MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 42.61,-79.64 Latitude: 42.61 Longitude: -79.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 983 175 10.7 9.0 89 1.7 9.7 229 24 285.2 286.5 283.7 305.7 7.35 2 950 455 6.7 6.0 95 0.7 6.3 229 29 284.0 285.0 281.8 301.2 6.18 3 900 896 2.7 2.2 97 0.4 2.5 233 32 284.3 285.1 280.6 298.3 4.99 4 850 1355 -0.8 -1.1 98 0.3 -1.0 241 34 285.3 286.0 280.0 297.0 4.14 5 800 1837 -4.0 -4.3 98 0.3 -4.1 247 33 286.9 287.5 280.0 296.9 3.48 6 750 2343 -7.1 -7.5 97 0.4 -7.2 248 30 288.9 289.4 280.1 297.4 2.90 7 700 2878 -10.4 -10.7 97 0.4 -10.5 241 28 291.0 291.4 280.6 298.2 2.41 8 650 3445 -13.6 -14.7 91 1.1 -13.9 234 29 293.6 293.9 281.0 299.3 1.88 9 600 4050 -16.9 -26.7 42 9.8 -18.8 247 30 296.5 296.6 280.8 298.8 0.72 10 550 4696 -22.1 -30.9 45 8.8 -23.4 254 32 297.9 298.0 281.2 299.6 0.53 11 500 5389 -26.7 -30.5 70 3.8 -27.3 256 36 300.4 300.6 282.4 302.4 0.60 12 450 6142 -31.5 -35.4 68 3.9 -31.9 257 45 303.7 303.8 283.4 305.1 0.42 13 400 6964 -38.1 -41.3 72 3.2 -38.3 260 53 305.5 305.6 284.0 306.4 0.26 14 350 7872 -42.6 -53.2 30 10.6 -43.0 264 60 311.3 311.3 285.9 311.6 0.08 15 300 8907 -44.8 -62.8 12 18.0 -45.3 262 58 322.3 322.3 289.5 322.4 0.03 16 250 10123 -45.0 -68.4 6 23.4 -45.6 256 52 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.2 0.02 17 200 11613 -45.6 -76.4 2 30.8 -46.4 255 51 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 18 150 13513 -49.0 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.8 250 41 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.01 19 100 16144 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 244 25 424.4 424.4 308.2 424.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5358.05 m Freezing level: 861.85 mb = 1246.57 m = 4089.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 864.12 mb = 1223.01 m = 4012.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.51 % Est. max temperature: 11.27 C = 52.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.56 mb = 381.07 m = 1250.21 ft T: 7.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 8.76 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.07 mb = 663.09 m = 2175.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.57 C = 49.22 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 24.41 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.10 mb = 689.32 m = 2261.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.10 mb = 733.62 m = 2406.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 628.10 mb = 3703.82 m = 12151.49 ft B at Equ Level: 137.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 448.10 mb = 6171.65 m = 20247.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.0 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 276.0 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.4 neg: -24.3 tot: 56.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 10.83 Bulk Shear: 12.74 m/s