MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 43.55,-95.30 Latitude: 43.55 Longitude: -95.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 957 454 9.4 7.8 90 1.6 8.5 312 18 286.1 287.3 283.6 305.5 6.93 2 950 514 8.5 7.5 93 1.0 8.0 313 22 285.9 287.0 283.4 305.0 6.86 3 900 958 4.5 4.1 97 0.5 4.3 320 33 286.2 287.2 282.3 302.2 5.69 4 850 1420 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.3 323 36 286.6 287.4 281.1 299.6 4.56 5 800 1906 -0.6 -1.0 97 0.4 -0.8 323 31 290.5 291.3 282.7 303.4 4.45 6 750 2420 -3.0 -3.5 96 0.5 -3.2 325 22 293.3 294.0 283.4 304.9 3.93 7 700 2962 -6.0 -6.8 94 0.8 -6.3 252 14 295.8 296.4 283.7 305.6 3.28 8 650 3542 -6.8 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.1 215 29 301.3 301.9 285.9 311.5 3.33 9 600 4165 -9.5 -10.5 92 1.1 -9.9 214 39 305.2 305.7 286.8 314.1 2.86 10 550 4832 -13.5 -15.0 89 1.5 -14.0 216 44 308.1 308.5 287.1 315.0 2.17 11 500 5550 -18.7 -20.6 85 1.9 -19.2 221 44 310.2 310.5 287.1 315.1 1.48 12 450 6326 -24.7 -26.8 82 2.2 -25.1 228 42 312.2 312.4 287.2 315.4 0.94 13 400 7169 -32.0 -34.7 76 2.8 -32.3 231 47 313.4 313.5 287.1 315.2 0.50 14 350 8097 -39.4 -42.8 70 3.4 -39.6 226 61 315.6 315.6 287.6 316.5 0.25 15 300 9139 -44.6 -53.8 35 9.2 -45.0 224 80 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.8 0.08 16 250 10351 -45.3 -69.5 5 24.2 -45.9 230 68 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.01 17 200 11842 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.0 243 53 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 18 150 13733 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 240 35 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16323 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 256 24 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5463.60 m Freezing level: 828.17 mb = 1632.56 m = 5356.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 835.03 mb = 1562.83 m = 5127.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.45 % Est. max temperature: 13.16 C = 55.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.59 mb = 657.24 m = 2156.28 ft T: 7.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 5.89 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 975.74 m = 3201.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.47 C = 49.04 F Cap Strength: 7.97 C Lifted Index: 8.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: 10.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.91 C K Index: 18.58 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.31 mb = 973.41 m = 3193.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.31 mb = 1018.56 m = 3341.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 813.31 mb = 1774.06 m = 5820.32 ft B at Equ Level: 20.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 743.31 mb = 2490.32 m = 8170.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.2 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 277.2 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 7.7 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.2 neg: -57.9 tot: 97.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 160.05 m/s