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: 43.90,-98.39 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 962 435 9.6 7.7 88 1.9 8.5 296 7 285.9 287.1 283.4 305.0 6.85 2 950 535 8.2 7.1 93 1.1 7.6 296 9 285.5 286.6 283.0 304.0 6.65 3 900 979 5.1 2.5 84 2.5 3.8 342 19 286.7 287.6 281.8 301.2 5.10 4 850 1443 1.5 -1.3 82 2.8 0.3 350 24 287.7 288.4 281.1 299.4 4.09 5 800 1928 -1.2 -2.0 94 0.8 -1.6 331 27 289.9 290.6 282.1 301.8 4.12 6 750 2442 -3.1 -4.0 94 0.8 -3.5 322 30 293.2 293.8 283.1 304.3 3.80 7 700 2984 -6.7 -7.7 93 0.9 -7.1 321 28 295.1 295.6 283.1 304.2 3.07 8 650 3558 -10.8 -14.0 78 3.1 -11.8 311 35 296.7 297.1 282.5 302.8 2.00 9 600 4170 -13.6 -15.6 85 2.0 -14.2 286 38 300.4 300.7 283.9 306.3 1.89 10 550 4829 -15.6 -16.9 89 1.3 -16.0 255 43 305.6 305.9 285.8 311.5 1.84 11 500 5542 -19.7 -21.9 83 2.2 -20.2 232 41 309.0 309.3 286.5 313.4 1.33 12 450 6316 -25.5 -28.1 79 2.6 -26.0 227 47 311.2 311.3 286.8 314.0 0.84 13 400 7158 -32.1 -35.1 74 3.1 -32.4 224 50 313.3 313.4 287.1 315.0 0.48 14 350 8083 -40.7 -44.2 69 3.4 -40.9 223 61 313.8 313.9 286.9 314.6 0.22 15 300 9117 -46.1 -55.3 34 9.3 -46.4 231 79 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.7 0.07 16 250 10330 -43.8 -70.2 4 26.3 -44.6 247 64 340.9 340.9 294.6 340.9 0.01 17 200 11830 -45.2 -76.1 2 30.9 -46.0 245 50 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 18 150 13718 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 253 50 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16303 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 267 25 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5433.56 m Freezing level: 822.67 mb = 1708.35 m = 5604.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 843.00 mb = 1509.16 m = 4951.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.26 % Est. max temperature: 12.97 C = 55.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.12 mb = 673.74 m = 2210.41 ft T: 7.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 5.66 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.24 mb = 1224.12 m = 4016.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.88 C = 51.59 F Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lifted Index: 7.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: 9.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.37 C K Index: 18.88 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13906.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.36 mb = 1130.68 m = 3709.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.3 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 312.3 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -90.1 tot: -85.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: -5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 78.64 m/s