MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 45.28,-102.95 Latitude: 45.28 Longitude: -102.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 535 SFC 912 872 10.4 0.2 49 10.3 5.5 301 23 291.1 291.9 282.8 303.5 4.24 3 900 984 8.5 -1.0 51 9.5 4.1 302 30 290.2 290.9 282.0 301.7 3.94 4 850 1452 3.6 -2.2 66 5.8 1.0 302 35 289.9 290.6 281.8 301.0 3.81 5 800 1940 -1.1 -3.2 86 2.1 -2.0 302 38 290.0 290.6 281.7 300.9 3.77 6 750 2450 -5.3 -7.7 83 2.4 -6.2 309 49 290.8 291.3 281.0 299.2 2.84 7 700 2988 -9.1 -12.3 78 3.2 -10.1 308 51 292.4 292.8 280.8 298.8 2.13 8 650 3556 -13.2 -17.0 73 3.8 -14.2 307 46 294.0 294.3 280.8 298.8 1.55 9 600 4160 -18.1 -22.0 72 3.9 -19.0 302 42 295.1 295.3 280.7 298.6 1.09 10 550 4803 -23.2 -29.9 55 6.6 -24.2 301 49 296.5 296.6 280.6 298.4 0.58 11 500 5493 -28.6 -44.6 20 16.0 -29.9 300 54 298.2 298.2 280.7 298.7 0.14 12 450 6237 -34.1 -46.4 28 12.3 -34.9 301 54 300.3 300.4 281.7 300.8 0.13 13 400 7052 -39.3 -52.1 24 12.8 -39.8 304 51 304.0 304.0 283.1 304.2 0.08 14 350 7959 -42.7 -62.2 10 19.5 -43.3 313 52 311.1 311.1 285.8 311.2 0.03 15 300 8992 -45.2 -67.4 6 22.2 -45.7 311 49 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.7 0.01 16 250 10207 -45.1 -73.2 3 28.1 -45.8 307 49 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.01 17 200 11694 -46.1 -76.7 2 30.6 -46.8 304 51 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.01 18 150 13586 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 300 48 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16225 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.0 -53.3 282 39 426.1 426.1 308.4 426.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5388.18 m Freezing level: 811.84 mb = 1824.12 m = 5984.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 833.33 mb = 1611.22 m = 5286.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.59 % Est. max temperature: 9.89 C = 49.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.86 mb = 2141.26 m = 7025.04 ft T: -2.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 5.04 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.54 mb = 2205.70 m = 7236.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.70 C = 49.47 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.20 C Cross Totals Index: 26.35 C K Index: 26.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.68 mb = 2173.64 m = 7131.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.68 mb = 2327.87 m = 7637.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.68 mb = 6056.36 m = 19869.72 ft B at Equ Level: 86.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 381.68 mb = 7370.24 m = 24180.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.3 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 333.3 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.5 neg: -39.4 tot: 101.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.62 Bulk Shear: 33.24 m/s