MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 49.89,-99.59 Latitude: 49.89 Longitude: -99.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -13 SFC 953 387 9.0 8.7 98 0.4 8.8 64 5 286.1 287.4 284.1 306.7 7.40 2 950 413 8.8 8.6 98 0.3 8.7 65 6 286.1 287.4 284.1 306.7 7.37 3 900 860 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 146 15 291.0 292.5 286.7 313.8 8.01 4 850 1336 10.0 9.3 96 0.7 9.6 166 11 296.6 298.1 289.3 321.7 8.66 5 800 1839 8.3 4.6 78 3.7 6.3 141 17 300.0 301.2 288.6 319.8 6.67 6 750 2370 5.7 -1.4 60 7.1 2.2 153 16 302.8 303.6 287.7 316.8 4.61 7 700 2931 2.1 -8.9 44 11.0 -2.4 181 20 304.8 305.3 286.6 313.5 2.78 8 650 3524 -1.9 -13.0 42 11.1 -6.0 176 27 306.8 307.2 286.6 313.6 2.16 9 600 4155 -6.5 -17.7 41 11.2 -10.0 162 29 308.6 308.9 286.6 313.8 1.59 10 550 4828 -11.2 -31.7 17 20.4 -15.4 154 33 310.8 310.9 286.2 312.5 0.49 11 500 5551 -16.5 -35.5 18 19.0 -19.7 152 29 312.9 313.0 286.8 314.2 0.37 12 450 6333 -23.2 -28.6 61 5.5 -24.2 156 23 314.1 314.3 287.7 316.9 0.80 13 400 7185 -27.4 -48.4 12 21.0 -29.3 168 27 319.4 319.4 288.7 319.8 0.12 14 350 8140 -30.2 -58.1 5 27.9 -32.1 185 38 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.04 15 300 9222 -37.1 -64.9 4 27.8 -38.2 193 40 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.02 16 250 10462 -43.5 -68.3 5 24.8 -44.3 202 48 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.4 0.02 17 200 11941 -49.4 -74.5 4 25.1 -49.9 219 50 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13800 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.5 247 34 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16353 -59.6 -87.1 2 27.4 -59.9 254 34 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5563.64 m Freezing level: 674.11 mb = 3238.21 m = 10623.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.04 mb = 2633.98 m = 8641.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.41 % Est. max temperature: 22.55 C = 72.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.94 mb = 430.67 m = 1412.95 ft T: 8.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 8.24 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.01 mb = 386.52 m = 1268.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.78 C = 49.60 F Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lifted Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.48 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 25.76 C K Index: 24.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10761.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.63 mb = 891.46 m = 2924.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.5 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 188.5 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.2 neg: -10.0 tot: 88.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.42 Bulk Shear: 28.54 m/s