MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 46.23,-103.14 Latitude: 46.23 Longitude: -103.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 528 SFC 910 883 7.7 -0.2 57 7.9 4.0 299 22 288.5 289.3 281.5 300.4 4.14 3 900 975 7.1 -0.9 57 7.9 3.4 300 31 288.8 289.5 281.4 300.3 3.98 4 850 1441 2.6 -1.8 72 4.5 0.7 302 44 288.9 289.6 281.4 300.3 3.93 5 800 1927 -2.0 -3.1 92 1.2 -2.4 302 50 289.1 289.7 281.3 300.0 3.79 6 750 2436 -6.0 -6.3 98 0.3 -6.1 303 56 290.0 290.6 281.0 299.3 3.17 7 700 2972 -10.3 -10.6 98 0.3 -10.4 309 60 291.1 291.5 280.6 298.3 2.43 8 650 3538 -14.6 -14.8 98 0.3 -14.7 314 61 292.5 292.8 280.5 298.1 1.86 9 600 4139 -18.3 -19.0 94 0.7 -18.5 316 58 294.9 295.1 281.0 299.3 1.42 10 550 4783 -22.8 -23.1 97 0.3 -22.9 318 57 297.0 297.2 281.5 300.4 1.08 11 500 5476 -25.8 -31.2 61 5.4 -26.6 322 66 301.6 301.7 282.8 303.5 0.57 12 450 6233 -30.5 -37.3 51 6.8 -31.2 326 69 304.9 305.0 283.8 306.1 0.34 13 400 7060 -35.3 -56.7 9 21.4 -36.3 325 67 309.1 309.2 285.1 309.3 0.04 14 350 7979 -41.0 -57.7 15 16.6 -41.6 325 65 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.6 0.05 15 300 9015 -45.0 -66.1 8 21.1 -45.5 324 67 321.9 321.9 289.3 322.0 0.02 16 250 10226 -47.0 -72.6 4 25.6 -47.6 323 67 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.2 0.01 17 200 11699 -48.1 -78.2 2 30.1 -48.7 318 61 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.00 18 150 13583 -50.9 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.5 313 47 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16206 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 295 33 426.3 426.3 308.4 426.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5375.26 m Freezing level: 821.26 mb = 1720.52 m = 5644.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 839.30 mb = 1542.67 m = 5061.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.43 % Est. max temperature: 8.97 C = 48.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.51 mb = 1862.33 m = 6109.93 ft T: -1.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 2.35 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.87 mb = 2037.83 m = 6685.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.43 C = 47.18 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: 2.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 23.96 C K Index: 26.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.16 mb = 1995.06 m = 6545.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.16 mb = 2247.71 m = 7374.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 558.16 mb = 4674.21 m = 15335.14 ft B at Equ Level: 64.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 488.16 mb = 5648.61 m = 18531.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.0 at 57.9 knts Storm direction: 345.0 at 43.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 383.5 neg: -1.8 tot: 381.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 87.90 m/s