MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 46.07,-116.36 Latitude: 46.07 Longitude: -116.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 573 2 900 1018 SFC 897 1044 5.2 1.7 78 3.5 3.5 266 12 287.1 288.0 281.7 300.8 4.82 4 850 1482 1.5 0.4 92 1.1 1.0 279 28 287.7 288.5 281.7 301.0 4.64 5 800 1968 -1.7 -3.1 90 1.4 -2.3 294 35 289.3 290.0 281.4 300.3 3.79 6 750 2478 -4.8 -7.5 81 2.7 -5.8 300 28 291.4 291.9 281.3 300.0 2.90 7 700 3017 -8.4 -10.4 85 2.1 -9.1 286 19 293.2 293.7 281.6 300.6 2.46 8 650 3587 -13.2 -14.2 92 1.0 -13.5 302 34 294.1 294.4 281.3 300.0 1.96 9 600 4192 -17.4 -19.8 82 2.3 -18.0 311 31 295.9 296.2 281.4 300.1 1.33 10 550 4837 -22.8 -24.4 87 1.6 -23.1 314 27 297.0 297.2 281.4 300.1 0.96 11 500 5527 -28.7 -30.3 86 1.6 -29.0 318 27 298.0 298.1 281.3 300.0 0.62 12 450 6273 -33.1 -39.8 51 6.7 -33.6 323 38 301.7 301.7 282.4 302.6 0.27 13 400 7093 -36.4 -56.0 11 19.6 -37.3 323 49 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.9 0.05 14 350 8019 -36.4 -66.5 3 30.1 -37.5 330 75 319.7 319.7 288.6 319.7 0.01 15 300 9083 -39.1 -66.4 4 27.3 -40.1 337 105 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.02 16 250 10316 -45.2 -69.7 5 24.5 -45.9 336 103 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.01 17 200 11787 -49.6 -77.7 2 28.1 -50.1 322 82 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.00 18 150 13651 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 312 67 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16255 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 297 35 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5376.92 m Freezing level: 826.68 mb = 1708.53 m = 5605.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 834.79 mb = 1626.70 m = 5336.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.41 % Est. max temperature: 9.42 C = 48.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.74 mb = 1484.52 m = 4870.41 ft T: 1.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 1.00 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1830.06 m = 6004.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.89 C = 44.40 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.25 C Cross Totals Index: 29.17 C K Index: 28.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.68 mb = 1734.01 m = 5688.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.68 mb = 3602.19 m = 11818.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 618.68 mb = 3959.94 m = 12991.75 ft B at Equ Level: 9.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 458.68 mb = 6137.18 m = 20134.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.1 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 338.1 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.8 neg: -59.8 tot: 199.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 38.93 m/s