MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 42.76,-79.4 Latitude: 42.76 Longitude: -79.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 982 176 10.0 9.2 95 0.8 9.6 223 19 284.6 285.9 283.5 305.3 7.45 2 950 452 6.5 6.1 97 0.4 6.3 224 24 283.8 284.9 281.8 301.1 6.24 3 900 892 2.6 2.2 97 0.4 2.4 229 27 284.2 285.0 280.5 298.1 4.98 4 850 1352 -0.9 -1.3 97 0.4 -1.1 236 28 285.2 285.9 279.9 296.8 4.10 5 800 1833 -3.7 -4.3 95 0.6 -4.0 242 27 287.2 287.8 280.1 297.2 3.46 6 750 2340 -6.7 -7.7 93 1.0 -7.1 243 26 289.3 289.8 280.3 297.7 2.86 7 700 2875 -10.1 -11.3 91 1.2 -10.5 241 24 291.3 291.7 280.6 298.2 2.31 8 650 3442 -13.8 -15.4 88 1.6 -14.3 238 24 293.3 293.6 280.8 298.7 1.77 9 600 4045 -17.9 -19.8 85 1.9 -18.4 231 21 295.4 295.6 281.1 299.5 1.32 10 550 4690 -22.7 -25.0 81 2.3 -23.2 227 21 297.1 297.3 281.3 300.0 0.91 11 500 5381 -28.2 -30.8 78 2.6 -28.6 230 22 298.7 298.8 281.5 300.6 0.58 12 450 6128 -33.7 -36.8 74 3.1 -34.0 224 21 300.9 300.9 282.2 302.1 0.36 13 400 6941 -40.3 -43.9 69 3.6 -40.5 221 24 302.6 302.6 282.7 303.3 0.20 14 350 7842 -43.7 -54.5 29 10.8 -44.1 236 32 309.7 309.8 285.3 310.0 0.07 15 300 8880 -43.0 -70.2 3 27.1 -43.7 242 37 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.8 0.01 16 250 10108 -43.4 -74.5 2 31.1 -44.2 239 39 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.6 0.01 17 200 11605 -44.4 -75.5 2 31.1 -45.3 245 42 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 18 150 13512 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 249 41 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 19 100 16149 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 256 22 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5352.00 m Freezing level: 863.00 mb = 1232.24 m = 4042.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.55 mb = 1205.99 m = 3956.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.85 % Est. max temperature: 11.29 C = 52.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.32 mb = 277.51 m = 910.45 ft T: 8.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 8.43 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.10 mb = 633.07 m = 2076.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.37 C = 48.87 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: 0.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 54.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 26.93 C K Index: 24.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.85 mb = 652.89 m = 2141.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.85 mb = 696.98 m = 2286.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 561.85 mb = 4532.16 m = 14869.11 ft B at Equ Level: 123.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 391.85 mb = 7080.42 m = 23229.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -7.1 tot: 44.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 66.02 Bulk Shear: 1.87 m/s