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: 58.42,-113.19 Latitude: 58.42 Longitude: -113.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -41 SFC 966 242 5.9 3.6 86 2.2 4.8 256 8 281.8 282.7 279.6 296.1 5.14 2 950 378 4.8 3.1 89 1.6 4.0 261 14 282.0 282.9 279.6 296.0 5.04 3 900 817 3.0 0.5 84 2.5 1.9 299 17 284.6 285.4 280.0 297.1 4.42 4 850 1277 0.2 -3.0 79 3.2 -1.2 316 20 286.4 287.0 279.8 296.7 3.60 5 800 1762 -1.4 -9.7 53 8.4 -4.4 314 23 289.7 290.1 279.7 296.5 2.28 6 750 2274 -3.8 -16.2 37 12.5 -7.5 317 25 292.5 292.7 280.0 296.9 1.43 7 700 2814 -7.3 -21.9 30 14.6 -10.9 320 25 294.4 294.6 280.2 297.4 0.95 8 650 3385 -12.5 -22.5 43 10.0 -14.8 312 24 294.8 295.0 280.4 297.9 0.96 9 600 3991 -17.1 -21.4 69 4.3 -18.1 306 20 296.3 296.5 281.3 299.9 1.15 10 550 4637 -21.7 -24.2 80 2.5 -22.2 304 12 298.4 298.5 282.0 301.5 0.98 11 500 5331 -27.1 -29.9 77 2.8 -27.5 292 9 300.0 300.1 282.3 302.1 0.64 12 450 6081 -33.3 -36.5 73 3.2 -33.6 281 9 301.4 301.4 282.4 302.7 0.37 13 400 6894 -40.2 -44.3 65 4.1 -40.5 245 8 302.7 302.7 282.7 303.3 0.19 14 350 7796 -43.5 -54.8 28 11.3 -43.9 200 21 310.1 310.1 285.4 310.3 0.06 15 300 8831 -43.4 -65.7 7 22.3 -44.0 208 23 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.2 0.02 16 250 10062 -41.1 -73.0 2 31.9 -42.1 211 27 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 17 200 11574 -42.8 -74.3 2 31.5 -43.9 214 31 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 18 150 13501 -46.1 -76.7 2 30.6 -47.1 249 26 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.01 19 100 16149 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 259 20 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5371.87 m Freezing level: 843.33 mb = 1342.13 m = 4403.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 868.91 mb = 1100.30 m = 3609.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.51 % Est. max temperature: 12.61 C = 54.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.33 mb = 521.83 m = 1712.01 ft T: 4.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 0.63 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1277.49 m = 4191.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.39 C = 50.71 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.13 C Showalter Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 9.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 95.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16031.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.36 mb = 967.47 m = 3174.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.1 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 337.1 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.0 neg: -8.7 tot: 76.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.26 Bulk Shear: 12.49 m/s