MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 46.73,-97.36 Latitude: 46.73 Longitude: -97.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 967 311 9.0 1.7 60 7.3 5.5 300 14 284.9 285.7 280.3 297.5 4.47 2 950 457 9.2 1.0 57 8.2 5.3 303 26 286.5 287.2 280.8 298.8 4.33 3 900 902 5.4 -0.4 66 5.8 2.8 305 36 287.1 287.8 280.8 298.9 4.13 4 850 1365 0.9 -1.3 85 2.2 -0.0 305 39 287.1 287.8 280.8 298.8 4.09 5 800 1848 -3.1 -4.6 90 1.5 -3.7 306 46 287.8 288.4 280.3 297.6 3.40 6 750 2355 -7.1 -8.3 91 1.2 -7.5 306 45 288.9 289.4 279.9 296.8 2.72 7 700 2889 -10.7 -14.0 77 3.2 -11.7 301 41 290.6 290.9 279.6 296.2 1.85 8 650 3456 -12.5 -23.5 39 11.0 -14.9 299 29 294.8 295.0 280.3 297.6 0.89 9 600 4063 -16.1 -30.8 27 14.7 -18.6 297 30 297.5 297.6 281.0 299.1 0.49 10 550 4711 -21.4 -31.9 38 10.6 -22.9 288 30 298.7 298.8 281.5 300.3 0.48 11 500 5405 -27.2 -35.2 47 7.9 -28.2 276 28 299.9 299.9 281.8 301.1 0.38 12 450 6155 -32.7 -46.8 23 14.0 -33.7 277 21 302.1 302.2 282.4 302.6 0.13 13 400 6974 -38.2 -49.4 30 11.2 -38.8 273 11 305.4 305.4 283.7 305.8 0.11 14 350 7880 -43.0 -59.0 16 16.0 -43.5 266 13 310.8 310.8 285.7 310.9 0.04 15 300 8918 -43.7 -66.3 6 22.6 -44.3 250 14 323.8 323.8 289.9 323.9 0.02 16 250 10139 -44.1 -72.4 3 28.3 -44.8 255 18 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.01 17 200 11631 -46.0 -76.7 2 30.7 -46.8 259 24 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 18 150 13537 -47.3 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.2 261 26 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.01 19 100 16192 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 270 24 426.3 426.3 308.4 426.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5373.42 m Freezing level: 838.65 mb = 1474.60 m = 4837.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 850.69 mb = 1358.24 m = 4456.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.82 % Est. max temperature: 11.67 C = 53.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.65 mb = 1226.34 m = 4023.37 ft T: 2.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 2.68 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.58 mb = 1635.97 m = 5367.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.60 C = 52.88 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: 2.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: 2.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 54.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 23.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.26 mb = 1542.56 m = 5060.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.26 mb = 1885.01 m = 6184.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 686.26 mb = 3040.63 m = 9975.70 ft B at Equ Level: 23.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 636.26 mb = 3618.24 m = 11870.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.0 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 327.0 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.0 neg: -61.7 tot: 27.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.00 Bulk Shear: 6.02 m/s