MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 50.35,-123.47 Latitude: 50.35 Longitude: -123.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 526 2 900 967 3 850 1429 SFC 839 1532 0.4 -0.5 94 0.9 -0.0 182 12 287.6 288.4 281.4 300.1 4.39 5 800 1912 -2.8 -3.2 97 0.4 -3.0 189 22 288.2 288.8 280.9 299.0 3.77 6 750 2423 -3.1 -3.6 96 0.6 -3.3 222 24 293.3 294.0 283.3 304.7 3.90 7 700 2970 -2.9 -3.4 96 0.5 -3.1 247 33 299.3 300.1 286.1 312.1 4.26 8 650 3558 -3.2 -3.5 97 0.3 -3.4 256 47 305.4 306.2 288.5 319.3 4.53 9 600 4188 -6.3 -6.8 96 0.6 -6.5 261 49 308.8 309.6 289.0 320.8 3.82 10 550 4863 -10.4 -11.8 89 1.4 -10.9 263 52 311.7 312.2 289.0 320.7 2.81 11 500 5591 -15.3 -16.6 89 1.3 -15.7 267 61 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.3 2.09 12 450 6377 -21.1 -24.5 74 3.4 -21.9 264 65 316.7 316.9 288.9 320.7 1.17 13 400 7236 -27.2 -31.3 69 4.0 -27.9 263 68 319.6 319.7 289.4 322.1 0.70 14 350 8182 -34.5 -38.0 71 3.5 -34.9 261 72 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.7 0.41 15 300 9241 -43.0 -46.5 68 3.5 -43.2 268 80 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.20 16 250 10439 -54.4 -58.2 63 3.8 -54.4 268 96 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.5 0.06 17 200 11846 -56.2 -69.3 18 13.2 -56.3 266 101 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 13687 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.8 266 71 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16239 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 260 48 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5485.97 m Freezing level: 834.48 mb = 1576.81 m = 5173.18 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.45 % Est. max temperature: 12.72 C = 54.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.45 mb = 1643.21 m = 5391.03 ft T: -0.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 1.12 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.29 mb = 1889.09 m = 6197.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.88 C = 33.59 F Cap Strength: 11.82 C Lifted Index: 12.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.72 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14054.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.39 mb = 2108.57 m = 6917.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 424.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 424.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 277.36 m/s