MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.21,-102.72 Latitude: 47.21 Longitude: -102.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 470 SFC 922 714 7.8 5.4 85 2.4 6.6 291 9 287.6 288.6 283.3 304.8 6.11 3 900 917 6.7 4.2 84 2.4 5.4 308 19 288.4 289.4 283.3 304.7 5.76 4 850 1383 3.1 1.2 87 1.9 2.2 305 18 289.4 290.3 282.8 303.5 4.91 5 800 1871 0.0 -0.5 96 0.6 -0.2 271 17 291.2 292.0 283.2 304.5 4.60 6 750 2386 -2.1 -2.9 94 0.8 -2.4 249 24 294.3 295.1 284.0 306.5 4.12 7 700 2932 -4.9 -6.0 92 1.1 -5.4 254 30 297.0 297.7 284.4 307.5 3.48 8 650 3512 -7.9 -9.2 91 1.3 -8.4 254 30 300.0 300.5 284.9 308.9 2.92 9 600 4130 -11.4 -12.8 89 1.4 -11.9 261 30 302.9 303.4 285.4 310.4 2.38 10 550 4791 -16.1 -18.0 86 1.8 -16.6 257 29 305.0 305.3 285.4 310.4 1.69 11 500 5502 -21.1 -23.2 83 2.2 -21.5 256 31 307.4 307.6 285.8 311.2 1.18 12 450 6271 -26.7 -29.3 78 2.6 -27.1 251 31 309.7 309.8 286.1 312.2 0.75 13 400 7109 -33.5 -36.7 73 3.2 -33.9 245 40 311.4 311.5 286.4 312.8 0.41 14 350 8030 -41.5 -44.9 69 3.5 -41.7 243 61 312.8 312.8 286.6 313.5 0.20 15 300 9066 -43.4 -56.8 21 13.5 -43.9 251 60 324.2 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.06 16 250 10297 -42.1 -69.7 3 27.6 -43.0 254 56 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.01 17 200 11809 -41.8 -73.6 2 31.7 -43.0 248 36 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 18 150 13706 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 268 38 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16284 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 258 29 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5457.28 m Freezing level: 799.05 mb = 1880.88 m = 6170.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 804.47 mb = 1826.30 m = 5991.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.27 % Est. max temperature: 13.07 C = 55.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.91 mb = 1017.78 m = 3339.12 ft T: 5.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 1.34 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.25 mb = 1562.63 m = 5126.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.28 C = 50.51 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: 5.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 24.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13326.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.53 mb = 1435.04 m = 4708.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.7 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 289.7 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.9 neg: -16.1 tot: 37.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 50.79 m/s