MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 53.47,-112.08 Latitude: 53.47 Longitude: -112.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 545 SFC 937 660 0.5 -2.0 83 2.5 -0.5 173 6 278.9 279.5 276.0 288.7 3.52 3 900 985 4.2 -3.8 56 8.0 0.8 200 15 285.8 286.4 279.1 295.0 3.21 4 850 1448 1.8 -7.2 51 9.0 -1.6 248 13 288.1 288.5 279.4 295.7 2.61 5 800 1933 -2.0 -9.4 57 7.4 -4.6 261 17 289.1 289.5 279.6 296.0 2.34 6 750 2442 -6.5 -13.7 56 7.2 -8.7 270 15 289.5 289.9 279.0 294.8 1.77 7 700 2977 -9.3 -19.6 43 10.3 -11.9 265 16 292.2 292.4 279.4 295.7 1.15 8 650 3547 -12.0 -23.6 37 11.7 -14.6 262 22 295.4 295.6 280.6 298.2 0.87 9 600 4157 -13.3 -15.3 85 2.0 -13.9 271 25 300.7 301.0 284.1 306.7 1.94 10 550 4815 -16.8 -18.4 87 1.7 -17.2 271 31 304.2 304.5 285.1 309.4 1.62 11 500 5524 -22.0 -23.9 85 1.9 -22.4 280 37 306.2 306.4 285.2 309.8 1.11 12 450 6290 -27.3 -30.6 74 3.2 -27.8 286 40 308.9 309.0 285.7 311.1 0.67 13 400 7127 -33.1 -36.5 71 3.4 -33.4 284 48 312.0 312.1 286.5 313.5 0.42 14 350 8049 -41.3 -45.2 66 3.9 -41.5 285 62 313.1 313.1 286.6 313.8 0.19 15 300 9081 -47.3 -57.5 30 10.2 -47.7 287 76 318.6 318.6 288.3 318.8 0.05 16 250 10269 -53.2 -63.9 26 10.7 -53.4 289 78 326.9 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.03 17 200 11695 -55.5 -74.0 8 18.5 -55.7 292 58 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 18 150 13533 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 284 45 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16131 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 287 34 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5398.59 m Freezing level: 825.91 mb = 1681.92 m = 5518.03 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.30 % Est. max temperature: 10.68 C = 51.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.40 mb = 981.78 m = 3221.03 ft T: 4.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 1.12 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.11 mb = 2576.28 m = 8452.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.67 C = 53.00 F Cap Strength: 10.39 C Lifted Index: 11.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.60 C Showalter Index: 9.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 14.84 C K Index: 6.38 Risk: None Sweat Index: 62.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14042.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.62 mb = 2036.20 m = 6680.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.6 neg: -3.7 tot: 112.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 74.76 m/s