MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 47.55,-100.11 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -100.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 1 950 437 SFC 936 563 8.6 7.0 90 1.6 7.7 219 13 287.1 288.3 283.8 306.0 6.73 3 900 884 7.4 7.1 98 0.3 7.2 232 30 289.1 290.4 284.9 309.1 7.04 4 850 1355 8.5 4.7 77 3.8 6.5 222 27 295.1 296.2 286.5 313.4 6.30 5 800 1856 7.7 1.3 64 6.4 4.4 209 31 299.4 300.3 287.1 315.0 5.25 6 750 2385 5.2 -3.9 52 9.1 1.0 203 33 302.2 302.9 286.7 313.9 3.82 7 700 2945 1.7 -10.1 41 11.8 -3.0 198 37 304.3 304.8 286.1 312.2 2.53 8 650 3537 -2.2 -18.0 29 15.8 -7.3 189 33 306.5 306.8 285.7 311.1 1.42 9 600 4167 -6.6 -27.3 18 20.7 -11.6 184 34 308.5 308.7 285.6 310.8 0.68 10 550 4839 -11.3 -34.1 13 22.8 -15.7 190 46 310.6 310.7 286.1 312.0 0.39 11 500 5564 -15.4 -37.2 14 21.8 -19.0 195 57 314.3 314.4 287.2 315.4 0.31 12 450 6353 -18.9 -48.9 5 30.0 -22.4 202 65 319.5 319.5 288.7 319.9 0.10 13 400 7225 -21.2 -58.7 2 37.5 -24.6 208 80 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.03 14 350 8198 -28.2 -63.7 2 35.5 -30.4 208 77 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.8 0.02 15 300 9288 -34.8 -68.1 2 33.3 -36.2 208 91 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.4 0.01 16 250 10537 -43.7 -66.6 6 22.9 -44.4 208 84 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 17 200 12006 -52.3 -71.7 8 19.4 -52.7 205 64 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13847 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 231 46 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16397 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 207 15 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5552.80 m Freezing level: 678.36 mb = 3201.02 m = 10501.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.44 mb = 2522.03 m = 8274.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.90 % Est. max temperature: 21.36 C = 70.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.55 mb = 760.20 m = 2494.08 ft T: 7.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 4.17 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2717.02 m = 8913.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.61 C = 76.29 F Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lifted Index: 6.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.63 C Showalter Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.04 C K Index: 16.78 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11898.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.54 mb = 1281.90 m = 4205.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.1 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 229.1 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -38.0 tot: -17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 69.86 m/s