.14 9 600 4161 -4.5 -5.7 91 1.2 -5.1 189 58 310.9 311.7 290.0 324.0 4.17 10 550 4841 -8.7 -10.3 88 1.6 -9.4 189 62 313.7 314.4 290.0 324.0 3.18 11 500 5572 -13.9 -19.0 65 5.1 -15.4 186 66 316.1 316.5 289.3 321.9 1.71 12 450 6364 -19.8 -35.8 23 16.1 -22.4 182 64 318.4 318.5 288.7 319.8 0.40 13 400 7227 -25.0 -36.1 35 11.1 -26.6 171 76 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.44 14 350 8184 -31.6 -47.9 19 16.2 -33.0 184 88 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.14 15 300 9261 -38.6 -42.2 69 3.6 -38.9 178 97 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.31 16 250 10487 -45.4 -59.4 19 14.0 -45.9 180 81 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.05 17 200 11965 -49.5 -76.6 3 27.1 -50.0 179 65 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 13822 -55.5 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.8 212 51 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16366 -61.1 -86.4 2 25.3 -61.4 232 24 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.19 m Freezing level: 667.12 mb = 3322.05 m = 10899.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.32 mb = 3254.80 m = 10678.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.30 % Est. max temperature: 23.74 C = 74.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.89 mb = 347.02 m = 1138.51 ft T: 17.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 7.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.02 mb = 936.52 m = 3072.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.53 C = 70.75 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 425.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.39 mb = 791.62 m = 2597.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.39 mb = 1221.47 m = 4007.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 341.39 mb = 8357.67 m = 27419.86 ft B at Equ Level: 423.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.39 mb = 10999.66 m = 36087.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.1 at 50.3 knts Storm direction: 214.1 at 37.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 379.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 3.06 Bulk Shear: 139.05 m/s