MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 44.04,-101.70 Latitude: 44.04 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 552 SFC 930 732 13.5 1.0 42 12.5 7.2 301 21 292.7 293.5 283.6 305.5 4.41 3 900 1003 9.5 -0.1 51 9.6 4.9 302 29 291.3 292.1 282.8 303.6 4.21 4 850 1473 4.8 -1.1 65 5.9 2.1 303 31 291.2 291.9 282.7 303.2 4.14 5 800 1963 0.0 -2.1 85 2.2 -0.9 304 32 291.2 291.9 282.6 303.1 4.09 6 750 2476 -3.7 -7.5 75 3.8 -5.1 319 36 292.6 293.1 281.8 301.1 2.89 7 700 3017 -7.7 -11.2 76 3.5 -8.9 318 31 294.0 294.4 281.7 300.9 2.31 8 650 3589 -11.9 -16.3 70 4.4 -13.1 310 30 295.5 295.8 281.6 300.6 1.65 9 600 4196 -15.9 -22.1 59 6.2 -17.3 305 35 297.7 297.9 281.8 301.1 1.08 10 550 4845 -20.9 -28.0 53 7.1 -22.1 300 39 299.3 299.4 282.0 301.5 0.70 11 500 5541 -27.0 -34.9 47 7.9 -28.0 298 40 300.1 300.2 281.9 301.4 0.39 12 450 6289 -33.8 -39.2 59 5.3 -34.3 293 43 300.7 300.8 282.1 301.7 0.29 13 400 7102 -40.2 -46.5 51 6.3 -40.6 291 48 302.7 302.7 282.7 303.2 0.15 14 350 8007 -41.8 -61.9 9 20.1 -42.4 305 64 312.4 312.4 286.2 312.5 0.03 15 300 9046 -43.7 -65.9 7 22.2 -44.3 306 75 323.8 323.8 289.9 323.9 0.02 16 250 10266 -45.3 -73.0 3 27.7 -45.9 304 78 338.7 338.8 294.0 338.8 0.01 17 200 11748 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.0 298 74 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.00 18 150 13633 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 289 58 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16253 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 292 37 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5422.76 m Freezing level: 799.45 mb = 1968.95 m = 6459.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 815.36 mb = 1809.62 m = 5937.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.42 % Est. max temperature: 12.58 C = 54.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.97 mb = 2277.77 m = 7472.91 ft T: -2.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 4.93 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.16 mb = 2286.13 m = 7500.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.89 C = 55.20 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.89 C K Index: 27.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.83 mb = 2217.48 m = 7275.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.83 mb = 2690.12 m = 8825.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 399.83 mb = 7104.58 m = 23308.71 ft B at Equ Level: 80.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 359.83 mb = 7819.21 m = 25653.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.3 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 333.3 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.9 neg: -17.8 tot: 61.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8.89 Bulk Shear: 9.24 m/s