MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 47.57,-97.82 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -97.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 955 407 7.9 3.3 73 4.5 5.6 263 4 284.7 285.6 280.9 299.0 5.09 2 950 452 8.9 2.9 66 6.0 5.9 286 10 286.2 287.1 281.4 300.2 4.97 3 900 901 9.0 2.1 62 6.9 5.6 313 13 290.8 291.7 283.4 305.1 4.96 4 850 1372 7.2 -1.8 53 8.9 3.0 303 17 293.6 294.4 283.5 305.3 3.95 5 800 1868 4.3 -5.0 51 9.3 0.3 287 14 295.8 296.4 283.7 305.7 3.30 6 750 2390 0.7 -10.6 42 11.3 -3.5 272 22 297.4 297.8 283.1 304.3 2.27 7 700 2939 -3.3 -13.1 47 9.8 -6.7 271 31 298.8 299.1 283.4 304.9 1.98 8 650 3520 -7.3 -22.5 29 15.2 -11.3 263 34 300.7 300.8 282.9 303.8 0.96 9 600 4138 -12.3 -21.5 46 9.2 -14.6 267 36 301.9 302.1 283.6 305.5 1.14 10 550 4798 -14.4 -16.7 82 2.4 -15.1 267 59 307.0 307.4 286.4 313.0 1.87 11 500 5517 -18.2 -19.4 90 1.2 -18.5 249 56 310.9 311.2 287.5 316.3 1.65 12 450 6293 -24.4 -25.6 90 1.2 -24.6 245 58 312.5 312.7 287.5 316.1 1.05 13 400 7141 -30.0 -31.7 85 1.7 -30.2 250 67 316.0 316.2 288.2 318.4 0.67 14 350 8078 -35.9 -44.4 41 8.5 -36.5 253 97 320.4 320.4 289.1 321.1 0.21 15 300 9132 -43.6 -55.8 25 12.2 -44.1 255 103 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.2 0.07 16 250 10339 -49.6 -65.0 15 15.5 -49.9 255 101 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.02 17 200 11782 -53.2 -74.7 6 21.5 -53.5 260 91 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13634 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 261 70 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16231 -57.4 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.8 244 33 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.93 m Freezing level: 741.06 mb = 2488.06 m = 8162.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 795.89 mb = 1909.94 m = 6266.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.51 % Est. max temperature: 18.56 C = 65.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.17 mb = 982.33 m = 3222.83 ft T: 8.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 1.35 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2689.86 m = 8824.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.11 C = 70.00 F Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lifted Index: 8.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.03 C Showalter Index: 7.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 16.41 C K Index: 13.77 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13481.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.16 mb = 1744.97 m = 5724.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.6 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.1 neg: -27.9 tot: 32.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 96.55 m/s