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: 47.72,-96.28 Latitude: 47.72 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 SFC 962 324 5.3 4.7 95 0.7 5.0 286 14 281.6 282.6 280.0 296.9 5.55 2 950 426 4.5 4.2 98 0.3 4.4 289 20 281.8 282.7 280.0 296.9 5.46 3 900 864 1.6 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 300 38 283.2 284.0 279.7 296.3 4.69 4 850 1323 -0.9 -1.1 98 0.3 -1.0 305 50 285.3 286.0 280.0 297.0 4.14 5 800 1804 -3.8 -4.4 95 0.6 -4.0 309 51 287.1 287.7 280.0 297.0 3.44 6 750 2311 -5.8 -6.6 94 0.8 -6.1 307 47 290.3 290.8 281.1 299.4 3.10 7 700 2850 -8.1 -9.3 91 1.2 -8.5 310 46 293.5 294.0 282.0 301.6 2.70 8 650 3421 -11.9 -13.4 88 1.6 -12.3 315 45 295.5 295.9 282.1 301.9 2.08 9 600 4030 -15.2 -17.0 86 1.8 -15.7 318 40 298.6 298.9 282.9 303.8 1.68 10 550 4682 -19.8 -22.0 83 2.2 -20.3 315 35 300.6 300.8 283.1 304.4 1.19 11 500 5382 -24.6 -27.2 79 2.6 -25.1 310 30 303.0 303.2 283.7 305.7 0.82 12 450 6141 -29.5 -32.3 77 2.8 -29.9 305 23 306.2 306.3 284.6 308.1 0.56 13 400 6971 -35.5 -38.7 73 3.2 -35.8 302 19 308.8 308.9 285.3 310.0 0.34 14 350 7883 -43.2 -47.2 64 4.0 -43.4 308 22 310.5 310.5 285.7 311.1 0.15 15 300 8913 -45.1 -64.3 10 19.3 -45.6 268 11 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.02 16 250 10131 -44.6 -72.8 3 28.2 -45.3 234 14 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.7 0.01 17 200 11622 -46.1 -76.7 2 30.6 -46.8 236 18 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.01 18 150 13527 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.4 251 24 388.1 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16177 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.1 248 24 426.5 426.5 308.4 426.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5376.58 m Freezing level: 867.05 mb = 1166.28 m = 3826.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 869.84 mb = 1137.63 m = 3732.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.33 % Est. max temperature: 10.35 C = 50.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.81 mb = 410.13 m = 1345.54 ft T: 4.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 0.62 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 808.12 m = 2651.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.75 C = 44.15 F Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lifted Index: 6.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 6.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 21.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15205.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.61 mb = 804.86 m = 2640.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.6 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 339.6 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.1 neg: -23.4 tot: 249.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 30.94 m/s