MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 88 1 950 512 SFC 941 588 8.7 1.5 60 7.2 5.2 290 12 286.8 287.6 281.1 299.6 4.52 3 900 957 5.4 -2.2 58 7.7 2.1 303 28 287.1 287.7 280.2 297.5 3.60 4 850 1421 2.0 -3.2 68 5.2 -0.2 316 26 288.2 288.8 280.7 298.5 3.54 5 800 1906 -2.2 -4.6 84 2.4 -3.2 320 28 288.8 289.4 280.7 298.6 3.40 6 750 2415 -6.3 -11.4 67 5.0 -8.0 322 31 289.7 290.1 279.6 296.1 2.13 7 700 2950 -10.1 -14.7 69 4.6 -11.4 314 28 291.3 291.6 279.8 296.6 1.74 8 650 3517 -13.3 -18.2 67 4.9 -14.5 293 31 293.9 294.2 280.6 298.3 1.41 9 600 4122 -17.3 -26.1 46 8.8 -19.0 277 35 296.1 296.3 280.7 298.6 0.76 10 550 4767 -22.1 -33.2 36 11.1 -23.7 269 42 297.9 298.0 281.0 299.3 0.42 11 500 5462 -26.0 -34.1 47 8.1 -27.1 251 61 301.3 301.4 282.5 302.7 0.42 12 450 6218 -30.8 -39.6 42 8.8 -31.7 237 70 304.5 304.6 283.6 305.5 0.27 13 400 7043 -36.1 -54.9 13 18.8 -37.0 232 72 308.0 308.1 284.7 308.3 0.06 14 350 7958 -41.1 -62.7 8 21.6 -41.8 232 74 313.3 313.3 286.5 313.4 0.02 15 300 8999 -42.9 -66.5 6 23.5 -43.6 236 70 324.9 324.9 290.2 324.9 0.02 16 250 10229 -41.8 -73.5 2 31.7 -42.7 246 54 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.01 17 200 11737 -43.6 -74.9 2 31.3 -44.6 253 38 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 18 150 13643 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.1 266 31 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 19 100 16252 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 273 23 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5373.68 m Freezing level: 826.60 mb = 1647.99 m = 5406.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 854.70 mb = 1376.20 m = 4515.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.23 % Est. max temperature: 10.83 C = 51.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.84 mb = 1488.68 m = 4884.06 ft T: 1.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 2.57 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.98 mb = 2065.47 m = 6776.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.96 C = 51.73 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: 3.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 20.14 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15125.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.98 mb = 1876.33 m = 6155.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.3 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 303.3 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -12.7 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 70.80 m/s