MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 48.35,-93.71 Latitude: 48.35 Longitude: -93.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 964 354 10.3 2.2 57 8.2 6.3 270 7 286.5 287.3 281.2 299.6 4.64 2 950 476 9.8 1.6 57 8.2 5.8 274 13 287.1 287.9 281.3 299.9 4.50 3 900 922 5.8 0.5 69 5.3 3.3 279 22 287.5 288.2 281.3 300.0 4.41 4 850 1386 1.3 -0.4 89 1.6 0.5 279 23 287.5 288.3 281.3 300.0 4.38 5 800 1870 -2.5 -4.7 85 2.2 -3.4 291 26 288.5 289.1 280.6 298.2 3.36 6 750 2379 -6.0 -10.1 73 4.1 -7.4 290 28 290.0 290.4 280.0 297.0 2.36 7 700 2915 -9.6 -18.3 49 8.7 -11.9 288 26 291.8 292.1 279.4 295.8 1.29 8 650 3483 -13.2 -23.6 41 10.4 -15.4 277 25 294.1 294.2 280.0 296.9 0.88 9 600 4087 -17.5 -28.9 36 11.4 -19.4 253 27 295.9 296.0 280.4 297.8 0.59 10 550 4732 -22.2 -37.6 24 15.3 -24.1 231 29 297.7 297.7 280.7 298.6 0.27 11 500 5426 -25.7 -44.8 15 19.1 -27.4 233 39 301.7 301.8 282.3 302.2 0.14 12 450 6187 -28.1 -36.6 44 8.6 -29.1 223 69 307.9 308.0 285.0 309.2 0.37 13 400 7023 -33.3 -37.7 65 4.3 -33.8 217 86 311.7 311.8 286.4 313.0 0.37 14 350 7945 -40.8 -44.4 69 3.5 -41.1 221 103 313.7 313.7 286.9 314.4 0.21 15 300 8982 -44.0 -65.4 8 21.4 -44.6 225 79 323.3 323.3 289.8 323.4 0.02 16 250 10211 -41.6 -73.4 2 31.8 -42.5 220 54 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.01 17 200 11720 -43.7 -75.0 2 31.2 -44.6 224 48 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 18 150 13629 -49.2 -79.1 2 29.9 -49.9 226 33 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.01 19 100 16248 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 242 21 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5376.67 m Freezing level: 832.89 mb = 1551.52 m = 5090.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 843.03 mb = 1451.58 m = 4762.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.05 % Est. max temperature: 12.06 C = 53.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.31 mb = 1373.33 m = 4505.63 ft T: 1.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 4.23 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1624.27 m = 5328.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.85 C = 53.32 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 25.32 C K Index: 17.96 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.72 mb = 1540.33 m = 5053.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.72 mb = 1981.97 m = 6502.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 678.72 mb = 3151.29 m = 10338.74 ft B at Equ Level: 9.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 608.72 mb = 3977.96 m = 13050.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: -4.3 tot: 8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 41.44 m/s