MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 47.25,-99.82 Latitude: 47.25 Longitude: -99.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 1 950 419 SFC 932 578 12.8 7.7 71 5.1 9.9 262 16 291.8 293.1 286.1 312.1 7.09 3 900 870 8.9 6.3 84 2.5 7.5 265 25 290.6 291.8 285.2 309.7 6.67 4 850 1340 6.2 3.4 82 2.8 4.8 289 34 292.6 293.7 285.0 309.3 5.75 5 800 1837 4.9 1.5 78 3.5 3.2 296 37 296.4 297.4 286.1 312.1 5.33 6 750 2361 2.3 0.0 85 2.3 1.1 299 39 299.0 300.0 286.8 314.2 5.10 7 700 2916 -0.1 -1.4 91 1.3 -0.7 302 42 302.4 303.3 287.9 317.3 4.94 8 650 3509 -0.9 -4.7 76 3.7 -2.6 302 38 307.9 308.7 289.0 320.9 4.17 9 600 4144 -4.0 -9.0 68 5.0 -6.1 295 35 311.5 312.2 289.3 321.8 3.23 10 550 4826 -7.6 -16.7 48 9.1 -10.6 284 35 315.0 315.4 289.1 321.3 1.89 11 500 5560 -13.4 -26.6 32 13.2 -16.6 280 35 316.7 316.9 288.6 319.7 0.87 12 450 6351 -19.8 -31.5 35 11.7 -22.0 276 33 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.5 0.61 13 400 7212 -26.7 -37.3 36 10.6 -28.2 271 39 320.3 320.3 289.3 321.7 0.39 14 350 8159 -35.0 -39.7 62 4.6 -35.5 256 37 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.8 0.35 15 300 9214 -43.1 -53.0 33 9.9 -43.5 253 37 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.0 0.09 16 250 10424 -48.1 -64.4 14 16.3 -48.6 248 44 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.03 17 200 11898 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.3 252 46 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.00 18 150 13775 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 245 38 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16351 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 276 29 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.08 m Freezing level: 702.01 mb = 2893.93 m = 9494.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.79 mb = 2691.82 m = 8831.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.41 % Est. max temperature: 18.26 C = 64.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.59 mb = 1219.13 m = 3999.72 ft T: 6.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 2.83 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.75 mb = 2160.22 m = 7087.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.94 C = 66.09 F Cap Strength: 9.23 C Lifted Index: 8.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.05 C Showalter Index: 9.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.59 C Cross Totals Index: 16.77 C K Index: 21.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12705.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.80 mb = 1429.21 m = 4688.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.6 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 319.6 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.1 neg: -8.6 tot: 167.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 35.24 m/s