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,-96.64 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -96.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 978 271 5.9 4.5 91 1.4 5.2 268 8 280.8 281.7 279.4 295.6 5.39 2 950 513 7.9 2.1 67 5.8 5.1 298 23 285.2 286.0 280.6 298.4 4.67 3 900 957 5.0 -0.1 70 5.1 2.7 318 26 286.7 287.4 280.8 298.7 4.22 4 850 1420 0.6 -1.4 87 1.9 -0.3 318 26 286.7 287.5 280.6 298.4 4.07 5 800 1903 -3.5 -4.9 90 1.4 -4.0 315 22 287.5 288.0 280.0 297.1 3.32 6 750 2409 -7.4 -10.3 80 2.9 -8.4 315 22 288.6 289.0 279.3 295.5 2.33 7 700 2943 -10.9 -17.3 59 6.4 -12.6 316 21 290.4 290.7 279.0 294.7 1.41 8 650 3509 -13.5 -25.8 35 12.3 -16.0 319 25 293.7 293.8 279.6 296.0 0.72 9 600 4111 -18.5 -31.4 31 12.9 -20.5 325 23 294.7 294.7 279.6 296.2 0.46 10 550 4754 -23.4 -33.3 40 9.9 -24.7 319 21 296.3 296.4 280.3 297.7 0.42 11 500 5442 -28.9 -34.3 60 5.3 -29.6 315 21 297.8 297.8 281.0 299.2 0.42 12 450 6186 -33.6 -44.3 33 10.8 -34.3 317 22 301.1 301.1 282.0 301.6 0.17 13 400 7007 -36.9 -57.6 10 20.7 -37.8 294 20 307.0 307.0 284.2 307.1 0.04 14 350 7922 -40.3 -63.1 7 22.9 -41.0 286 23 314.4 314.4 286.9 314.5 0.02 15 300 8968 -42.3 -67.3 5 25.0 -43.0 291 28 325.8 325.8 290.5 325.8 0.01 16 250 10199 -42.4 -73.9 2 31.6 -43.2 286 26 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.01 17 200 11705 -42.9 -74.3 2 31.5 -43.9 270 24 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 18 150 13628 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.2 229 21 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.01 19 100 16253 -56.8 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 280 22 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5350.40 m Freezing level: 842.91 mb = 1488.53 m = 4883.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 854.66 mb = 1375.81 m = 4513.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.66 % Est. max temperature: 12.12 C = 53.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.32 mb = 449.97 m = 1476.27 ft T: 7.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 3.98 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.07 mb = 1485.34 m = 4873.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.91 C = 53.44 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 57.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 27.58 C K Index: 21.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.60 mb = 1300.97 m = 4268.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.60 mb = 1926.57 m = 6320.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 677.60 mb = 3191.11 m = 10469.41 ft B at Equ Level: 34.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 577.60 mb = 4391.96 m = 14409.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.4 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 346.4 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.2 neg: -13.4 tot: 102.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.46 Bulk Shear: 6.53 m/s