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: 42.69,-102.88 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 1 950 589 2 900 1035 SFC 883 1195 5.5 2.5 81 3.1 4.1 335 11 288.8 289.7 282.8 303.6 5.19 4 850 1501 2.4 0.8 89 1.6 1.7 341 18 288.7 289.5 282.3 302.3 4.77 5 800 1987 -1.4 -5.1 76 3.7 -2.9 353 31 289.6 290.2 281.0 299.1 3.26 6 750 2498 -4.6 -9.5 68 4.9 -6.4 346 32 291.6 292.0 280.8 298.9 2.47 7 700 3038 -8.0 -12.4 71 4.3 -9.4 332 32 293.6 294.0 281.3 300.0 2.11 8 650 3609 -12.2 -15.8 75 3.6 -13.2 321 37 295.2 295.5 281.5 300.5 1.72 9 600 4216 -15.2 -16.9 87 1.7 -15.7 311 37 298.5 298.8 282.9 303.8 1.69 10 550 4869 -19.7 -21.1 88 1.4 -20.1 291 43 300.7 300.9 283.3 304.8 1.29 11 500 5568 -24.9 -26.0 90 1.1 -25.1 278 44 302.7 302.8 283.7 305.7 0.91 12 450 6327 -29.8 -30.8 90 1.1 -29.9 261 38 305.8 306.0 284.6 308.0 0.65 13 400 7153 -36.0 -45.9 36 9.8 -36.7 266 47 308.1 308.2 284.8 308.7 0.16 14 350 8075 -38.5 -61.5 7 23.0 -39.4 280 45 316.9 316.9 287.8 317.0 0.03 15 300 9130 -40.0 -69.3 3 29.3 -40.9 283 46 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.1 0.01 16 250 10370 -41.5 -73.3 2 31.8 -42.5 300 53 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.01 17 200 11871 -47.0 -74.6 3 27.7 -47.6 281 57 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13755 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 288 52 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16334 -61.2 -85.8 2 24.6 -61.4 292 29 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5408.29 m Freezing level: 818.68 mb = 1805.70 m = 5924.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 831.84 mb = 1674.36 m = 5493.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.31 % Est. max temperature: 8.87 C = 47.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.09 mb = 1576.05 m = 5170.70 ft T: 1.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 4.71 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.67 mb = 2100.31 m = 6890.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.74 C = 44.13 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: 3.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 23.76 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13005.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.06 mb = 1996.70 m = 6550.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.1 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 330.1 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 4.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -89.8 tot: -89.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: -6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 90.38 m/s