MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1 950 518 SFC 941 596 11.4 -0.9 42 12.3 5.6 291 19 289.6 290.2 281.6 300.6 3.81 3 900 965 7.0 -2.9 49 9.9 2.6 293 29 288.7 289.3 280.7 298.6 3.42 4 850 1431 2.3 -4.0 63 6.3 -0.3 294 31 288.6 289.2 280.6 298.3 3.34 5 800 1916 -2.0 -8.1 63 6.1 -4.3 307 37 289.0 289.5 279.8 296.6 2.59 6 750 2425 -6.3 -12.5 61 6.2 -8.2 312 38 289.8 290.1 279.4 295.6 1.95 7 700 2960 -11.1 -14.5 76 3.4 -12.1 316 35 290.2 290.5 279.3 295.5 1.77 8 650 3524 -14.9 -19.2 70 4.3 -15.9 317 35 292.1 292.3 279.6 296.1 1.29 9 600 4124 -19.6 -22.6 77 3.0 -20.2 318 40 293.4 293.6 279.8 296.7 1.04 10 550 4763 -24.8 -29.4 65 4.6 -25.4 320 41 294.7 294.8 279.8 296.7 0.61 11 500 5449 -30.0 -33.5 72 3.5 -30.4 319 42 296.5 296.6 280.4 298.0 0.45 12 450 6190 -36.0 -40.1 66 4.1 -36.3 322 45 298.0 298.1 280.8 298.9 0.26 13 400 6997 -40.7 -51.5 31 10.8 -41.2 322 46 302.1 302.1 282.3 302.4 0.08 14 350 7900 -43.7 -60.3 14 16.6 -44.2 323 46 309.8 309.8 285.3 309.9 0.03 15 300 8936 -42.3 -68.0 4 25.7 -43.0 319 42 325.8 325.8 290.5 325.9 0.01 16 250 10171 -41.3 -73.2 2 31.9 -42.3 310 34 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.01 17 200 11681 -43.1 -74.5 2 31.4 -44.2 302 32 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 18 150 13599 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 296 24 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.01 19 100 16230 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 266 22 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5359.32 m Freezing level: 823.16 mb = 1691.50 m = 5549.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.61 mb = 1377.33 m = 4518.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.11 % Est. max temperature: 11.01 C = 51.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.16 mb = 2114.43 m = 6937.03 ft T: -3.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 5.06 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.33 mb = 2265.70 m = 7433.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.41 C = 52.54 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.32 C Cross Totals Index: 25.99 C K Index: 24.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.22 mb = 2184.89 m = 7168.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.22 mb = 2547.94 m = 8359.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 468.22 mb = 5910.45 m = 19391.02 ft B at Equ Level: 86.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 388.22 mb = 7199.07 m = 23618.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.7 neg: -3.1 tot: 152.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.20 Bulk Shear: 39.66 m/s