MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 48.49,-105.24 Latitude: 48.49 Longitude: -105.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 1 950 541 SFC 925 755 3.1 -0.1 80 3.2 1.7 287 13 282.5 283.2 278.6 294.0 4.11 3 900 978 1.4 -1.9 79 3.3 0.0 297 24 283.0 283.6 278.3 293.4 3.69 4 850 1439 0.4 -4.9 67 5.3 -1.7 317 32 286.6 287.1 279.3 295.5 3.11 5 800 1922 -2.5 -10.4 54 7.9 -5.2 323 35 288.5 288.9 279.0 294.9 2.16 6 750 2430 -5.9 -13.2 57 7.2 -8.2 325 33 290.1 290.4 279.4 295.6 1.84 7 700 2966 -10.1 -17.4 55 7.2 -12.1 326 33 291.3 291.5 279.3 295.5 1.40 8 650 3532 -14.5 -23.5 47 8.9 -16.4 327 33 292.5 292.7 279.2 295.3 0.89 9 600 4132 -19.5 -27.5 49 8.0 -20.9 324 33 293.5 293.6 279.4 295.6 0.66 10 550 4771 -24.9 -32.9 47 8.0 -25.9 321 32 294.5 294.6 279.6 296.0 0.44 11 500 5455 -30.7 -37.2 53 6.5 -31.3 320 29 295.6 295.7 279.8 296.7 0.31 12 450 6194 -36.7 -43.8 48 7.1 -37.1 323 34 297.2 297.2 280.3 297.8 0.18 13 400 7000 -41.2 -50.4 37 9.1 -41.6 331 39 301.4 301.5 282.1 301.8 0.09 14 350 7902 -43.2 -59.1 16 15.9 -43.7 325 44 310.5 310.5 285.5 310.7 0.04 15 300 8940 -42.4 -66.0 6 23.6 -43.1 320 45 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.7 0.02 16 250 10176 -40.9 -72.9 2 32.0 -41.9 312 47 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.01 17 200 11689 -42.6 -74.1 2 31.5 -43.6 309 42 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 18 150 13608 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.2 295 33 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.5 0.01 19 100 16234 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 292 33 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5333.04 m Freezing level: 843.18 mb = 1504.45 m = 4935.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 899.44 mb = 983.19 m = 3225.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.36 % Est. max temperature: 9.79 C = 49.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.90 mb = 1150.90 m = 3775.88 ft T: 1.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 0.64 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.20 mb = 2344.53 m = 7691.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.33 C = 50.59 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.75 C K Index: 18.92 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15655.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.76 mb = 1766.31 m = 5794.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.0 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 352.0 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 151.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 25.33 m/s