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: 46.42,-123.92 Latitude: 46.42 Longitude: -123.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 61 12.8 10.0 83 2.8 11.2 266 17 285.5 286.9 284.1 306.9 7.67 1 1000 104 12.5 9.4 82 3.0 10.7 267 15 285.6 286.9 283.9 306.3 7.44 2 950 532 8.6 8.1 96 0.6 8.3 271 33 286.0 287.2 283.7 305.9 7.14 3 900 976 5.2 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 279 40 286.9 288.0 283.0 304.0 6.06 4 850 1441 2.2 1.8 97 0.4 2.0 289 34 288.4 289.3 282.6 303.0 5.12 5 800 1928 -0.8 -1.4 96 0.5 -1.1 288 34 290.2 291.0 282.5 302.8 4.33 6 750 2440 -4.0 -4.3 98 0.3 -4.1 289 36 292.2 292.9 282.6 303.0 3.69 7 700 2982 -7.4 -8.5 92 1.1 -7.8 290 38 294.3 294.8 282.5 302.9 2.87 8 650 3555 -10.6 -22.4 37 11.8 -13.5 295 41 296.9 297.1 281.3 300.0 0.97 9 600 4166 -14.2 -35.4 15 21.2 -17.6 301 49 299.6 299.7 281.6 300.7 0.31 10 550 4820 -18.6 -44.2 9 25.6 -21.5 308 54 302.0 302.0 282.4 302.5 0.14 11 500 5521 -24.6 -46.7 11 22.1 -26.6 309 58 303.1 303.1 282.8 303.5 0.11 12 450 6278 -30.7 -44.8 24 14.1 -31.9 304 60 304.6 304.7 283.5 305.2 0.16 13 400 7103 -36.5 -48.8 27 12.3 -37.2 304 63 307.6 307.6 284.5 308.0 0.11 14 350 8020 -39.8 -63.0 7 23.2 -40.6 317 83 315.1 315.1 287.1 315.2 0.02 15 300 9067 -42.2 -67.3 5 25.0 -43.0 325 96 325.8 325.8 290.5 325.9 0.01 16 250 10291 -45.1 -71.2 4 26.0 -45.8 323 85 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.0 0.01 17 200 11769 -48.8 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.3 317 83 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.00 18 150 13641 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 306 55 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16240 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 281 44 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5417.60 m Freezing level: 814.10 mb = 1790.49 m = 5874.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.94 mb = 1749.68 m = 5740.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.97 % Est. max temperature: 15.52 C = 59.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.46 mb = 414.33 m = 1359.34 ft T: 9.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 4.11 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.79 mb = 673.30 m = 2208.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.54 C = 56.37 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 26.37 C K Index: 27.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.73 mb = 647.45 m = 2124.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.73 mb = 780.23 m = 2559.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 611.73 mb = 4018.00 m = 13182.27 ft B at Equ Level: 101.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 401.73 mb = 7073.21 m = 23205.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.2 at 42.8 knts Storm direction: 326.2 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.8 neg: -9.3 tot: 198.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1.37 Bulk Shear: 74.93 m/s