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: 48.09,-96.89 Latitude: 48.09 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 SFC 970 253 6.3 5.6 95 0.7 5.9 319 13 281.9 282.9 280.5 298.1 5.87 2 950 422 4.8 4.5 98 0.3 4.6 324 21 282.1 283.0 280.2 297.5 5.58 3 900 860 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.7 334 24 282.4 283.1 279.0 294.8 4.43 4 850 1318 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 329 24 285.2 286.0 280.0 297.0 4.13 5 800 1801 -2.4 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.7 325 32 288.6 289.2 281.1 299.6 3.84 6 750 2311 -4.8 -5.5 94 0.8 -5.1 323 33 291.4 292.0 281.9 301.3 3.37 7 700 2851 -8.0 -9.2 91 1.2 -8.4 326 33 293.6 294.1 282.1 301.8 2.73 8 650 3423 -11.2 -12.7 89 1.5 -11.7 331 31 296.3 296.7 282.6 303.0 2.21 9 600 4034 -14.2 -15.6 89 1.4 -14.6 349 19 299.7 300.1 283.7 305.6 1.89 10 550 4692 -16.4 -17.5 91 1.2 -16.7 31 4 304.7 305.0 285.4 310.3 1.76 11 500 5402 -21.0 -22.0 92 1.0 -21.2 179 16 307.4 307.7 285.9 311.8 1.32 12 450 6171 -27.4 -27.8 96 0.4 -27.5 152 19 308.8 309.0 285.9 311.7 0.87 13 400 7004 -34.7 -43.5 41 8.8 -35.4 165 18 309.9 309.9 285.5 310.6 0.20 14 350 7925 -39.9 -62.6 7 22.8 -40.6 173 39 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.1 0.02 15 300 8967 -44.7 -65.6 8 20.9 -45.3 168 47 322.3 322.3 289.5 322.4 0.02 16 250 10176 -47.3 -70.0 6 22.7 -47.8 181 39 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.01 17 200 11647 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -48.8 210 35 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.00 18 150 13540 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 233 33 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.01 19 100 16180 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 241 25 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5400.55 m Freezing level: 875.14 mb = 1087.90 m = 3569.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 878.73 mb = 1051.89 m = 3451.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.00 % Est. max temperature: 11.56 C = 52.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.38 mb = 341.84 m = 1121.52 ft T: 5.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 3.32 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.26 mb = 697.63 m = 2288.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.66 C = 43.98 F Cap Strength: 9.40 C Lifted Index: 10.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.64 C Showalter Index: 10.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 17.81 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.11 mb = 725.45 m = 2380.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.11 mb = 769.82 m = 2525.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 870.11 mb = 1130.78 m = 3709.88 ft B at Equ Level: 10.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 820.11 mb = 1603.20 m = 5259.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.2 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 357.2 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.3 neg: -6.7 tot: 54.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.35 Bulk Shear: 0.56 m/s