MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 47.31,-105.47 Latitude: 47.31 Longitude: -105.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 471 SFC 906 865 9.1 3.7 69 5.4 6.3 288 18 290.3 291.3 283.8 306.2 5.52 3 900 919 7.5 3.0 73 4.5 5.2 288 21 289.2 290.1 283.1 304.2 5.26 4 850 1385 2.7 1.3 91 1.4 2.0 292 29 288.9 289.8 282.6 303.1 4.94 5 800 1879 5.4 -4.8 48 10.3 1.0 309 37 296.9 297.6 284.2 307.0 3.34 6 750 2404 3.2 -7.5 45 10.7 -1.3 314 36 300.0 300.6 284.9 308.9 2.91 7 700 2959 -0.0 -6.1 64 6.1 -2.6 318 33 302.5 303.1 286.4 313.1 3.47 8 650 3549 -3.1 -11.5 52 8.4 -6.2 308 28 305.5 306.0 286.5 313.2 2.44 9 600 4179 -6.7 -12.5 64 5.7 -8.8 292 28 308.3 308.8 287.5 316.1 2.45 10 550 4852 -11.1 -15.1 72 4.1 -12.4 285 30 311.0 311.4 288.1 317.9 2.15 11 500 5578 -15.8 -22.4 57 6.6 -17.5 282 35 313.7 314.0 288.1 318.0 1.27 12 450 6365 -20.2 -23.6 74 3.4 -21.1 262 31 317.8 318.0 289.4 322.1 1.26 13 400 7224 -26.7 -29.4 78 2.6 -27.2 260 33 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.2 0.84 14 350 8174 -34.4 -37.5 73 3.1 -34.7 272 39 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.44 15 300 9229 -43.5 -47.4 65 3.9 -43.7 270 41 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.18 16 250 10439 -47.1 -63.6 13 16.6 -47.6 275 39 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 17 200 11916 -48.5 -75.8 3 27.3 -49.1 289 36 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 13772 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 296 22 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16327 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 253 26 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5535.10 m Freezing level: 700.34 mb = 2955.77 m = 9697.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.50 mb = 2100.43 m = 6891.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.37 % Est. max temperature: 18.17 C = 64.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.71 mb = 1532.88 m = 5029.08 ft T: 3.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 3.10 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.98 mb = 3537.44 m = 11605.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.77 C = 74.78 F Cap Strength: 9.31 C Lifted Index: 10.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.05 C Showalter Index: 10.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.51 C Cross Totals Index: 17.13 C K Index: 13.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 107.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13740.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.25 mb = 1845.80 m = 6055.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.6 neg: -22.4 tot: 80.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.94 Bulk Shear: 6.77 m/s