MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510020000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510020000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 45.5,-103.3 Latitude: 45.50 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 950 479 SFC 902 924 16.4 7.3 55 9.1 11.1 293 13 298.2 299.5 288.5 319.2 7.12 3 900 942 16.7 7.1 53 9.5 11.2 295 14 298.7 300.0 288.6 319.5 7.06 4 850 1432 18.2 6.3 46 11.9 11.2 332 30 305.2 306.6 290.7 326.6 7.07 5 800 1947 14.4 4.9 53 9.5 8.9 324 24 306.5 307.7 290.9 327.1 6.80 6 750 2488 9.8 2.7 61 7.1 5.9 286 22 307.2 308.3 290.6 326.2 6.21 7 700 3057 5.8 0.5 68 5.4 3.0 244 19 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.4 5.66 8 650 3659 0.8 -1.3 86 2.1 -0.3 203 21 309.9 310.9 290.7 326.5 5.36 9 600 4297 -2.8 -3.1 98 0.3 -3.0 189 29 312.8 313.8 291.4 328.8 5.07 10 550 4984 -6.1 -6.8 95 0.7 -6.4 185 36 316.8 317.6 291.8 330.2 4.18 11 500 5724 -10.4 -11.6 91 1.2 -10.9 182 38 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.7 3.14 12 450 6527 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.7 189 35 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.0 2.08 13 400 7401 -22.8 -25.3 80 2.5 -23.4 200 38 325.3 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.22 14 350 8364 -30.5 -33.5 75 3.0 -31.0 213 44 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.0 0.65 15 300 9441 -39.3 -42.5 71 3.3 -39.5 223 53 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 16 250 10659 -50.8 -54.4 66 3.6 -51.0 229 57 330.5 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.09 17 200 12067 -62.6 -67.0 55 4.4 -62.6 237 62 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.02 18 150 13876 -56.0 -83.4 2 27.4 -56.3 241 62 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16416 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 242 24 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.32 m Freezing level: 638.91 mb = 3800.32 m = 12468.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.16 mb = 3606.75 m = 11833.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.29 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.62 mb = 2088.58 m = 6852.23 ft T: 13.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 0.97 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.14 mb = 3422.96 m = 11230.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.36 C = 81.25 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: 2.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 16.77 C K Index: 29.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6528.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.28 mb = 2775.63 m = 9106.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.2 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 240.2 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 8.6 tot: 12.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.9 neg: -82.2 tot: -48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 224.92 m/s