MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 14 OCT 25 Station: 46.9,-100.1 Latitude: 46.90 Longitude: -100.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 233 SFC 961 562 4.8 3.9 94 0.9 4.4 101 10 281.2 282.1 279.4 295.8 5.28 2 950 653 3.8 3.5 98 0.3 3.6 107 13 281.0 281.9 279.2 295.3 5.17 3 900 1091 3.3 2.9 97 0.4 3.1 137 28 284.9 285.8 281.1 299.5 5.23 4 850 1554 1.7 1.3 97 0.4 1.5 143 26 287.9 288.8 282.1 302.0 4.94 5 800 2041 -0.6 -0.8 98 0.3 -0.7 153 31 290.6 291.4 282.8 303.6 4.49 6 750 2554 -3.7 -4.2 96 0.5 -3.9 157 39 292.6 293.2 282.8 303.6 3.74 7 700 3103 -0.2 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.3 206 30 302.3 303.2 288.1 318.1 5.27 8 650 3696 -0.8 -1.1 98 0.3 -0.9 227 40 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.9 5.45 9 600 4334 -3.3 -3.6 98 0.3 -3.4 236 47 312.3 313.3 291.1 327.8 4.90 10 550 5017 -7.3 -8.2 93 0.9 -7.7 241 52 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.5 3.74 11 500 5754 -11.7 -17.4 63 5.6 -13.6 244 50 318.7 319.1 290.3 325.3 1.96 12 450 6552 -17.4 -22.5 64 5.1 -18.8 239 46 321.4 321.6 290.6 326.2 1.40 13 400 7423 -23.3 -26.9 72 3.6 -24.1 232 40 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.4 1.06 14 350 8385 -30.9 -34.6 70 3.7 -31.4 251 45 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.58 15 300 9458 -40.4 -44.1 67 3.7 -40.6 235 64 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.4 0.25 16 250 10684 -46.3 -62.5 14 16.2 -46.8 248 83 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 17 200 12135 -53.8 -69.2 13 15.5 -54.1 245 102 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13959 -60.6 -79.8 6 19.3 -60.7 251 87 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16461 -61.5 -86.0 2 24.5 -61.7 259 49 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5520.31 m Freezing level: 812.47 mb = 1919.66 m = 6298.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 815.76 mb = 1884.42 m = 6182.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.38 % Est. max temperature: 13.52 C = 56.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.55 mb = 673.87 m = 2210.84 ft T: 3.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.35 C/km ThetaE index: 0.49 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1421.42 m = 4663.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.60 C = 51.07 F Cap Strength: 16.93 C Lifted Index: 18.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.08 C Showalter Index: 15.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 13.40 C Cross Totals Index: 13.02 C K Index: 14.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 266.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15727.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.57 mb = 1059.17 m = 3474.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 562.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 562.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 187.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 247.74 m/s