MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 56.39,-121.46 Latitude: 56.39 Longitude: -121.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 1 950 441 SFC 920 705 4.6 -3.0 58 7.6 1.4 265 10 284.5 285.1 278.6 294.0 3.34 3 900 882 3.7 -3.2 60 7.0 0.8 272 18 285.4 285.9 279.0 294.9 3.34 4 850 1344 0.9 -4.6 67 5.4 -1.3 290 34 287.0 287.6 279.7 296.3 3.20 5 800 1829 -1.6 -8.9 57 7.3 -4.3 313 37 289.4 289.8 279.8 296.6 2.43 6 750 2339 -4.6 -13.5 50 8.9 -7.5 333 26 291.5 291.9 280.0 297.0 1.79 7 700 2878 -8.8 -16.5 54 7.7 -11.0 324 19 292.7 293.0 280.1 297.3 1.50 8 650 3446 -13.6 -20.0 59 6.3 -15.2 308 20 293.5 293.7 280.1 297.3 1.21 9 600 4048 -18.8 -24.0 63 5.2 -19.8 299 23 294.4 294.5 280.1 297.3 0.92 10 550 4688 -24.5 -28.6 69 4.1 -25.1 292 23 295.0 295.1 280.1 297.1 0.66 11 500 5374 -30.5 -34.4 69 3.9 -31.0 286 26 295.8 295.9 280.1 297.2 0.41 12 450 6112 -36.4 -41.7 58 5.3 -36.8 289 27 297.5 297.5 280.6 298.3 0.22 13 400 6920 -40.8 -48.4 44 7.6 -41.2 314 24 302.0 302.0 282.3 302.4 0.12 14 350 7819 -45.0 -58.1 22 13.0 -45.4 309 14 308.0 308.0 284.6 308.2 0.04 15 300 8847 -43.9 -67.3 6 23.3 -44.6 289 26 323.4 323.4 289.8 323.5 0.01 16 250 10082 -40.0 -72.2 2 32.2 -41.1 287 39 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.01 17 200 11604 -41.1 -73.0 2 31.9 -42.3 293 38 367.7 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 18 150 13530 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.4 272 37 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.01 19 100 16169 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 261 30 424.5 424.5 308.2 424.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5352.67 m Freezing level: 832.86 mb = 1510.12 m = 4954.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 880.63 mb = 1058.19 m = 3471.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.84 % Est. max temperature: 10.67 C = 51.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.00 mb = 1650.67 m = 5415.53 ft T: -0.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.71 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 724.12 mb = 2613.35 m = 8573.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.11 C = 53.79 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.25 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 57.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.40 C Cross Totals Index: 25.96 C K Index: 19.09 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15307.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.91 mb = 1959.15 m = 6427.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.7 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 330.7 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.7 neg: -4.6 tot: 240.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 14.31 m/s