MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.23,-80.56 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -80.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 978 299 12.1 5.6 64 6.5 8.7 283 14 287.1 288.1 282.8 303.6 5.83 2 950 537 8.2 4.4 77 3.8 6.2 284 18 285.5 286.4 281.7 301.0 5.52 3 900 980 3.7 3.3 97 0.4 3.5 285 19 285.3 286.3 281.5 300.5 5.39 4 850 1442 0.9 -1.3 86 2.1 -0.1 301 23 287.0 287.8 280.8 298.8 4.10 5 800 1926 -1.1 -7.4 62 6.3 -3.5 300 24 290.0 290.5 280.5 298.0 2.74 6 750 2442 -1.0 -23.1 17 22.1 -6.8 295 24 295.5 295.7 280.5 298.1 0.79 7 700 2989 -2.9 -21.7 22 18.9 -8.1 300 27 299.3 299.5 282.3 302.4 0.96 8 650 3574 -4.1 -32.6 9 28.4 -10.2 302 31 304.3 304.3 283.6 305.6 0.38 9 600 4200 -7.7 -31.6 13 24.0 -12.8 307 36 307.3 307.3 284.9 308.8 0.45 10 550 4873 -10.4 -45.0 4 34.6 -15.6 313 47 311.7 311.7 286.1 312.2 0.13 11 500 5600 -14.1 -43.2 7 29.1 -18.4 315 63 315.9 315.9 287.6 316.5 0.17 12 450 6391 -19.7 -44.3 9 24.5 -22.8 317 61 318.4 318.5 288.4 319.1 0.17 13 400 7253 -26.0 -42.0 21 16.0 -27.9 317 65 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.0 0.24 14 350 8203 -33.9 -46.4 27 12.5 -34.9 312 67 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.17 15 300 9264 -41.8 -52.8 29 11.0 -42.3 311 74 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.10 16 250 10484 -45.8 -64.8 10 19.0 -46.3 306 71 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 11952 -51.5 -74.4 5 22.9 -51.9 303 54 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13807 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.5 281 31 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16362 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 255 20 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.94 m Freezing level: 828.16 mb = 1653.37 m = 5424.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 851.34 mb = 1428.84 m = 4687.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.12 % Est. max temperature: 13.32 C = 55.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.84 mb = 1107.90 m = 3634.81 ft T: 2.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.30 C/km ThetaE index: 5.53 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1057.33 m = 3468.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.65 C = 51.17 F Cap Strength: 12.10 C Lifted Index: 14.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.02 C Showalter Index: 15.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.94 C Cross Totals Index: 12.82 C K Index: -5.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 110.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.33 mb = 1067.08 m = 3500.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.33 mb = 1112.57 m = 3650.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 835.33 mb = 1580.79 m = 5186.27 ft B at Equ Level: 6.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 795.33 mb = 1973.17 m = 6473.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.6 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 336.6 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 79.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 55.58 m/s