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: 50.92,-93.74 Latitude: 50.92 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 SFC 955 383 6.0 4.6 91 1.3 5.3 178 9 282.8 283.8 280.6 298.3 5.58 2 950 423 5.6 4.5 93 1.1 5.1 179 10 282.9 283.8 280.6 298.3 5.56 3 900 864 3.3 3.0 98 0.3 3.2 205 29 284.9 285.8 281.2 299.7 5.28 4 850 1327 2.1 1.8 98 0.3 2.0 243 31 288.3 289.2 282.6 303.0 5.13 5 800 1814 0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.1 247 30 291.2 292.0 283.3 304.8 4.69 6 750 2330 -2.2 -2.7 97 0.5 -2.4 248 30 294.2 294.9 284.0 306.5 4.19 7 700 2874 -4.7 -8.1 77 3.3 -6.0 244 32 297.2 297.8 283.9 306.2 2.97 8 650 3454 -7.5 -22.2 30 14.7 -11.3 250 32 300.5 300.7 282.9 303.7 0.99 9 600 4073 -10.9 -33.6 13 22.7 -15.1 257 35 303.5 303.6 283.3 304.8 0.37 10 550 4734 -15.9 -43.7 7 27.8 -19.4 251 41 305.2 305.3 283.7 305.8 0.14 11 500 5444 -21.0 -48.7 6 27.7 -23.8 247 42 307.4 307.4 284.5 307.7 0.09 12 450 6214 -25.7 -46.2 13 20.5 -27.6 246 57 311.0 311.0 285.8 311.5 0.13 13 400 7057 -31.3 -44.5 26 13.2 -32.4 239 59 314.3 314.3 287.1 315.0 0.18 14 350 7990 -37.5 -56.2 12 18.7 -38.4 245 63 318.2 318.3 288.2 318.5 0.05 15 300 9039 -43.9 -59.7 16 15.9 -44.4 239 62 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.7 0.04 16 250 10247 -48.5 -68.8 8 20.4 -48.9 240 64 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.0 0.01 17 200 11702 -51.6 -76.3 4 24.7 -52.0 254 64 351.1 351.1 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 13569 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 230 34 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16180 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 246 38 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5441.31 m Freezing level: 799.10 mb = 1823.48 m = 5982.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.38 mb = 1790.36 m = 5873.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.70 % Est. max temperature: 13.94 C = 57.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.31 mb = 550.20 m = 1805.10 ft T: 4.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1062.87 m = 3487.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.47 C = 49.05 F Cap Strength: 7.29 C Lifted Index: 7.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.67 C Showalter Index: 5.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 21.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14114.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.73 mb = 902.08 m = 2959.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.9 neg: -1.5 tot: 265.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 94.34 m/s