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: 46.61,-99.91 Latitude: 46.61 Longitude: -99.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 522 SFC 942 588 11.7 0.7 47 11.0 6.3 292 15 289.7 290.5 282.2 302.0 4.26 3 900 968 6.4 -1.3 58 7.7 2.9 295 22 288.1 288.8 281.0 299.3 3.87 4 850 1433 2.1 -4.8 60 6.9 -0.7 307 31 288.3 288.9 280.2 297.4 3.15 5 800 1918 -2.3 -7.2 69 4.9 -4.2 310 34 288.7 289.1 279.9 296.8 2.78 6 750 2427 -6.4 -12.0 64 5.6 -8.2 313 30 289.7 290.0 279.4 295.7 2.04 7 700 2961 -10.5 -15.9 65 5.4 -12.1 312 28 290.8 291.1 279.4 295.6 1.58 8 650 3526 -14.9 -21.9 55 7.0 -16.4 307 29 292.1 292.3 279.2 295.2 1.02 9 600 4126 -19.7 -28.8 44 9.1 -21.2 305 31 293.3 293.4 279.2 295.2 0.59 10 550 4764 -25.1 -34.4 42 9.3 -26.2 298 30 294.3 294.4 279.3 295.5 0.38 11 500 5449 -30.1 -39.9 38 9.8 -31.0 277 32 296.3 296.4 280.1 297.2 0.24 12 450 6193 -32.9 -49.5 17 16.6 -33.9 254 43 301.9 301.9 282.3 302.2 0.09 13 400 7015 -37.0 -56.9 11 19.9 -37.8 245 53 307.0 307.0 284.2 307.1 0.04 14 350 7930 -40.7 -61.2 9 20.6 -41.3 243 51 313.9 313.9 286.7 314.0 0.03 15 300 8972 -42.3 -65.9 6 23.7 -43.0 241 51 325.8 325.8 290.5 325.8 0.02 16 250 10208 -41.2 -73.1 2 31.9 -42.2 250 44 344.8 344.8 295.4 344.8 0.01 17 200 11718 -43.0 -74.5 2 31.4 -44.0 258 36 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 18 150 13632 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.3 262 36 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 19 100 16249 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 261 23 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5355.81 m Freezing level: 826.56 mb = 1660.69 m = 5448.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 860.05 mb = 1337.67 m = 4388.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.31 % Est. max temperature: 10.81 C = 51.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.25 mb = 1945.48 m = 6382.74 ft T: -2.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 6.83 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.13 mb = 2096.25 m = 6877.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.01 C = 51.82 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: 0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 22.01 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 117.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.80 mb = 2039.34 m = 6690.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.80 mb = 2397.16 m = 7864.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 482.80 mb = 5696.00 m = 18687.43 ft B at Equ Level: 113.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 422.80 mb = 6628.13 m = 21745.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.4 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 322.4 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.2 neg: -6.4 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 6.22 Bulk Shear: 18.87 m/s