MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 48.28,-106.72 Latitude: 48.28 Longitude: -106.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 1 950 459 SFC 923 706 14.2 0.8 40 13.4 7.5 306 12 294.1 294.9 284.2 307.0 4.40 3 900 914 11.4 -0.8 43 12.2 5.6 308 15 293.3 294.0 283.4 305.1 4.02 4 850 1387 6.7 -1.9 54 8.6 2.8 312 17 293.2 293.9 283.3 304.7 3.92 5 800 1882 4.1 -4.4 54 8.5 0.4 319 24 295.5 296.1 283.7 305.8 3.44 6 750 2404 1.0 -5.5 61 6.6 -1.8 294 24 297.7 298.3 284.5 307.8 3.37 7 700 2954 -2.8 -7.5 70 4.7 -4.7 293 34 299.4 299.9 284.9 308.8 3.10 8 650 3538 -6.2 -17.3 41 11.1 -9.6 285 42 301.9 302.2 284.1 306.7 1.51 9 600 4158 -10.6 -19.6 47 9.0 -13.1 279 45 303.8 304.1 284.6 308.2 1.34 10 550 4820 -16.0 -20.1 71 4.1 -17.1 271 48 305.1 305.3 285.2 309.6 1.41 11 500 5533 -19.5 -23.6 70 4.1 -20.4 263 46 309.3 309.5 286.4 313.0 1.14 12 450 6308 -24.8 -30.7 58 5.9 -25.8 261 46 312.1 312.2 286.9 314.4 0.66 13 400 7153 -30.7 -45.5 22 14.8 -32.0 268 48 315.1 315.1 287.3 315.7 0.16 14 350 8088 -36.4 -54.0 15 17.6 -37.3 276 56 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.0 0.07 15 300 9145 -41.1 -59.2 12 18.1 -41.8 277 55 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.04 16 250 10376 -43.3 -68.6 4 25.3 -44.0 274 48 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.01 17 200 11866 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.0 268 41 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.00 18 150 13741 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.2 254 25 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16293 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 263 26 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5507.18 m Freezing level: 736.67 mb = 2550.57 m = 8367.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 791.32 mb = 1970.16 m = 6463.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.89 % Est. max temperature: 16.78 C = 62.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.31 mb = 2368.16 m = 7769.47 ft T: 1.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 2.27 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.55 mb = 3316.20 m = 10879.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.95 C = 69.72 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: 5.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Showalter Index: 6.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.65 C K Index: 19.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 79.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13136.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.27 mb = 2475.71 m = 8122.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.9 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 308.9 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.7 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.7 neg: -17.6 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 83.05 m/s