MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 47.5,-95.54 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -95.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 958 444 5.3 4.2 92 1.1 4.7 269 7 281.9 282.8 279.9 296.8 5.38 2 950 509 5.1 3.9 92 1.1 4.5 271 10 282.3 283.3 280.1 297.2 5.34 3 900 950 4.3 0.2 75 4.1 2.4 307 22 285.9 286.6 280.5 298.1 4.30 4 850 1412 0.2 -1.1 91 1.3 -0.4 315 24 286.4 287.1 280.6 298.2 4.15 5 800 1895 -3.5 -4.5 93 0.9 -3.9 315 23 287.4 288.0 280.1 297.3 3.42 6 750 2401 -7.2 -8.7 89 1.5 -7.7 318 25 288.7 289.2 279.8 296.5 2.65 7 700 2935 -11.0 -13.7 80 2.7 -11.8 326 24 290.3 290.6 279.6 296.0 1.89 8 650 3500 -14.2 -18.2 71 4.0 -15.2 327 21 292.9 293.2 280.1 297.2 1.40 9 600 4103 -17.9 -20.4 81 2.5 -18.5 319 18 295.4 295.6 281.0 299.3 1.25 10 550 4747 -22.9 -25.1 83 2.1 -23.3 313 18 296.9 297.0 281.2 299.8 0.91 11 500 5436 -29.1 -30.1 91 1.0 -29.2 287 13 297.6 297.7 281.1 299.6 0.63 12 450 6184 -32.3 -41.4 40 9.2 -33.0 229 19 302.7 302.7 282.8 303.5 0.22 13 400 7007 -36.3 -53.5 15 17.2 -37.2 229 26 307.8 307.8 284.6 308.0 0.07 14 350 7924 -40.5 -59.9 11 19.4 -41.2 234 27 314.1 314.1 286.8 314.2 0.03 15 300 8968 -42.2 -67.2 5 25.0 -42.9 245 27 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.0 0.02 16 250 10201 -42.0 -73.7 2 31.7 -42.9 251 29 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.7 0.01 17 200 11709 -42.8 -74.3 2 31.5 -43.8 251 23 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.01 18 150 13632 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.3 237 18 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.3 0.01 19 100 16252 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 265 21 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5348.91 m Freezing level: 847.25 mb = 1438.70 m = 4720.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 857.09 mb = 1345.10 m = 4413.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.70 % Est. max temperature: 10.54 C = 50.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.97 mb = 586.81 m = 1925.21 ft T: 4.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 2.20 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1397.34 m = 4584.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.66 C = 49.39 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 57.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.29 C Cross Totals Index: 27.99 C K Index: 25.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.74 mb = 1217.48 m = 3994.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.74 mb = 2035.87 m = 6679.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 675.74 mb = 3204.02 m = 10511.74 ft B at Equ Level: 24.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 605.74 mb = 4031.59 m = 13226.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.9 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 336.9 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.2 neg: -1.3 tot: 85.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.42 Bulk Shear: 4.66 m/s