MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 47.95,-97.13 Latitude: 47.95 Longitude: -97.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 972 256 5.2 2.9 85 2.3 4.1 297 13 280.6 281.4 278.6 294.0 4.84 2 950 444 3.7 2.0 89 1.7 2.9 301 23 280.9 281.7 278.5 293.8 4.64 3 900 880 0.3 -0.1 98 0.3 0.1 315 33 281.8 282.5 278.4 293.6 4.23 4 850 1336 -2.2 -2.6 97 0.4 -2.4 334 28 283.9 284.5 278.8 294.4 3.72 5 800 1815 -5.1 -5.9 94 0.8 -5.4 335 27 285.7 286.3 278.9 294.6 3.08 6 750 2321 -6.6 -7.6 93 1.0 -7.0 341 24 289.4 289.9 280.4 297.8 2.88 7 700 2857 -9.4 -10.7 90 1.3 -9.8 340 27 292.1 292.5 281.0 299.3 2.42 8 650 3426 -12.6 -14.1 88 1.6 -13.0 340 27 294.8 295.1 281.7 300.8 1.97 9 600 4033 -16.5 -18.3 86 1.8 -17.0 345 25 297.0 297.3 282.0 301.7 1.50 10 550 4683 -20.2 -22.2 84 2.0 -20.6 349 27 300.2 300.4 283.0 303.9 1.18 11 500 5380 -25.9 -28.4 79 2.6 -26.3 347 24 301.5 301.6 283.0 303.9 0.73 12 450 6135 -30.6 -33.6 75 2.9 -31.0 343 29 304.7 304.8 284.0 306.4 0.50 13 400 6962 -36.5 -39.7 72 3.2 -36.8 359 29 307.5 307.6 284.8 308.6 0.30 14 350 7871 -43.2 -50.5 44 7.4 -43.5 17 24 310.5 310.6 285.7 310.9 0.11 15 300 8906 -44.5 -66.2 7 21.7 -45.0 17 15 322.7 322.7 289.6 322.7 0.02 16 250 10123 -44.8 -73.0 3 28.1 -45.5 354 13 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.01 17 200 11610 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 326 13 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 18 150 13508 -48.1 -78.3 2 30.1 -48.9 308 17 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.01 19 100 16163 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -53.1 279 15 426.6 426.6 308.4 426.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5353.67 m Freezing level: 894.78 mb = 927.58 m = 3043.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 897.28 mb = 904.09 m = 2966.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.43 % Est. max temperature: 9.45 C = 49.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.28 mb = 543.86 m = 1784.30 ft T: 2.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 0.38 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.81 mb = 845.86 m = 2775.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.29 C = 43.32 F Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lifted Index: 7.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: 7.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 19.79 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16052.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.40 mb = 822.77 m = 2699.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.0 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 8.0 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.7 neg: -2.7 tot: 157.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 28.14 m/s