MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 58.09,-113.04 Latitude: 58.09 Longitude: -113.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 478 SFC 947 505 3.6 0.8 82 2.8 2.4 258 4 281.1 281.9 278.2 293.0 4.28 3 900 914 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.0 285 13 281.6 282.3 278.3 293.3 4.18 4 850 1372 -0.5 -2.9 84 2.3 -1.5 295 20 285.6 286.2 279.6 296.0 3.64 5 800 1854 -3.7 -5.7 86 2.0 -4.4 297 19 287.2 287.8 279.7 296.3 3.12 6 750 2361 -6.6 -10.5 74 3.9 -7.9 297 19 289.5 289.9 279.7 296.2 2.29 7 700 2897 -9.5 -16.2 59 6.6 -11.4 300 21 291.9 292.2 279.8 296.6 1.55 8 650 3465 -13.3 -22.5 46 9.2 -15.4 304 22 293.9 294.1 280.0 296.9 0.97 9 600 4068 -17.9 -29.7 35 11.8 -19.9 306 24 295.4 295.5 280.1 297.1 0.54 10 550 4711 -23.2 -37.3 26 14.1 -24.8 308 27 296.6 296.6 280.3 297.5 0.28 11 500 5401 -28.6 -42.3 26 13.7 -29.8 310 31 298.1 298.2 280.8 298.8 0.18 12 450 6147 -34.1 -46.4 28 12.3 -34.9 310 34 300.4 300.4 281.7 300.9 0.13 13 400 6962 -38.4 -51.5 24 13.1 -39.0 309 39 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.4 0.08 14 350 7872 -42.4 -58.8 15 16.3 -43.0 307 47 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.7 0.04 15 300 8902 -46.3 -66.1 9 19.8 -46.7 308 48 320.1 320.1 288.8 320.2 0.02 16 250 10109 -46.8 -70.9 5 24.1 -47.3 298 37 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.01 17 200 11589 -46.9 -77.3 2 30.4 -47.6 285 29 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13487 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 284 17 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 19 100 16122 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 254 11 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5340.42 m Freezing level: 890.65 mb = 999.77 m = 3280.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 900.76 mb = 907.40 m = 2976.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.72 % Est. max temperature: 9.77 C = 49.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.47 mb = 856.42 m = 2809.75 ft T: 0.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 0.04 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.49 mb = 1566.14 m = 5138.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.69 C = 47.64 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: 4.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: 3.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 53.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.77 C K Index: 18.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15500.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.20 mb = 1138.03 m = 3733.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.2 neg: -0.5 tot: 72.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 30.75 m/s