MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.39,-99.84 Latitude: 47.39 Longitude: -99.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 506 SFC 942 575 11.6 2.4 53 9.2 7.0 288 19 289.6 290.5 282.8 303.5 4.82 3 900 952 6.1 0.0 65 6.1 3.3 289 26 287.8 288.5 281.3 300.0 4.25 4 850 1417 1.9 -3.5 68 5.4 -0.4 295 31 288.1 288.7 280.5 298.2 3.47 5 800 1902 -1.9 -7.4 66 5.5 -4.0 302 37 289.1 289.6 280.1 297.1 2.73 6 750 2411 -6.3 -11.0 69 4.8 -7.8 303 37 289.8 290.2 279.7 296.3 2.19 7 700 2946 -10.4 -14.9 69 4.5 -11.6 302 34 291.0 291.3 279.6 296.2 1.72 8 650 3512 -14.4 -20.9 58 6.5 -15.9 300 32 292.6 292.8 279.6 296.1 1.11 9 600 4113 -19.2 -27.1 50 7.9 -20.5 302 31 293.9 294.1 279.6 296.2 0.69 10 550 4752 -24.4 -34.1 40 9.7 -25.6 300 30 295.1 295.2 279.7 296.4 0.39 11 500 5438 -30.1 -40.8 35 10.7 -31.0 285 31 296.3 296.4 280.0 297.1 0.22 12 450 6180 -34.8 -47.4 27 12.6 -35.5 273 34 299.5 299.6 281.3 300.0 0.12 13 400 6995 -38.3 -57.4 12 19.2 -39.0 264 38 305.3 305.3 283.5 305.4 0.04 14 350 7905 -42.0 -59.1 14 17.1 -42.6 258 44 312.1 312.1 286.1 312.3 0.04 15 300 8947 -41.3 -66.5 5 25.2 -42.1 253 40 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.2 0.02 16 250 10189 -40.0 -72.2 2 32.2 -41.1 247 36 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.01 17 200 11707 -41.9 -73.6 2 31.7 -43.0 253 37 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 18 150 13636 -46.4 -77.0 2 30.6 -47.3 262 30 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.01 19 100 16254 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 262 23 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5361.00 m Freezing level: 825.14 mb = 1658.01 m = 5439.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.29 mb = 1366.13 m = 4482.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.06 % Est. max temperature: 11.20 C = 52.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.62 mb = 1708.08 m = 5603.88 ft T: -0.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 7.40 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.97 mb = 1932.05 m = 6338.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.14 C = 52.04 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.96 C Cross Totals Index: 26.61 C K Index: 23.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 143.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.35 mb = 1828.88 m = 6000.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.35 mb = 2179.37 m = 7150.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.35 mb = 5989.21 m = 19649.40 ft B at Equ Level: 142.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 382.35 mb = 7302.28 m = 23957.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.8 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 323.8 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.0 neg: -16.2 tot: 65.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 12.71 Bulk Shear: 11.28 m/s