MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 45.25,-93.63 Latitude: 45.25 Longitude: -93.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 971 289 7.2 3.4 77 3.8 5.4 289 19 282.7 283.6 279.8 296.7 5.03 2 950 470 5.0 2.2 82 2.8 3.7 292 27 282.2 283.0 279.3 295.3 4.71 3 900 908 0.7 0.4 98 0.3 0.6 296 33 282.3 283.0 278.9 294.5 4.39 4 850 1364 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.5 314 44 283.7 284.3 278.7 294.2 3.70 5 800 1843 -5.1 -5.4 98 0.3 -5.3 326 39 285.7 286.2 279.0 294.8 3.19 6 750 2347 -8.2 -8.5 97 0.4 -8.3 312 38 287.7 288.2 279.3 295.5 2.68 7 700 2880 -10.5 -11.7 90 1.3 -10.9 321 44 290.9 291.3 280.3 297.5 2.22 8 650 3447 -13.6 -15.2 88 1.6 -14.1 330 35 293.5 293.8 280.9 299.0 1.80 9 600 4051 -16.8 -18.6 86 1.7 -17.3 323 33 296.6 296.9 281.8 301.2 1.47 10 550 4700 -20.8 -22.8 84 2.0 -21.2 319 37 299.4 299.6 282.6 303.0 1.11 11 500 5396 -26.6 -29.1 79 2.5 -26.9 318 43 300.6 300.8 282.5 302.9 0.69 12 450 6147 -32.2 -37.3 60 5.1 -32.7 315 53 302.8 302.9 283.0 304.0 0.34 13 400 6970 -36.4 -50.2 23 13.8 -37.1 314 61 307.7 307.8 284.6 308.1 0.10 14 350 7888 -39.5 -62.6 7 23.1 -40.4 315 66 315.4 315.4 287.2 315.5 0.02 15 300 8936 -42.3 -67.4 5 25.0 -43.0 315 64 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.7 0.01 16 250 10161 -44.1 -75.2 2 31.2 -44.8 315 63 340.6 340.6 294.4 340.6 0.01 17 200 11651 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.0 312 53 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 18 150 13545 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.1 315 42 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 19 100 16175 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 306 32 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5345.47 m Freezing level: 888.12 mb = 1016.13 m = 3333.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 890.15 mb = 995.55 m = 3266.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.91 % Est. max temperature: 9.30 C = 48.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.43 mb = 761.24 m = 2497.46 ft T: 2.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 2.54 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.88 mb = 899.81 m = 2952.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.77 C = 44.19 F Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lifted Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 6.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 20.32 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.74 mb = 918.92 m = 3014.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.74 mb = 963.47 m = 3160.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 803.74 mb = 1806.15 m = 5925.60 ft B at Equ Level: 8.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 733.74 mb = 2516.43 m = 8255.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.2 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 347.2 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.6 neg: -34.8 tot: 244.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 44.85 m/s