MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 47.94,-97.34 Latitude: 47.94 Longitude: -97.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 969 277 7.8 3.0 72 4.8 5.5 295 13 283.5 284.4 280.1 297.3 4.91 2 950 436 7.5 1.9 68 5.5 4.8 298 25 284.8 285.6 280.4 297.8 4.63 3 900 878 3.7 0.3 78 3.4 2.2 300 37 285.3 286.1 280.3 297.6 4.34 4 850 1339 -0.6 -1.3 95 0.7 -0.9 301 43 285.5 286.2 280.0 297.1 4.08 5 800 1820 -4.3 -5.1 94 0.9 -4.6 305 48 286.6 287.2 279.6 296.0 3.26 6 750 2325 -7.3 -9.1 87 1.8 -7.9 302 44 288.7 289.1 279.6 296.2 2.56 7 700 2861 -8.5 -15.8 55 7.3 -10.6 300 35 293.1 293.4 280.4 297.9 1.59 8 650 3432 -11.7 -21.0 46 9.3 -13.9 298 35 295.8 296.0 281.0 299.2 1.11 9 600 4039 -16.9 -22.2 64 5.2 -18.1 301 38 296.5 296.7 281.3 299.9 1.08 10 550 4685 -21.8 -25.6 71 3.8 -22.5 303 33 298.2 298.4 281.8 301.0 0.87 11 500 5382 -25.1 -27.6 79 2.6 -25.5 308 25 302.4 302.6 283.4 305.0 0.79 12 450 6139 -30.1 -32.8 77 2.7 -30.4 300 22 305.4 305.5 284.2 307.2 0.54 13 400 6966 -36.6 -40.0 71 3.3 -36.9 293 19 307.4 307.5 284.7 308.4 0.30 14 350 7877 -43.2 -46.9 67 3.7 -43.4 339 12 310.4 310.5 285.7 311.0 0.16 15 300 8904 -46.5 -63.3 13 16.8 -47.0 260 10 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.03 16 250 10116 -45.1 -73.2 3 28.1 -45.7 236 13 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.01 17 200 11604 -45.9 -76.6 2 30.7 -46.6 257 20 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 18 150 13508 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 259 22 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16158 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.9 280 25 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5367.99 m Freezing level: 857.28 mb = 1271.60 m = 4171.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 864.92 mb = 1198.44 m = 3931.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.49 % Est. max temperature: 10.42 C = 50.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.19 mb = 876.34 m = 2875.08 ft T: 3.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 1.83 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.93 mb = 1273.16 m = 4176.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.72 C = 49.49 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 5.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 15.79 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.78 mb = 1218.40 m = 3997.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.78 mb = 1453.56 m = 4768.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 737.78 mb = 2453.06 m = 8048.00 ft B at Equ Level: 14.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 707.78 mb = 2775.49 m = 9105.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.7 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 331.7 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.1 neg: -65.1 tot: 84.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 9.03 m/s