MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 49.8,-78.31 Latitude: 49.80 Longitude: -78.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 981 240 5.9 4.6 92 1.3 5.3 336 7 280.6 281.5 279.3 295.5 5.44 2 950 503 3.6 3.3 98 0.3 3.4 345 17 280.8 281.7 279.0 294.9 5.10 3 900 941 3.0 2.7 98 0.3 2.8 20 22 284.6 285.5 280.9 299.1 5.16 4 850 1405 3.2 2.9 98 0.3 3.0 31 14 289.5 290.5 283.5 305.3 5.54 5 800 1896 2.4 2.1 98 0.3 2.2 77 6 293.7 294.7 285.2 309.9 5.57 6 750 2418 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.4 137 11 297.2 298.1 286.2 312.4 5.18 7 700 2970 -1.1 -3.5 83 2.4 -2.2 152 14 301.3 302.0 286.8 314.0 4.21 8 650 3559 -2.9 -11.4 52 8.6 -6.1 166 16 305.7 306.2 286.5 313.4 2.45 9 600 4190 -5.3 -18.9 33 13.6 -9.5 189 19 310.0 310.3 287.0 314.8 1.44 10 550 4866 -10.9 -22.1 39 11.1 -13.9 194 21 311.1 311.3 287.1 315.1 1.19 11 500 5589 -16.1 -28.9 32 12.8 -18.8 199 32 313.4 313.5 287.3 315.8 0.70 12 450 6376 -21.2 -27.6 56 6.4 -22.5 185 51 316.6 316.8 288.6 319.7 0.88 13 400 7233 -27.6 -35.0 49 7.4 -28.6 168 42 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.9 0.49 14 350 8178 -34.7 -39.8 60 5.1 -35.3 159 56 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.2 0.34 15 300 9234 -43.7 -47.7 65 4.0 -43.9 169 74 323.7 323.8 290.1 324.4 0.17 16 250 10432 -52.0 -58.3 46 6.4 -52.1 207 44 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.06 17 200 11878 -50.9 -75.6 4 24.7 -51.4 155 31 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13734 -55.1 -81.7 2 26.5 -55.5 170 32 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16293 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 208 14 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5504.78 m Freezing level: 733.71 mb = 2597.41 m = 8521.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.80 mb = 2494.75 m = 8184.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.39 % Est. max temperature: 16.30 C = 61.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.16 mb = 399.65 m = 1311.16 ft T: 4.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 0.64 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.95 mb = 2667.37 m = 8751.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.24 C = 75.63 F Cap Strength: 14.70 C Lifted Index: 14.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.01 C Showalter Index: 9.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.03 C K Index: 19.77 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 94.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16114.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.25 mb = 734.55 m = 2409.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.3 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 207.3 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.5 neg: -13.8 tot: 212.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 154.31 m/s