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: 48.09,-101.93 Latitude: 48.09 Longitude: -101.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 522 SFC 936 648 9.7 0.3 52 9.4 5.2 290 16 288.3 289.0 281.4 300.2 4.17 3 900 967 5.3 -1.7 61 6.9 2.2 293 23 286.9 287.6 280.3 297.7 3.76 4 850 1430 1.8 -6.3 55 8.1 -1.4 310 35 288.0 288.5 279.7 296.2 2.81 5 800 1915 -2.5 -8.7 63 6.2 -4.8 317 37 288.4 288.9 279.4 295.7 2.47 6 750 2423 -6.6 -12.1 65 5.5 -8.4 324 37 289.4 289.8 279.3 295.4 2.02 7 700 2957 -11.0 -16.5 64 5.5 -12.5 320 35 290.3 290.6 279.0 294.9 1.50 8 650 3522 -15.0 -21.7 57 6.7 -16.5 312 32 292.0 292.1 279.1 295.2 1.03 9 600 4121 -19.4 -25.6 58 6.2 -20.5 307 32 293.7 293.8 279.6 296.2 0.79 10 550 4761 -24.6 -31.9 51 7.3 -25.6 311 34 294.9 295.0 279.8 296.5 0.48 11 500 5446 -30.1 -36.3 55 6.2 -30.7 312 32 296.4 296.5 280.3 297.6 0.34 12 450 6186 -36.7 -42.5 55 5.7 -37.1 312 28 297.1 297.1 280.3 297.8 0.20 13 400 6989 -42.9 -48.8 52 5.9 -43.1 313 28 299.3 299.3 281.2 299.7 0.11 14 350 7886 -43.6 -60.0 15 16.4 -44.1 307 33 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.1 0.03 15 300 8925 -41.7 -66.8 5 25.1 -42.5 298 30 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.6 0.02 16 250 10164 -40.4 -72.5 2 32.1 -41.5 290 29 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.01 17 200 11679 -42.4 -74.0 2 31.6 -43.5 281 28 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 18 150 13599 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.8 277 29 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.4 0.01 19 100 16225 -55.9 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 269 14 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5350.68 m Freezing level: 829.28 mb = 1631.30 m = 5351.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 869.40 mb = 1247.58 m = 4093.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.12 % Est. max temperature: 10.14 C = 50.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.42 mb = 1811.67 m = 5943.72 ft T: -1.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 5.34 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.92 mb = 2216.67 m = 7272.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.44 C = 50.79 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 20.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.95 mb = 2054.57 m = 6740.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.95 mb = 2946.68 m = 9667.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 640.95 mb = 3626.84 m = 11898.93 ft B at Equ Level: 3.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 580.95 mb = 4358.40 m = 14299.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.5 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 342.5 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.4 neg: -40.2 tot: 114.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 23.46 m/s