MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511050000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511050000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 7 NOV 25 Station: 42.7,-102.0 Latitude: 42.70 Longitude: -102.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 502 2 900 959 SFC 886 1090 11.1 -0.7 44 11.8 5.4 282 8 294.3 295.0 284.0 306.4 4.11 4 850 1438 10.8 -1.9 41 12.7 4.7 297 23 297.5 298.2 285.0 309.1 3.90 5 800 1939 5.9 -3.2 52 9.1 1.7 300 25 297.4 298.1 284.8 308.7 3.77 6 750 2462 1.6 -7.0 53 8.6 -2.0 309 27 298.3 298.8 284.3 307.4 3.01 7 700 3013 -2.9 -10.5 56 7.5 -5.7 316 26 299.2 299.7 284.1 306.8 2.46 8 650 3595 -7.3 -15.1 54 7.7 -9.8 322 29 300.7 301.0 284.0 306.4 1.82 9 600 4213 -11.9 -20.5 49 8.6 -14.2 311 30 302.3 302.6 284.0 306.4 1.25 10 550 4872 -16.7 -27.6 38 10.9 -18.8 295 32 304.3 304.4 284.1 306.7 0.72 11 500 5581 -21.7 -29.4 50 7.7 -23.0 281 38 306.6 306.7 284.9 308.9 0.67 12 450 6346 -27.9 -30.9 75 3.1 -28.3 278 40 308.2 308.4 285.5 310.4 0.64 13 400 7181 -33.4 -48.0 22 14.6 -34.4 275 48 311.5 311.5 286.0 312.0 0.12 14 350 8111 -37.4 -62.4 6 25.0 -38.4 275 59 318.3 318.3 288.2 318.4 0.02 15 300 9160 -44.5 -66.7 7 22.2 -45.1 278 61 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.6 0.02 16 250 10360 -50.8 -67.5 12 16.8 -51.1 276 57 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.02 17 200 11799 -54.1 -74.4 7 20.3 -54.4 272 63 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13634 -56.1 -81.8 3 25.6 -56.5 282 58 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16195 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 298 50 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5517.04 m Freezing level: 732.62 mb = 2653.86 m = 8706.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.72 mb = 2178.35 m = 7146.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.77 % Est. max temperature: 15.24 C = 59.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.62 mb = 2562.88 m = 8408.28 ft T: 0.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 2.79 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.51 mb = 3304.51 m = 10841.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.61 C = 61.89 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.49 C Cross Totals Index: 19.75 C K Index: 23.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10224.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.98 mb = 2967.85 m = 9736.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.1 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 325.1 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.0 neg: -7.2 tot: 64.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 24.19 m/s