MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.48,-103.11 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 1 950 594 2 900 1038 SFC 873 1283 4.3 2.6 89 1.7 3.5 333 11 288.4 289.3 282.8 303.5 5.29 4 850 1503 1.8 1.0 95 0.8 1.5 336 17 288.0 288.9 282.1 301.9 4.86 5 800 1989 -0.8 -1.8 93 1.0 -1.3 356 23 290.3 291.0 282.3 302.4 4.17 6 750 2501 -4.2 -6.1 87 1.9 -5.0 342 26 292.0 292.6 282.0 301.5 3.23 7 700 3041 -8.0 -10.5 82 2.5 -8.9 329 32 293.6 294.0 281.7 301.0 2.46 8 650 3613 -11.4 -13.3 86 1.9 -12.0 322 36 296.1 296.4 282.4 302.5 2.11 9 600 4223 -14.7 -16.0 90 1.3 -15.1 310 32 299.1 299.4 283.3 304.8 1.83 10 550 4877 -18.8 -20.2 89 1.4 -19.1 296 32 301.7 302.0 283.9 306.2 1.39 11 500 5579 -23.7 -25.1 88 1.4 -23.9 279 31 304.2 304.4 284.4 307.4 0.99 12 450 6338 -30.5 -30.8 97 0.3 -30.5 271 32 305.0 305.1 284.2 307.1 0.65 13 400 7164 -35.7 -49.0 24 13.3 -36.5 273 45 308.6 308.7 284.9 309.0 0.11 14 350 8086 -38.7 -60.6 8 22.0 -39.5 286 46 316.6 316.6 287.6 316.7 0.03 15 300 9140 -39.9 -69.2 3 29.3 -40.8 290 50 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.2 0.01 16 250 10382 -41.2 -73.1 2 31.9 -42.2 306 57 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.01 17 200 11884 -47.1 -74.7 3 27.6 -47.8 282 55 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.01 18 150 13765 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 289 52 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16340 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.5 293 26 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5418.12 m Freezing level: 815.45 mb = 1838.74 m = 6032.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.29 mb = 1758.81 m = 5770.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.27 % Est. max temperature: 8.57 C = 47.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.94 mb = 1493.82 m = 4900.93 ft T: 1.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 1.56 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.46 mb = 2014.24 m = 6608.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.19 C = 43.14 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.73 C K Index: 24.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12676.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.87 mb = 1900.53 m = 6235.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.3 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 332.3 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -76.8 tot: -76.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: -5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 54.28 m/s