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 the city database file for: CYYC ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: CYYC Latitude: 51.12 Longitude: -114.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 471 2 900 915 SFC 880 1094 4.5 1.8 82 2.7 3.2 343 8 288.0 288.8 282.2 302.1 4.95 4 850 1380 1.9 0.5 90 1.4 1.3 332 18 288.2 289.0 282.0 301.5 4.68 5 800 1868 0.1 -3.9 74 4.0 -1.6 308 21 291.3 291.9 282.1 301.7 3.58 6 750 2381 -4.4 -6.3 87 1.9 -5.1 308 25 291.8 292.4 281.8 301.2 3.19 7 700 2920 -8.5 -9.9 90 1.4 -9.0 317 28 293.0 293.5 281.7 300.7 2.57 8 650 3491 -12.2 -14.0 87 1.7 -12.8 323 29 295.1 295.5 281.8 301.2 1.99 9 600 4097 -16.9 -19.0 84 2.1 -17.4 320 26 296.6 296.9 281.8 301.1 1.42 10 550 4744 -21.8 -24.1 82 2.2 -22.3 311 23 298.2 298.3 281.9 301.3 0.99 11 500 5437 -27.9 -30.6 78 2.7 -28.3 308 21 299.0 299.2 281.8 301.0 0.60 12 450 6183 -34.0 -37.1 73 3.2 -34.3 324 17 300.5 300.6 282.1 301.7 0.35 13 400 6994 -41.6 -45.1 68 3.6 -41.8 346 17 301.0 301.0 282.0 301.6 0.17 14 350 7889 -45.8 -54.7 36 8.9 -46.1 312 21 307.0 307.0 284.2 307.2 0.06 15 300 8912 -47.0 -66.0 10 19.0 -47.4 308 20 319.1 319.1 288.5 319.2 0.02 16 250 10115 -47.4 -73.7 3 26.3 -47.9 300 19 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.6 0.01 17 200 11592 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.2 298 28 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13489 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.6 290 16 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.01 19 100 16141 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.2 267 22 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5388.28 m Freezing level: 798.84 mb = 1879.99 m = 6167.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.77 mb = 1593.23 m = 5227.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.99 % Est. max temperature: 8.70 C = 47.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.22 mb = 1434.78 m = 4707.23 ft T: 1.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 1.00 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.54 mb = 2135.41 m = 7005.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.99 C = 46.39 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.80 C Cross Totals Index: 28.41 C K Index: 28.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.32 mb = 1904.67 m = 6248.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.32 mb = 2905.39 m = 9532.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 681.32 mb = 3128.38 m = 10263.60 ft B at Equ Level: 14.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 441.32 mb = 6317.17 m = 20725.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.5 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 348.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.3 neg: -15.8 tot: 40.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.95 Bulk Shear: 7.97 m/s