MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 51.45,-113.19 Latitude: 51.45 Longitude: -113.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 464 SFC 905 864 5.2 2.5 83 2.7 3.9 281 12 286.4 287.3 281.7 300.8 5.08 3 900 908 4.8 2.5 85 2.3 3.7 282 15 286.5 287.4 281.7 300.9 5.09 4 850 1371 2.4 -0.7 80 3.1 1.0 307 24 288.7 289.5 281.8 301.0 4.28 5 800 1859 -0.5 -3.3 81 2.9 -1.7 320 21 290.6 291.3 282.0 301.5 3.73 6 750 2371 -4.7 -5.7 93 1.0 -5.1 335 26 291.5 292.1 281.9 301.3 3.34 7 700 2910 -8.7 -10.0 90 1.4 -9.1 338 35 292.9 293.4 281.5 300.5 2.55 8 650 3479 -12.7 -14.5 87 1.7 -13.3 328 31 294.6 294.9 281.5 300.4 1.91 9 600 4085 -17.0 -19.4 82 2.3 -17.6 320 24 296.4 296.6 281.6 300.7 1.37 10 550 4732 -21.5 -23.9 81 2.4 -22.0 314 22 298.5 298.7 282.1 301.7 1.01 11 500 5427 -27.0 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.3 306 24 300.1 300.3 282.3 302.3 0.65 12 450 6175 -33.3 -36.4 74 3.0 -33.6 297 24 301.3 301.4 282.4 302.6 0.38 13 400 6988 -41.1 -44.6 69 3.5 -41.3 299 24 301.5 301.6 282.3 302.2 0.18 14 350 7883 -45.3 -55.5 31 10.2 -45.6 317 18 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.9 0.06 15 300 8907 -47.5 -72.9 4 25.4 -47.9 312 16 318.4 318.4 288.2 318.4 0.01 16 250 10107 -47.7 -73.9 3 26.2 -48.2 288 17 335.2 335.2 293.1 335.2 0.01 17 200 11584 -46.9 -77.3 2 30.4 -47.6 297 25 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13484 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 277 17 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.01 19 100 16137 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -52.1 274 25 428.6 428.6 308.7 428.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5385.94 m Freezing level: 808.39 mb = 1777.25 m = 5830.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 831.36 mb = 1549.78 m = 5084.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.15 % Est. max temperature: 10.04 C = 50.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.34 mb = 1198.24 m = 3931.20 ft T: 3.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 1.10 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.84 mb = 1960.37 m = 6431.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.45 C = 49.01 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.42 C Cross Totals Index: 26.31 C K Index: 27.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12513.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.32 mb = 1686.76 m = 5533.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.2 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 346.2 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.3 neg: -40.9 tot: 56.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 12.07 m/s