MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 48.78,-97.23 Latitude: 48.78 Longitude: -97.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 976 243 5.0 3.8 92 1.2 4.4 320 15 280.1 281.0 278.7 294.3 5.15 2 950 462 3.2 2.9 98 0.3 3.1 326 26 280.5 281.3 278.7 294.2 4.97 3 900 898 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.2 343 36 281.4 282.1 278.1 292.9 4.13 4 850 1353 -1.8 -2.5 95 0.7 -2.1 353 36 284.3 284.9 279.0 294.9 3.75 5 800 1834 -4.1 -4.8 95 0.7 -4.4 359 31 286.8 287.3 279.7 296.4 3.34 6 750 2340 -6.7 -7.2 96 0.6 -6.9 348 27 289.3 289.9 280.4 298.0 2.96 7 700 2876 -9.7 -10.8 92 1.1 -10.1 349 32 291.7 292.2 280.8 298.9 2.40 8 650 3446 -11.2 -12.1 93 0.9 -11.5 2 30 296.3 296.7 282.7 303.4 2.32 9 600 4057 -13.7 -20.0 59 6.3 -15.3 10 25 300.2 300.5 283.1 304.4 1.30 10 550 4714 -16.9 -41.3 10 24.4 -20.1 18 23 304.1 304.1 283.3 304.8 0.19 11 500 5421 -22.4 -48.8 7 26.4 -24.8 20 22 305.8 305.8 283.8 306.1 0.09 12 450 6186 -27.1 -43.3 20 16.1 -28.7 39 14 309.1 309.2 285.2 309.8 0.19 13 400 7027 -32.0 -39.8 46 7.9 -32.7 100 19 313.4 313.5 286.9 314.5 0.30 14 350 7952 -40.5 -44.9 63 4.4 -40.8 104 35 314.1 314.1 287.0 314.8 0.20 15 300 8985 -47.5 -52.5 57 4.9 -47.7 105 35 318.4 318.4 288.3 318.8 0.10 16 250 10179 -50.0 -69.2 9 19.2 -50.4 46 12 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.01 17 200 11639 -48.8 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.4 340 17 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.00 18 150 13522 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.6 319 24 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16149 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 310 21 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5377.07 m Freezing level: 901.41 mb = 885.60 m = 2905.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 903.27 mb = 868.68 m = 2849.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.53 % Est. max temperature: 10.33 C = 50.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.89 mb = 394.83 m = 1295.35 ft T: 3.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 1.37 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.73 mb = 723.16 m = 2372.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.93 C = 42.68 F Cap Strength: 10.70 C Lifted Index: 11.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: 10.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 17.07 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 94.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.23 mb = 727.53 m = 2386.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.23 mb = 771.50 m = 2531.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.23 mb = 1038.83 m = 3408.21 ft B at Equ Level: 9.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 834.23 mb = 1501.83 m = 4927.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 359.8 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 29.8 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.6 neg: -31.2 tot: 189.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 25.91 m/s