MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 49.8,-78.08 Latitude: 49.80 Longitude: -78.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 976 237 6.1 4.6 90 1.5 5.4 329 7 281.2 282.1 279.6 296.2 5.46 2 950 460 3.6 3.3 98 0.3 3.5 337 12 280.9 281.8 279.1 295.0 5.11 3 900 899 7.0 6.7 98 0.3 6.8 111 9 288.7 289.9 284.6 308.0 6.84 4 850 1371 7.8 7.5 98 0.3 7.6 184 12 294.3 295.7 287.6 316.4 7.67 5 800 1869 4.5 4.3 98 0.3 4.4 157 12 296.0 297.2 287.1 315.0 6.50 6 750 2394 3.5 -0.6 74 4.2 1.5 176 16 300.4 301.3 287.1 315.0 4.87 7 700 2953 2.2 -10.2 40 12.3 -2.8 178 21 304.9 305.3 286.3 312.8 2.52 8 650 3545 -2.9 -14.7 40 11.8 -7.0 194 21 305.7 306.0 285.9 311.7 1.88 9 600 4172 -8.2 -12.9 69 4.7 -9.8 209 34 306.7 307.1 286.8 314.1 2.36 10 550 4845 -10.8 -13.6 80 2.7 -11.8 170 15 311.3 311.7 288.5 319.1 2.44 11 500 5569 -16.9 -19.9 77 3.0 -17.7 130 21 312.4 312.7 288.0 317.6 1.57 12 450 6352 -22.1 -25.1 77 2.9 -22.8 139 35 315.4 315.6 288.5 319.2 1.11 13 400 7207 -28.0 -31.7 71 3.7 -28.6 154 42 318.6 318.7 289.0 321.0 0.68 14 350 8150 -35.9 -39.5 69 3.6 -36.2 157 48 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.7 0.36 15 300 9200 -44.5 -48.8 62 4.3 -44.7 160 80 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.2 0.15 16 250 10410 -47.4 -63.7 14 16.4 -47.8 171 61 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 17 200 11868 -52.7 -75.5 5 22.8 -53.0 174 34 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13727 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 174 26 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16292 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 189 20 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5529.23 m Freezing level: 678.67 mb = 3205.46 m = 10516.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.65 mb = 2583.35 m = 8475.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.93 % Est. max temperature: 19.93 C = 67.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.44 mb = 421.47 m = 1382.75 ft T: 4.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 3.31 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 976.23 mb = 237.13 m = 777.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.12 C = 43.02 F Cap Strength: 10.97 C Lifted Index: 10.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.40 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 19.88 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13574.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.97 mb = 720.70 m = 2364.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.3 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 202.3 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.8 neg: -8.4 tot: 166.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 114.26 m/s