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: 48.49,-102.96 Latitude: 48.49 Longitude: -102.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 468 SFC 922 716 4.9 3.3 89 1.6 4.1 299 9 284.6 285.5 281.0 299.3 5.25 3 900 909 3.2 1.7 90 1.5 2.5 313 17 284.8 285.6 280.6 298.3 4.80 4 850 1369 -0.2 -1.5 91 1.3 -0.8 326 23 285.9 286.6 280.1 297.3 4.03 5 800 1852 -2.1 -2.6 96 0.5 -2.4 306 19 288.9 289.6 281.4 300.2 3.93 6 750 2365 -3.5 -3.9 97 0.4 -3.6 273 27 292.8 293.5 283.0 304.1 3.82 7 700 2907 -6.3 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.6 278 28 295.5 296.1 283.4 305.1 3.20 8 650 3483 -9.8 -11.3 89 1.5 -10.4 285 27 297.9 298.3 283.5 305.4 2.47 9 600 4096 -13.9 -16.0 84 2.1 -14.5 280 27 300.1 300.4 283.7 305.8 1.83 10 550 4751 -18.1 -20.5 82 2.4 -18.7 267 25 302.6 302.8 284.1 306.9 1.36 11 500 5456 -22.7 -25.2 80 2.5 -23.2 250 30 305.4 305.6 284.8 308.6 0.99 12 450 6220 -28.9 -31.6 77 2.8 -29.2 242 36 307.0 307.1 284.9 309.0 0.60 13 400 7049 -35.8 -39.3 71 3.4 -36.1 242 70 308.4 308.5 285.1 309.5 0.32 14 350 7967 -41.5 -51.7 32 10.3 -41.9 237 78 312.8 312.9 286.5 313.2 0.09 15 300 9008 -41.7 -65.4 6 23.8 -42.4 250 60 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.7 0.02 16 250 10246 -40.5 -72.6 2 32.1 -41.6 252 50 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 17 200 11767 -40.9 -72.9 2 32.0 -42.1 240 35 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 18 150 13674 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 261 39 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16258 -57.0 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 257 28 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5412.19 m Freezing level: 853.59 mb = 1336.08 m = 4383.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 862.20 mb = 1254.40 m = 4115.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.88 % Est. max temperature: 11.21 C = 52.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.78 mb = 919.67 m = 3017.24 ft T: 3.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 1.98 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1376.51 m = 4516.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.18 C = 43.13 F Cap Strength: 6.30 C Lifted Index: 7.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.23 C Showalter Index: 8.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 20.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 76.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15721.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.08 mb = 1340.05 m = 4396.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.6 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 300.6 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -26.3 tot: -12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 51.81 m/s