MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511160600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511160600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 18 NOV 25 Station: 45.0,-93.2 Latitude: 45.00 Longitude: -93.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 986 273 1.4 0.6 94 0.8 1.1 102 6 275.7 276.4 274.9 286.7 4.05 2 950 568 0.2 -0.0 99 0.2 0.1 117 19 277.4 278.1 275.8 288.4 4.02 3 900 1001 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.0 117 15 281.6 282.3 278.3 293.3 4.18 4 850 1460 0.7 0.4 98 0.3 0.6 222 2 286.9 287.7 281.4 300.1 4.64 5 800 1947 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.0 251 9 291.3 292.1 283.4 304.9 4.72 6 750 2463 -1.0 -1.4 97 0.4 -1.2 255 14 295.5 296.3 284.9 309.0 4.59 7 700 3013 -2.6 -3.1 96 0.6 -2.8 259 15 299.7 300.5 286.3 312.7 4.34 8 650 3598 -5.5 -6.3 94 0.8 -5.9 269 14 302.7 303.4 286.7 313.9 3.66 9 600 4222 -8.8 -10.0 91 1.2 -9.3 279 14 305.9 306.5 287.2 315.2 2.98 10 550 4892 -12.4 -13.8 89 1.4 -12.9 278 14 309.4 309.8 287.8 317.0 2.39 11 500 5614 -16.6 -18.3 87 1.7 -17.1 273 18 312.8 313.1 288.3 318.7 1.81 12 450 6396 -22.8 -24.8 84 2.0 -23.2 277 20 314.6 314.8 288.2 318.5 1.14 13 400 7247 -29.8 -32.4 78 2.6 -30.2 271 21 316.3 316.4 288.2 318.5 0.63 14 350 8182 -37.6 -41.5 67 3.9 -37.9 286 26 318.1 318.1 288.5 319.1 0.29 15 300 9229 -45.0 -49.0 64 4.0 -45.2 282 24 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.5 0.15 16 250 10422 -54.1 -57.6 65 3.5 -54.1 285 17 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.0 0.06 17 200 11826 -59.4 -68.0 32 8.6 -59.6 283 17 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 18 150 13641 -56.9 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.2 284 28 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16193 -60.4 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 288 37 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5457.78 m Freezing level: 795.51 mb = 1993.17 m = 6539.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 916.57 mb = 855.15 m = 2805.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.26 % Est. max temperature: 13.78 C = 56.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.46 mb = 372.15 m = 1220.94 ft T: 1.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 952.50 mb = 546.92 m = 1794.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.96 C = 37.33 F Cap Strength: 17.67 C Lifted Index: 19.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.90 C Showalter Index: 12.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.35 C Cross Totals Index: 17.06 C K Index: 17.21 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 25.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16329.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.71 mb = 749.69 m = 2459.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.0 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 292.0 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.3 neg: -10.0 tot: 90.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 101.43 m/s