MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 47.41,-94.75 Latitude: 47.41 Longitude: -94.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 960 419 5.8 1.2 72 4.6 3.7 283 8 282.2 283.0 278.8 294.4 4.35 2 950 505 4.3 0.8 78 3.5 2.7 286 12 281.5 282.3 278.3 293.4 4.27 3 900 944 2.2 -1.7 75 3.9 0.5 312 28 283.8 284.4 278.8 294.4 3.75 4 850 1402 -0.7 -7.7 59 7.0 -3.3 319 32 285.4 285.8 278.0 292.7 2.51 5 800 1885 -2.0 -13.4 41 11.4 -5.7 322 40 289.0 289.3 278.7 294.1 1.70 6 750 2395 -5.3 -18.3 35 13.0 -8.9 321 42 290.8 291.0 278.9 294.5 1.20 7 700 2932 -8.7 -25.3 25 16.6 -12.3 321 43 292.8 293.0 279.1 295.1 0.70 8 650 3502 -12.4 -34.7 14 22.3 -16.0 323 43 295.0 295.0 279.6 296.0 0.31 9 600 4108 -16.0 -34.7 18 18.7 -18.8 324 43 297.6 297.7 280.8 298.7 0.34 10 550 4758 -19.4 -26.2 55 6.8 -20.7 327 42 301.1 301.2 282.9 303.7 0.82 11 500 5460 -24.3 -27.3 76 3.0 -24.8 332 52 303.4 303.5 283.8 306.1 0.81 12 450 6218 -30.3 -34.0 70 3.7 -30.7 333 67 305.2 305.3 284.1 306.8 0.48 13 400 7048 -33.7 -50.5 17 16.7 -34.8 331 75 311.1 311.1 285.8 311.5 0.09 14 350 7975 -38.2 -57.8 11 19.7 -39.0 336 76 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.5 0.04 15 300 9026 -42.8 -63.2 9 20.4 -43.5 331 74 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.1 0.03 16 250 10247 -44.1 -71.7 3 27.6 -44.8 324 60 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.5 0.01 17 200 11742 -44.6 -75.6 2 31.0 -45.5 321 44 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 18 150 13648 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 293 23 384.9 384.9 303.1 385.0 0.01 19 100 16262 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.7 280 18 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5374.19 m Freezing level: 862.26 mb = 1289.70 m = 4231.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 892.82 mb = 1007.91 m = 3306.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.70 % Est. max temperature: 11.77 C = 53.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.82 mb = 989.96 m = 3247.85 ft T: 1.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 1.68 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.39 mb = 2172.60 m = 7127.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.50 C = 56.29 F Cap Strength: 8.06 C Lifted Index: 9.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.45 C Showalter Index: 9.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 16.60 C K Index: -0.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17395.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.67 mb = 1386.46 m = 4548.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.9 at 42.8 knts Storm direction: 354.9 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 232.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 100.30 m/s