MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 44.26,-93.22 Latitude: 44.26 Longitude: -93.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 964 349 16.0 8.0 59 8.0 11.4 321 10 292.2 293.4 286.1 312.2 6.98 2 950 472 14.1 7.0 62 7.1 10.2 321 13 291.5 292.7 285.5 310.5 6.62 3 900 925 9.6 6.1 79 3.5 7.7 321 13 291.4 292.6 285.4 310.2 6.57 4 850 1395 5.4 2.4 81 3.0 3.9 325 13 291.8 292.8 284.2 307.2 5.34 5 800 1890 4.3 -10.2 34 14.6 -1.2 287 10 295.8 296.2 282.4 302.4 2.19 6 750 2412 2.0 -12.3 34 14.3 -3.2 248 18 298.7 299.1 283.3 304.9 1.98 7 700 2965 -1.1 -15.0 34 13.9 -5.8 234 23 301.3 301.6 284.1 306.6 1.70 8 650 3551 -5.4 -16.6 41 11.2 -8.9 233 28 302.9 303.2 284.5 308.0 1.61 9 600 4174 -10.1 -17.8 53 7.7 -12.4 230 33 304.4 304.7 285.1 309.4 1.57 10 550 4837 -15.4 -19.0 74 3.6 -16.3 229 34 305.8 306.1 285.6 310.8 1.55 11 500 5549 -20.6 -22.4 85 1.9 -21.0 231 41 308.0 308.2 286.1 312.1 1.26 12 450 6321 -25.3 -27.0 86 1.6 -25.6 233 46 311.4 311.6 286.9 314.6 0.93 13 400 7167 -30.4 -34.2 69 3.8 -30.9 232 59 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.4 0.53 14 350 8104 -36.2 -42.7 51 6.5 -36.7 227 79 319.9 320.0 289.0 320.9 0.25 15 300 9160 -41.3 -46.8 56 5.4 -41.7 225 124 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.19 16 250 10383 -46.0 -70.2 5 24.2 -46.6 225 98 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.01 17 200 11863 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.1 227 57 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 18 150 13738 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 236 43 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16308 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 257 27 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5511.28 m Freezing level: 717.56 mb = 2770.88 m = 9090.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 811.88 mb = 1769.63 m = 5805.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.16 % Est. max temperature: 18.40 C = 65.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.37 mb = 1343.54 m = 4407.89 ft T: 5.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 9.73 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.97 mb = 1961.21 m = 6434.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.92 C = 67.86 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 14.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 96.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10743.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.87 mb = 1415.88 m = 4645.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -12.1 tot: 39.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 98.91 m/s