MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.26,-79.78 Latitude: 43.26 Longitude: -79.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -16 SFC 981 149 17.8 15.6 87 2.2 16.4 166 19 292.6 294.6 290.3 325.1 11.45 2 950 421 15.7 14.6 93 1.1 15.0 170 34 293.1 295.0 290.1 324.5 11.05 3 900 878 13.3 12.3 94 1.0 12.7 184 49 295.2 297.0 290.0 324.2 10.06 4 850 1357 10.1 9.3 95 0.7 9.6 200 46 296.7 298.3 289.3 322.0 8.70 5 800 1860 7.5 6.6 94 0.9 7.0 198 36 299.2 300.6 289.3 321.8 7.68 6 750 2390 4.6 4.2 97 0.4 4.4 195 35 301.6 302.9 289.4 322.2 6.91 7 700 2949 1.1 0.8 98 0.3 1.0 191 35 303.7 304.8 289.2 321.3 5.82 8 650 3541 -2.6 -3.1 96 0.5 -2.9 189 37 306.0 306.9 288.9 320.4 4.68 9 600 4173 -4.7 -13.2 51 8.6 -7.8 194 40 310.7 311.1 288.1 318.1 2.30 10 550 4853 -7.6 -17.0 47 9.4 -10.8 181 66 315.1 315.4 289.1 321.1 1.83 11 500 5589 -11.9 -22.3 42 10.4 -14.8 174 74 318.6 318.8 289.6 322.9 1.28 12 450 6389 -16.5 -23.0 57 6.5 -18.2 175 78 322.5 322.8 290.9 327.2 1.34 13 400 7266 -21.3 -29.6 47 8.3 -23.0 176 80 327.3 327.5 291.8 330.3 0.83 14 350 8236 -28.1 -35.2 50 7.2 -29.2 174 79 330.9 331.0 292.5 333.0 0.54 15 300 9325 -36.0 -49.0 25 12.9 -37.0 175 81 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.15 16 250 10562 -47.3 -52.3 56 5.0 -47.5 170 77 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.12 17 200 12010 -53.0 -69.8 11 16.8 -53.3 177 68 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 13846 -57.3 -81.8 3 24.5 -57.6 204 40 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16384 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 236 17 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.77 m Freezing level: 684.90 mb = 3127.84 m = 10261.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.43 mb = 3093.74 m = 10149.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.49 % Est. max temperature: 22.83 C = 73.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.87 mb = 421.83 m = 1383.93 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 4.10 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 911.22 m = 2989.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.53 C = 68.96 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: 2.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 30.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.83 mb = 749.35 m = 2458.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.83 mb = 1173.81 m = 3851.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 598.83 mb = 4188.27 m = 13740.86 ft B at Equ Level: 89.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 488.83 mb = 5760.95 m = 18900.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.9 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 214.9 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.4 neg: -30.9 tot: 233.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 2.06 Bulk Shear: 44.03 m/s