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: 43.23,-78.62 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -78.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -45 SFC 979 134 19.3 14.8 75 4.5 16.4 154 21 294.2 296.1 290.3 325.2 10.85 2 950 394 17.4 14.0 80 3.4 15.3 158 37 294.9 296.8 290.4 325.4 10.64 3 900 854 14.1 12.6 91 1.5 13.2 167 54 296.1 297.9 290.5 325.7 10.26 4 850 1335 11.7 10.4 92 1.3 10.9 183 66 298.4 300.1 290.5 325.8 9.37 5 800 1840 8.4 7.9 96 0.6 8.1 193 64 300.1 301.7 290.2 324.8 8.38 6 750 2371 5.1 4.6 97 0.4 4.8 198 56 302.1 303.4 289.8 323.4 7.13 7 700 2931 1.3 1.0 98 0.3 1.2 198 50 303.9 305.0 289.3 321.8 5.90 8 650 3524 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.0 191 50 306.8 307.8 289.5 322.3 5.02 9 600 4157 -5.4 -5.8 97 0.4 -5.5 186 57 309.9 310.7 289.6 322.9 4.14 10 550 4837 -8.9 -13.0 72 4.1 -10.4 180 67 313.5 314.0 289.3 321.8 2.56 11 500 5567 -14.0 -19.1 66 5.0 -15.5 180 62 315.9 316.3 289.2 321.6 1.69 12 450 6359 -19.2 -27.1 50 7.8 -21.0 179 56 319.1 319.2 289.5 322.3 0.93 13 400 7223 -25.7 -39.8 26 14.0 -27.5 176 64 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.6 0.30 14 350 8176 -32.6 -46.5 24 13.9 -33.8 174 79 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.17 15 300 9248 -38.5 -51.8 24 13.2 -39.4 168 86 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.11 16 250 10481 -45.0 -56.7 26 11.8 -45.5 171 80 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.07 17 200 11955 -49.0 -76.2 3 27.2 -49.6 175 69 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 13820 -55.2 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.5 207 40 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16369 -61.6 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 221 21 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5612.24 m Freezing level: 679.36 mb = 3176.02 m = 10419.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.80 mb = 3141.98 m = 10308.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.01 % Est. max temperature: 24.18 C = 75.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.47 mb = 699.57 m = 2295.16 ft T: 15.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 4.00 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1227.51 m = 4027.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.96 C = 73.32 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 130.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.04 mb = 928.57 m = 3046.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.04 mb = 1974.60 m = 6478.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 397.04 mb = 7275.51 m = 23869.49 ft B at Equ Level: 130.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 307.04 mb = 9086.35 m = 29810.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.3 at 56.6 knts Storm direction: 214.3 at 42.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 616.3 neg: -26.8 tot: 589.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 196.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 110.68 m/s