MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 49.11,-123.07 Latitude: 49.11 Longitude: -123.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 8 10.5 9.8 95 0.7 10.1 179 15 283.5 284.8 283.2 304.4 7.59 1 1000 23 10.4 9.8 96 0.6 10.0 180 12 283.5 284.8 283.2 304.5 7.60 2 950 448 7.3 6.9 98 0.3 7.1 191 30 284.6 285.7 282.5 302.9 6.60 3 900 891 4.9 4.5 98 0.3 4.7 224 32 286.5 287.5 282.6 303.1 5.88 4 850 1355 1.7 0.9 94 0.8 1.3 246 28 287.9 288.8 282.0 301.6 4.80 5 800 1841 -1.3 -2.2 93 0.9 -1.7 246 27 289.8 290.5 282.0 301.5 4.06 6 750 2352 -4.4 -5.1 95 0.6 -4.7 246 26 291.8 292.4 282.2 302.0 3.50 7 700 2892 -7.9 -8.4 96 0.5 -8.1 250 26 293.7 294.3 282.4 302.4 2.90 8 650 3464 -11.7 -12.7 92 1.0 -12.1 254 27 295.7 296.1 282.3 302.4 2.21 9 600 4071 -16.4 -18.0 87 1.7 -16.8 257 26 297.2 297.4 282.1 302.0 1.54 10 550 4719 -21.8 -22.9 91 1.1 -22.1 251 23 298.2 298.4 282.0 301.7 1.10 11 500 5412 -27.7 -28.7 91 1.0 -27.9 242 19 299.2 299.3 282.0 301.5 0.71 12 450 6159 -33.4 -37.0 70 3.6 -33.8 255 19 301.2 301.3 282.4 302.4 0.35 13 400 6979 -36.7 -54.4 14 17.7 -37.5 271 29 307.3 307.3 284.4 307.5 0.06 14 350 7894 -41.0 -62.8 8 21.8 -41.7 273 37 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.5 0.02 15 300 8932 -44.6 -64.7 9 20.1 -45.2 270 41 322.5 322.5 289.5 322.6 0.02 16 250 10148 -44.5 -70.7 4 26.2 -45.2 269 45 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.01 17 200 11643 -45.5 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.3 275 45 360.6 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 18 150 13546 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 274 35 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.3 0.01 19 100 16175 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 274 38 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5388.94 m Freezing level: 821.63 mb = 1630.46 m = 5349.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 828.10 mb = 1564.02 m = 5131.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.44 % Est. max temperature: 14.86 C = 58.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.91 mb = 98.43 m = 322.94 ft T: 9.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 1.56 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.70 mb = 484.87 m = 1590.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.72 C = 53.10 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 28.62 C K Index: 29.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.34 mb = 488.05 m = 1601.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 940.34 mb = 531.54 m = 1743.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 920.34 mb = 707.85 m = 2322.31 ft B at Equ Level: 11.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 380.34 mb = 7324.58 m = 24030.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.2 neg: -3.8 tot: 253.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 60.03 m/s