MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 45.80,-73.08 Latitude: 45.80 Longitude: -73.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 22 13.9 10.9 82 3.0 12.1 199 10 287.0 288.5 285.3 309.9 8.21 1 1000 24 13.2 10.2 82 3.0 11.5 201 10 286.4 287.7 284.7 308.2 7.83 2 950 453 9.0 8.1 94 0.9 8.5 197 16 286.3 287.6 283.9 306.3 7.15 3 900 898 5.6 4.5 93 1.1 5.1 198 20 287.3 288.3 283.0 303.9 5.88 4 850 1363 2.6 1.6 94 0.9 2.1 203 18 288.8 289.7 282.7 303.3 5.06 5 800 1850 -0.6 -1.5 94 0.9 -1.0 195 21 290.5 291.3 282.5 302.9 4.29 6 750 2363 -3.7 -4.5 94 0.8 -4.0 191 27 292.6 293.2 282.7 303.3 3.65 7 700 2905 -6.8 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.1 183 30 294.9 295.5 283.0 304.1 3.08 8 650 3480 -10.6 -12.2 88 1.6 -11.1 170 31 297.0 297.4 283.0 304.0 2.30 9 600 4090 -14.8 -17.4 80 2.7 -15.5 167 33 299.0 299.3 283.0 304.1 1.62 10 550 4742 -19.6 -21.6 84 2.0 -20.0 178 36 300.8 301.1 283.3 304.8 1.23 11 500 5442 -25.0 -27.2 82 2.1 -25.4 183 38 302.5 302.7 283.5 305.2 0.82 12 450 6198 -31.0 -34.4 72 3.4 -31.4 178 43 304.3 304.4 283.7 305.9 0.46 13 400 7022 -36.8 -44.4 45 7.6 -37.3 179 53 307.2 307.2 284.5 307.9 0.18 14 350 7937 -40.9 -58.9 13 18.0 -41.5 183 62 313.6 313.6 286.6 313.8 0.04 15 300 8976 -45.0 -63.1 11 18.1 -45.5 186 68 322.0 322.0 289.4 322.1 0.03 16 250 10182 -48.1 -68.5 8 20.4 -48.6 190 70 334.5 334.5 292.9 334.6 0.02 17 200 11648 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.7 197 61 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.00 18 150 13526 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 201 49 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16146 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 203 31 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5417.53 m Freezing level: 809.51 mb = 1757.57 m = 5766.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 815.72 mb = 1693.80 m = 5557.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.91 % Est. max temperature: 15.69 C = 60.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.47 mb = 395.88 m = 1298.81 ft T: 9.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 6.99 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.98 mb = 663.44 m = 2176.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.66 C = 56.60 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.67 C K Index: 28.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 127.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.80 mb = 638.34 m = 2094.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.80 mb = 772.42 m = 2534.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 463.80 mb = 5981.10 m = 19622.79 ft B at Equ Level: 126.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 363.80 mb = 7671.90 m = 25169.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.5 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 212.5 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.8 neg: -10.2 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.72 Bulk Shear: 34.20 m/s