MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 46.35,-123.95 Latitude: 46.35 Longitude: -123.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 33 13.1 10.2 82 2.9 11.4 266 17 285.6 286.9 284.2 307.1 7.75 1 1000 106 12.5 9.4 81 3.2 10.7 267 17 285.7 287.0 283.9 306.3 7.39 2 950 534 8.7 8.0 96 0.7 8.3 272 33 286.0 287.3 283.7 305.9 7.12 3 900 978 5.2 4.9 98 0.3 5.1 280 39 286.9 287.9 283.0 303.9 6.05 4 850 1443 2.2 1.8 97 0.4 2.0 289 33 288.5 289.4 282.6 303.1 5.13 5 800 1930 -0.8 -1.4 96 0.6 -1.1 289 34 290.3 291.0 282.5 302.8 4.32 6 750 2442 -4.0 -4.4 97 0.4 -4.1 290 36 292.3 292.9 282.6 303.1 3.68 7 700 2984 -7.5 -8.7 91 1.2 -7.9 291 37 294.2 294.7 282.5 302.7 2.84 8 650 3557 -10.5 -23.2 35 12.6 -13.5 296 41 297.1 297.2 281.3 300.0 0.91 9 600 4168 -14.1 -36.5 13 22.4 -17.6 302 49 299.8 299.9 281.7 300.8 0.28 10 550 4823 -18.5 -45.9 7 27.4 -21.5 309 55 302.2 302.2 282.4 302.6 0.11 11 500 5525 -24.6 -46.0 12 21.4 -26.6 309 58 303.0 303.0 282.8 303.5 0.12 12 450 6281 -30.6 -44.6 24 14.0 -31.8 303 60 304.7 304.7 283.5 305.3 0.16 13 400 7107 -36.3 -49.5 24 13.2 -37.1 304 63 307.8 307.8 284.6 308.2 0.10 14 350 8024 -39.6 -63.6 6 24.1 -40.4 318 85 315.4 315.4 287.2 315.5 0.02 15 300 9072 -42.2 -67.3 5 25.0 -43.0 325 98 325.8 325.8 290.5 325.9 0.01 16 250 10295 -45.2 -71.2 4 26.0 -45.9 323 87 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.01 17 200 11773 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.4 318 84 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.00 18 150 13644 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.8 307 56 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16242 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 282 44 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5419.09 m Freezing level: 813.42 mb = 1799.29 m = 5903.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.30 mb = 1758.17 m = 5768.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.21 % Est. max temperature: 15.75 C = 60.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.26 mb = 400.66 m = 1314.48 ft T: 9.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 4.32 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.18 mb = 671.85 m = 2204.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.85 C = 56.93 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: 2.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 26.42 C K Index: 27.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 101.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.44 mb = 643.16 m = 2110.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.44 mb = 775.86 m = 2545.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 622.44 mb = 3888.12 m = 12756.15 ft B at Equ Level: 101.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 412.44 mb = 6892.24 m = 22612.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.4 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 326.4 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.0 neg: -10.2 tot: 190.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 72.68 m/s