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: 46.60,-98.15 Latitude: 46.60 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 958 432 13.4 0.4 41 13.0 7.1 302 16 290.0 290.8 282.1 301.9 4.11 2 950 505 11.6 -0.6 43 12.1 5.9 303 19 288.9 289.6 281.4 300.1 3.86 3 900 953 6.9 -1.9 54 8.7 2.9 304 23 288.6 289.2 281.0 299.3 3.70 4 850 1418 2.3 -3.0 68 5.3 0.0 306 26 288.5 289.2 280.9 299.0 3.60 5 800 1904 -2.1 -6.8 70 4.7 -3.9 315 33 288.9 289.4 280.1 297.3 2.87 6 750 2412 -6.2 -10.4 72 4.3 -7.6 312 30 289.9 290.3 279.8 296.7 2.30 7 700 2948 -10.2 -16.2 62 5.9 -11.9 304 29 291.2 291.4 279.5 295.8 1.54 8 650 3514 -13.6 -22.1 49 8.5 -15.5 293 28 293.6 293.8 279.8 296.7 1.00 9 600 4118 -18.1 -28.5 40 10.4 -19.9 279 31 295.2 295.3 280.1 297.1 0.61 10 550 4762 -21.7 -37.2 23 15.4 -23.7 261 41 298.3 298.4 281.0 299.3 0.29 11 500 5460 -23.6 -32.0 46 8.4 -24.8 242 68 304.3 304.4 283.8 306.1 0.52 12 450 6221 -30.0 -38.8 42 8.8 -30.9 235 71 305.5 305.6 284.0 306.6 0.30 13 400 7048 -36.1 -50.6 21 14.5 -36.9 230 75 308.1 308.1 284.7 308.4 0.09 14 350 7962 -41.4 -60.6 11 19.2 -42.1 226 80 312.9 312.9 286.4 313.0 0.03 15 300 9001 -43.7 -67.1 6 23.4 -44.3 232 77 323.8 323.8 289.9 323.8 0.02 16 250 10226 -42.4 -72.3 2 29.9 -43.2 240 55 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.01 17 200 11733 -43.8 -75.0 2 31.2 -44.7 243 39 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 18 150 13641 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 252 30 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.01 19 100 16251 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 245 21 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5384.22 m Freezing level: 824.05 mb = 1670.05 m = 5479.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 849.75 mb = 1420.49 m = 4660.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.49 % Est. max temperature: 12.20 C = 53.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.22 mb = 2030.41 m = 6661.37 ft T: -3.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 6.10 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.86 mb = 2094.38 m = 6871.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.63 C = 54.74 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: 5.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 6.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 16.92 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.98 mb = 2032.89 m = 6669.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.98 mb = 2391.36 m = 7845.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 651.98 mb = 3491.27 m = 11454.17 ft B at Equ Level: 13.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 571.98 mb = 4471.62 m = 14670.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -16.2 tot: -9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 80.29 m/s