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: 43.70,-98.70 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 955 495 9.8 7.5 85 2.3 8.6 303 9 286.8 287.9 283.7 305.9 6.82 2 950 538 8.9 7.0 88 1.9 7.9 303 10 286.2 287.4 283.2 304.7 6.60 3 900 982 5.0 4.1 94 0.9 4.6 327 20 286.7 287.7 282.5 302.8 5.72 4 850 1446 1.8 -0.8 82 2.7 0.6 351 24 288.1 288.8 281.4 300.2 4.23 5 800 1932 -0.8 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 333 25 290.2 291.0 282.5 302.9 4.38 6 750 2446 -3.2 -3.8 96 0.6 -3.5 321 30 293.1 293.8 283.1 304.4 3.84 7 700 2988 -6.9 -9.2 84 2.3 -7.7 321 30 294.8 295.3 282.6 303.0 2.72 8 650 3563 -10.3 -14.8 70 4.4 -11.7 310 39 297.3 297.6 282.6 303.0 1.87 9 600 4174 -13.2 -15.2 85 1.9 -13.8 284 42 300.8 301.1 284.1 306.9 1.96 10 550 4835 -15.6 -17.0 89 1.4 -16.0 249 46 305.6 305.9 285.8 311.5 1.84 11 500 5548 -20.1 -23.2 76 3.1 -20.8 233 44 308.5 308.7 286.2 312.4 1.18 12 450 6320 -25.6 -28.3 78 2.7 -26.1 225 47 311.1 311.3 286.7 313.9 0.83 13 400 7163 -31.8 -34.8 75 3.0 -32.2 222 49 313.6 313.7 287.2 315.4 0.50 14 350 8088 -40.8 -44.3 69 3.5 -41.1 221 60 313.7 313.7 286.9 314.5 0.21 15 300 9124 -45.7 -56.7 28 11.0 -46.1 229 77 320.9 320.9 289.1 321.1 0.06 16 250 10335 -44.4 -70.6 4 26.2 -45.1 246 64 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.01 17 200 11834 -45.1 -76.0 2 30.9 -46.0 247 50 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 18 150 13723 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 255 49 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16307 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.7 271 27 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5437.18 m Freezing level: 815.81 mb = 1778.51 m = 5834.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 830.86 mb = 1628.77 m = 5343.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.05 % Est. max temperature: 13.07 C = 55.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.48 mb = 788.11 m = 2585.64 ft T: 6.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 5.68 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.32 mb = 1179.99 m = 3871.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.34 C = 50.60 F Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lifted Index: 6.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 8.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.94 C Cross Totals Index: 19.26 C K Index: 18.82 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 92.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.83 mb = 1129.20 m = 3704.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.83 mb = 1457.12 m = 4780.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 828.83 mb = 1648.34 m = 5407.87 ft B at Equ Level: 6.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 768.83 mb = 2248.40 m = 7376.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -176.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -80.1 tot: -80.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: -5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 86.45 m/s