MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 54.69,-93.65 Latitude: 54.69 Longitude: -93.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 1000 180 -0.1 -2.2 86 2.0 -0.9 336 5 273.1 273.6 272.2 281.9 3.26 2 950 584 -4.0 -4.4 97 0.4 -4.1 349 10 273.1 273.6 271.8 281.0 2.90 3 900 1008 -7.0 -7.7 94 0.7 -7.2 16 8 274.3 274.7 271.6 280.9 2.37 4 850 1454 -5.9 -12.4 60 6.6 -7.8 5 9 280.0 280.3 274.0 285.0 1.73 5 800 1930 -4.2 -31.9 9 27.7 -9.4 15 22 286.7 286.8 275.5 287.8 0.33 6 750 2435 -6.7 -30.7 13 24.1 -11.3 15 21 289.3 289.4 276.9 290.6 0.39 7 700 2971 -9.1 -28.0 20 18.9 -13.0 15 21 292.4 292.5 278.7 294.1 0.54 8 650 3540 -12.4 -17.8 64 5.4 -13.8 13 23 295.0 295.2 281.1 299.5 1.45 9 600 4149 -14.1 -21.6 53 7.6 -15.9 11 18 299.8 300.1 282.8 303.5 1.13 10 550 4806 -16.9 -25.3 48 8.3 -18.7 9 15 304.0 304.2 284.1 306.9 0.89 11 500 5516 -20.4 -29.3 45 8.8 -22.0 9 13 308.1 308.2 285.5 310.4 0.68 12 450 6287 -25.8 -36.2 37 10.3 -27.2 12 12 310.7 310.8 286.1 312.1 0.39 13 400 7128 -33.1 -41.8 42 8.6 -33.9 24 9 311.9 312.0 286.3 312.8 0.24 14 350 8048 -41.6 -47.7 51 6.1 -41.9 350 3 312.7 312.7 286.5 313.2 0.15 15 300 9075 -49.6 -57.4 39 7.9 -49.8 343 2 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.7 0.05 16 250 10251 -54.7 -63.9 31 9.2 -54.8 8 15 324.8 324.8 290.2 324.9 0.03 17 200 11675 -54.3 -75.7 6 21.4 -54.6 2 19 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 13516 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 353 18 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16105 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.7 347 11 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5339.09 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.28 % Est. max temperature: 6.88 C = 44.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.16 mb = 433.78 m = 1423.14 ft T: -2.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.44 C/km ThetaE index: 1.00 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.55 mb = 704.30 m = 2310.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.28 C = 32.50 F Cap Strength: 19.96 C Lifted Index: 22.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.63 C Showalter Index: 19.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.58 C Cross Totals Index: 8.03 C K Index: -16.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 31.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19595.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.03 mb = 700.23 m = 2297.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 10.9 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 40.9 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.8 neg: -4.7 tot: 36.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 10.72 m/s