MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.99,-78.74 Latitude: 42.99 Longitude: -78.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -38 SFC 973 197 18.4 15.0 81 3.3 16.2 170 21 293.8 295.8 290.5 325.5 11.11 2 950 400 16.8 14.3 85 2.5 15.3 171 34 294.2 296.2 290.4 325.4 10.88 3 900 858 13.3 12.9 98 0.4 13.1 176 49 295.2 297.1 290.3 325.3 10.46 4 850 1338 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.6 185 64 297.4 299.1 290.2 324.9 9.47 5 800 1842 7.8 7.5 98 0.3 7.6 196 66 299.5 301.0 289.8 323.5 8.16 6 750 2372 4.6 4.3 98 0.3 4.4 202 60 301.5 302.8 289.4 322.2 6.94 7 700 2931 1.0 0.6 97 0.4 0.8 201 52 303.5 304.6 289.0 320.8 5.72 8 650 3524 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.1 194 48 306.8 307.7 289.4 322.2 5.00 9 600 4156 -5.6 -5.9 98 0.3 -5.8 187 55 309.6 310.4 289.5 322.4 4.09 10 550 4834 -9.8 -12.2 83 2.4 -10.7 182 68 312.4 312.9 289.1 321.2 2.72 11 500 5562 -14.3 -18.2 72 4.0 -15.5 183 62 315.6 316.0 289.3 321.7 1.82 12 450 6353 -19.8 -27.4 51 7.6 -21.4 183 58 318.4 318.5 289.2 321.5 0.90 13 400 7215 -26.2 -38.6 30 12.4 -27.9 179 64 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.2 0.34 14 350 8167 -32.9 -46.8 24 13.9 -34.1 173 81 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.16 15 300 9239 -38.1 -51.7 23 13.6 -38.9 168 85 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.11 16 250 10476 -44.1 -59.4 17 15.3 -44.7 171 79 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 17 200 11956 -48.2 -75.7 3 27.5 -48.8 173 66 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 18 150 13822 -55.4 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.7 206 40 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16372 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 224 22 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.62 m Freezing level: 683.44 mb = 3127.02 m = 10259.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.39 mb = 3087.75 m = 10130.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.93 % Est. max temperature: 23.01 C = 73.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.93 mb = 617.34 m = 2025.35 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 4.73 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 905.78 m = 2971.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.97 C = 67.94 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 205.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.32 mb = 836.41 m = 2744.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.32 mb = 1266.04 m = 4153.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 377.32 mb = 7630.79 m = 25035.09 ft B at Equ Level: 204.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.32 mb = 9531.75 m = 31271.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.3 at 56.6 knts Storm direction: 218.3 at 42.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 512.4 neg: -43.0 tot: 469.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 2.38 Bulk Shear: 86.34 m/s