MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 48.29,-101.70 Latitude: 48.29 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 -30 1 950 399 SFC 926 612 12.2 8.0 76 4.2 9.9 281 15 291.7 293.0 286.2 312.5 7.30 3 900 851 8.9 6.9 87 2.0 7.8 280 21 290.7 291.9 285.5 310.5 6.96 4 850 1321 5.7 3.9 88 1.8 4.8 292 27 292.1 293.2 285.1 309.3 5.98 5 800 1817 4.3 2.6 89 1.7 3.4 299 24 295.7 296.8 286.2 312.6 5.76 6 750 2340 2.3 -1.5 76 3.8 0.5 301 26 299.1 299.9 286.3 312.8 4.57 7 700 2896 0.2 -7.4 56 7.7 -3.0 301 30 302.7 303.3 286.2 312.4 3.12 8 650 3486 -2.4 -15.7 35 13.3 -7.0 299 33 306.2 306.5 285.9 311.7 1.73 9 600 4117 -5.8 -20.4 30 14.7 -10.1 297 34 309.4 309.7 286.6 313.6 1.25 10 550 4793 -9.8 -26.2 25 16.5 -13.8 296 33 312.5 312.7 287.2 315.3 0.82 11 500 5522 -14.2 -33.5 18 19.3 -17.9 291 33 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.3 0.45 12 450 6312 -19.6 -35.5 23 15.9 -22.2 287 36 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.41 13 400 7174 -26.5 -33.5 52 7.0 -27.6 278 39 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.6 0.57 14 350 8122 -34.5 -40.6 54 6.0 -35.1 274 39 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.32 15 300 9179 -43.0 -49.3 50 6.3 -43.3 272 37 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.3 0.14 16 250 10391 -47.0 -61.2 18 14.2 -47.5 268 37 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.04 17 200 11869 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.0 286 32 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.00 18 150 13748 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 270 25 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16337 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 264 24 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5551.37 m Freezing level: 695.81 mb = 2945.11 m = 9662.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.93 mb = 2416.40 m = 7927.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.62 % Est. max temperature: 17.69 C = 63.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.74 mb = 1132.03 m = 3713.97 ft T: 6.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 3.21 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.44 mb = 1832.50 m = 6012.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.25 C = 61.24 F Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lifted Index: 7.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.16 C Showalter Index: 8.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.92 C Cross Totals Index: 18.15 C K Index: 16.19 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11710.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.22 mb = 1347.64 m = 4421.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.4 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 324.4 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.8 neg: -2.4 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 16.74 m/s