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: 48.29,-97.84 Latitude: 48.29 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 958 373 6.9 2.4 73 4.5 4.8 299 15 283.5 284.3 279.9 296.7 4.74 2 950 445 6.6 1.7 71 4.9 4.3 300 22 283.9 284.7 279.8 296.7 4.56 3 900 886 2.7 0.2 84 2.5 1.5 302 33 284.2 285.0 279.7 296.4 4.30 4 850 1345 -1.5 -2.2 95 0.6 -1.8 306 37 284.6 285.2 279.3 295.4 3.83 5 800 1825 -4.6 -5.2 96 0.6 -4.8 309 31 286.3 286.8 279.4 295.6 3.25 6 750 2329 -8.0 -8.9 93 0.9 -8.3 307 29 287.9 288.3 279.3 295.5 2.60 7 700 2864 -8.4 -15.7 56 7.3 -10.5 316 20 293.2 293.5 280.5 298.1 1.60 8 650 3435 -11.5 -22.5 40 11.1 -14.0 324 21 296.0 296.2 280.9 299.1 0.97 9 600 4043 -15.9 -30.3 28 14.4 -18.4 316 22 297.7 297.8 281.1 299.4 0.51 10 550 4693 -20.3 -34.8 26 14.5 -22.4 307 23 299.9 300.0 281.8 301.2 0.36 11 500 5390 -25.3 -29.1 71 3.7 -25.9 320 14 302.1 302.3 283.2 304.4 0.69 12 450 6148 -29.9 -32.8 76 2.9 -30.3 347 4 305.7 305.8 284.4 307.5 0.54 13 400 6975 -36.5 -39.7 72 3.2 -36.8 125 10 307.5 307.6 284.8 308.6 0.30 14 350 7885 -43.1 -50.7 43 7.5 -43.5 106 12 310.6 310.6 285.7 310.9 0.10 15 300 8917 -45.3 -65.2 9 19.9 -45.8 152 10 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.6 0.02 16 250 10131 -45.4 -72.0 3 26.5 -46.0 199 10 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.01 17 200 11615 -47.0 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.7 253 17 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 18 150 13515 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.5 260 16 387.9 387.9 303.5 388.0 0.01 19 100 16172 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.3 274 26 426.1 426.1 308.4 426.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5366.05 m Freezing level: 868.19 mb = 1177.62 m = 3863.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 876.90 mb = 1094.47 m = 3590.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.70 % Est. max temperature: 9.38 C = 48.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.18 mb = 937.84 m = 3076.87 ft T: 2.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 1.30 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.18 mb = 1220.97 m = 4005.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.90 C = 46.21 F Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lifted Index: 6.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.17 C Showalter Index: 6.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 14.36 Risk: None Sweat Index: 88.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.09 mb = 1184.74 m = 3886.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.09 mb = 1324.80 m = 4346.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 742.09 mb = 2411.27 m = 7910.91 ft B at Equ Level: 7.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 722.09 mb = 2623.00 m = 8605.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.5 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 341.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.5 neg: -24.3 tot: 63.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 4.81 m/s