MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 49.65,-69.87 Latitude: 49.65 Longitude: -69.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 959 470 8.5 7.9 96 0.5 8.2 99 8 285.0 286.3 283.2 304.5 7.00 2 950 546 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.5 101 11 284.9 286.1 282.9 303.8 6.78 3 900 990 5.7 3.3 84 2.4 4.5 121 26 287.4 288.3 282.4 302.6 5.38 4 850 1459 7.2 0.0 60 7.2 3.8 124 31 293.7 294.5 284.1 306.9 4.51 5 800 1957 6.3 0.4 66 5.9 3.4 127 31 297.9 298.8 286.2 312.5 4.93 6 750 2484 4.0 -5.7 49 9.7 -0.2 131 26 301.0 301.6 285.7 311.1 3.33 7 700 3042 0.5 -2.0 83 2.5 -0.7 137 25 303.1 303.9 287.9 317.4 4.73 8 650 3633 -3.9 -5.4 90 1.4 -4.6 137 25 304.5 305.3 287.6 316.7 3.95 9 600 4261 -7.1 -12.9 63 5.8 -9.2 139 27 307.9 308.3 287.2 315.4 2.36 10 550 4934 -11.6 -13.0 90 1.4 -12.1 141 29 310.3 310.8 288.2 318.5 2.56 11 500 5658 -15.3 -24.2 46 8.9 -17.4 132 32 314.4 314.6 288.1 318.1 1.08 12 450 6445 -20.7 -24.8 69 4.1 -21.7 134 32 317.2 317.4 289.1 321.1 1.13 13 400 7306 -26.3 -41.9 22 15.6 -28.1 147 37 320.8 320.8 289.3 321.7 0.24 14 350 8256 -33.6 -44.3 33 10.7 -34.6 151 51 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.21 15 300 9317 -42.7 -47.4 60 4.7 -43.0 151 56 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.18 16 250 10520 -52.7 -56.4 65 3.6 -52.8 145 58 327.6 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.07 17 200 11934 -57.9 -68.8 23 10.9 -58.0 152 44 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 18 150 13757 -57.3 -80.8 4 23.5 -57.6 164 31 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16289 -61.3 -88.1 2 26.8 -61.6 188 19 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5537.24 m Freezing level: 694.00 mb = 3113.13 m = 10213.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.98 mb = 2452.10 m = 8044.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.24 % Est. max temperature: 20.45 C = 68.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.99 mb = 537.66 m = 1763.94 ft T: 7.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 1.85 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.00 mb = 3042.33 m = 9981.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Cap Strength: 9.04 C Lifted Index: 11.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.84 C Showalter Index: 9.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 15.29 C K Index: 20.01 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12882.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.68 mb = 1233.45 m = 4046.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.3 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 162.3 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.4 neg: -8.1 tot: 111.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 21.84 m/s