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: 48.36,-101.70 Latitude: 48.36 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 516 SFC 941 597 10.3 0.2 50 10.1 5.5 292 17 288.4 289.1 281.4 300.3 4.12 3 900 961 5.4 -1.7 60 7.1 2.2 295 25 287.1 287.7 280.4 297.8 3.74 4 850 1424 1.7 -5.6 58 7.3 -1.2 310 36 287.9 288.4 279.8 296.5 2.96 5 800 1908 -2.9 -7.5 70 4.7 -4.6 317 37 288.1 288.6 279.6 296.0 2.71 6 750 2415 -6.7 -12.5 63 5.8 -8.5 324 38 289.3 289.6 279.1 295.1 1.94 7 700 2950 -11.1 -16.1 67 5.0 -12.5 321 36 290.2 290.5 279.0 294.9 1.56 8 650 3514 -14.8 -21.9 55 7.0 -16.4 310 32 292.2 292.4 279.3 295.4 1.02 9 600 4114 -19.2 -27.1 50 7.9 -20.6 307 32 293.8 294.0 279.6 296.1 0.69 10 550 4754 -24.4 -32.4 48 8.0 -25.5 308 34 295.1 295.2 279.8 296.6 0.46 11 500 5440 -30.2 -36.3 55 6.2 -30.8 307 32 296.3 296.3 280.2 297.4 0.34 12 450 6180 -36.6 -42.0 57 5.4 -37.0 306 28 297.2 297.2 280.4 297.9 0.21 13 400 6982 -43.0 -48.9 52 5.9 -43.3 308 27 299.1 299.1 281.1 299.5 0.11 14 350 7879 -43.7 -59.4 16 15.7 -44.2 303 32 309.7 309.8 285.2 309.9 0.04 15 300 8918 -41.6 -66.8 5 25.2 -42.4 294 28 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.02 16 250 10158 -40.3 -72.4 2 32.1 -41.3 286 28 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.01 17 200 11674 -42.1 -73.8 2 31.7 -43.2 275 26 366.0 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 18 150 13595 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.8 273 27 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.01 19 100 16220 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 260 15 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5350.58 m Freezing level: 831.40 mb = 1604.16 m = 5262.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 867.51 mb = 1258.70 m = 4129.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.43 % Est. max temperature: 10.18 C = 50.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.52 mb = 1843.45 m = 6048.00 ft T: -2.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 5.36 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.10 mb = 2116.28 m = 6943.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.46 C = 50.82 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.38 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 21.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.14 mb = 2005.71 m = 6580.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.14 mb = 2676.40 m = 8780.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 645.14 mb = 3570.66 m = 11714.62 ft B at Equ Level: 8.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 535.14 mb = 4950.98 m = 16243.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.6 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 340.6 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.7 neg: -41.6 tot: 104.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 20.65 m/s