MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 46.61,-99.91 Latitude: 46.61 Longitude: -99.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 487 SFC 938 588 6.9 3.9 81 3.0 5.4 279 7 285.2 286.1 281.5 300.3 5.40 3 900 931 6.8 -1.2 57 8.0 3.2 316 23 288.5 289.2 281.2 299.7 3.89 4 850 1397 2.7 -4.1 61 6.9 -0.2 321 24 289.0 289.6 280.7 298.7 3.31 5 800 1883 -1.5 -6.1 71 4.6 -3.3 317 27 289.6 290.1 280.7 298.5 3.03 6 750 2394 -4.2 -6.3 86 2.0 -5.0 304 29 292.0 292.5 281.9 301.4 3.19 7 700 2936 -6.6 -9.6 79 3.0 -7.7 292 29 295.2 295.6 282.6 303.1 2.64 8 650 3512 -9.3 -14.6 65 5.4 -10.9 282 31 298.5 298.8 283.1 304.3 1.89 9 600 4125 -13.9 -19.7 62 5.8 -15.4 272 39 300.0 300.3 283.1 304.3 1.34 10 550 4779 -19.0 -24.8 60 5.9 -20.1 272 52 301.6 301.8 283.2 304.6 0.93 11 500 5481 -23.8 -27.5 72 3.6 -24.5 256 61 304.0 304.1 284.0 306.6 0.80 12 450 6242 -29.7 -33.2 72 3.5 -30.2 243 62 305.9 306.0 284.4 307.7 0.52 13 400 7071 -34.8 -47.1 27 12.3 -35.6 240 70 309.8 309.8 285.4 310.3 0.14 14 350 7989 -41.1 -50.4 36 9.2 -41.6 236 79 313.3 313.3 286.6 313.7 0.11 15 300 9030 -43.4 -65.7 7 22.3 -44.0 239 71 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.3 0.02 16 250 10256 -41.9 -70.7 3 28.8 -42.8 246 54 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.01 17 200 11771 -41.9 -73.6 2 31.7 -43.0 238 42 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 18 150 13671 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 238 27 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16259 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.5 257 27 419.5 419.5 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5418.36 m Freezing level: 817.40 mb = 1713.92 m = 5623.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 852.34 mb = 1374.43 m = 4509.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.20 % Est. max temperature: 11.75 C = 53.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.65 mb = 961.26 m = 3153.69 ft T: 6.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 1.90 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.92 mb = 2186.65 m = 7173.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.61 C = 54.70 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: 5.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 19.51 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14939.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.33 mb = 1849.86 m = 6069.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -37.3 tot: -29.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 106.67 m/s