MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 47.46,-108.49 Latitude: 47.46 Longitude: -108.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 483 SFC 908 861 7.3 1.1 65 6.2 4.3 289 18 288.3 289.1 281.9 301.4 4.55 3 900 931 7.3 0.2 60 7.2 3.9 290 27 289.1 289.8 282.0 301.4 4.30 4 850 1403 7.6 -2.9 47 10.5 2.8 305 47 294.1 294.7 283.3 304.8 3.63 5 800 1900 6.4 -4.7 45 11.0 1.4 335 36 297.9 298.5 284.6 308.1 3.37 6 750 2427 3.7 -7.0 45 10.7 -0.8 337 29 300.6 301.2 285.2 309.9 3.02 7 700 2983 -0.3 -9.0 52 8.7 -3.8 321 23 302.1 302.6 285.5 310.7 2.76 8 650 3571 -4.1 -13.6 47 9.5 -7.4 297 24 304.4 304.7 285.6 310.9 2.06 9 600 4198 -7.6 -17.1 46 9.5 -10.5 293 29 307.4 307.7 286.3 312.8 1.67 10 550 4871 -10.8 -19.7 48 9.0 -13.3 289 33 311.3 311.6 287.5 316.1 1.45 11 500 5597 -15.6 -22.8 54 7.2 -17.4 290 34 314.0 314.3 288.1 318.2 1.22 12 450 6383 -20.8 -23.2 81 2.4 -21.4 290 37 317.1 317.3 289.2 321.5 1.31 13 400 7243 -26.8 -29.1 81 2.3 -27.2 299 43 320.2 320.3 289.7 323.2 0.86 14 350 8191 -33.9 -35.8 83 1.9 -34.2 292 45 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.8 0.51 15 300 9254 -42.1 -44.5 78 2.4 -42.2 275 42 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.24 16 250 10467 -47.1 -63.2 14 16.1 -47.5 292 50 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 17 200 11938 -50.2 -77.1 3 26.8 -50.7 320 38 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13797 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.3 -55.9 337 16 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16337 -60.4 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 272 21 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5538.81 m Freezing level: 703.87 mb = 2939.81 m = 9644.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.98 mb = 2233.76 m = 7328.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.71 % Est. max temperature: 18.86 C = 65.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.98 mb = 1648.00 m = 5406.77 ft T: 6.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 907.6- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.89 mb = 4031.33 m = 13225.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.04 C = 77.08 F Cap Strength: 9.56 C Lifted Index: 10.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.70 C Showalter Index: 10.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 12.69 C K Index: 11.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 128.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14181.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.11 mb = 2534.04 m = 8313.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.3 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 332.3 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.3 neg: -6.7 tot: 251.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 28.37 Bulk Shear: 1.28 m/s