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: 54.84,-77.21 Latitude: 54.84 Longitude: -77.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -32 SFC 975 175 8.5 8.1 97 0.4 8.3 165 13 283.7 284.9 282.6 303.0 6.97 2 950 392 8.1 7.8 98 0.3 7.9 175 26 285.4 286.6 283.3 304.8 6.98 3 900 839 8.4 8.1 98 0.3 8.3 223 30 290.2 291.5 285.9 311.6 7.55 4 850 1309 5.5 4.4 92 1.2 4.9 224 34 292.0 293.1 285.2 309.7 6.16 5 800 1804 3.6 2.3 91 1.3 2.9 215 40 295.0 296.0 285.8 311.4 5.64 6 750 2326 1.4 0.9 97 0.5 1.2 202 42 298.1 299.1 286.8 314.3 5.47 7 700 2878 -1.8 -3.8 86 2.0 -2.7 199 44 300.5 301.3 286.4 313.0 4.13 8 650 3467 -2.3 -12.9 44 10.5 -6.2 209 39 306.3 306.7 286.5 313.3 2.18 9 600 4097 -7.0 -9.5 82 2.5 -7.9 209 39 308.1 308.6 288.1 317.8 3.10 10 550 4770 -11.8 -13.0 91 1.1 -12.2 203 36 310.1 310.6 288.2 318.3 2.56 11 500 5493 -16.2 -23.2 55 7.0 -17.9 202 36 313.3 313.5 287.8 317.3 1.18 12 450 6277 -22.6 -35.7 29 13.2 -24.5 203 42 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.3 0.40 13 400 7127 -29.9 -35.0 61 5.2 -30.5 205 52 316.2 316.3 288.1 317.9 0.49 14 350 8064 -36.5 -42.0 56 5.6 -37.0 210 72 319.6 319.6 288.9 320.6 0.27 15 300 9114 -44.6 -47.8 70 3.3 -44.7 210 88 322.5 322.6 289.7 323.2 0.17 16 250 10324 -45.5 -67.0 7 21.5 -46.2 213 62 338.3 338.4 293.9 338.4 0.02 17 200 11805 -48.1 -78.3 2 30.1 -48.7 227 43 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 18 150 13675 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 231 27 377.9 377.9 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16248 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 256 19 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5525.54 m Freezing level: 727.83 mb = 2570.83 m = 8434.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.59 mb = 2492.18 m = 8176.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.22 % Est. max temperature: 18.18 C = 64.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.55 mb = 223.23 m = 732.36 ft T: 8.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 1.95 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 975.25 mb = 174.82 m = 573.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.56 C = 47.40 F Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lifted Index: 7.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.36 C Showalter Index: 6.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 24.12 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11743.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.57 mb = 670.14 m = 2198.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.2 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 236.2 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.3 neg: -36.7 tot: 130.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 39.11 m/s