MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512090600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512090600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 10 DEC 25 Station: 50.28,-114.28 Latitude: 50.28 Longitude: -114.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 549 2 900 987 3 850 1444 SFC 842 1518 -3.6 -8.9 66 5.3 -5.4 262 8 283.1 283.5 276.5 289.8 2.30 5 800 1924 -4.8 -10.7 63 5.9 -6.7 288 22 286.1 286.4 277.7 292.2 2.11 6 750 2428 -8.3 -17.3 48 9.0 -10.7 312 26 287.5 287.8 277.4 291.5 1.31 7 700 2960 -11.2 -27.9 24 16.7 -14.4 328 37 290.1 290.2 277.6 291.9 0.55 8 650 3525 -14.4 -34.4 17 20.0 -17.4 339 39 292.7 292.7 278.5 293.7 0.32 9 600 4127 -17.9 -39.9 13 22.0 -20.6 331 50 295.4 295.4 279.6 296.1 0.20 10 550 4773 -21.2 -39.9 17 18.7 -23.4 328 70 299.0 299.0 281.2 299.7 0.22 11 500 5469 -26.1 -39.5 27 13.4 -27.5 316 69 301.3 301.3 282.3 302.1 0.25 12 450 6223 -30.7 -43.2 29 12.4 -31.7 314 94 304.6 304.7 283.5 305.3 0.19 13 400 7051 -35.1 -44.4 38 9.3 -35.8 314 114 309.4 309.5 285.4 310.1 0.18 14 350 7973 -40.1 -45.5 56 5.5 -40.4 310 135 314.7 314.7 287.2 315.4 0.19 15 300 9007 -47.3 -54.9 41 7.6 -47.6 310 128 318.6 318.7 288.4 318.9 0.07 16 250 10195 -52.9 -68.4 14 15.5 -53.2 303 117 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.02 17 200 11627 -53.5 -77.8 4 24.3 -53.8 308 96 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.00 18 150 13475 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 307 78 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16066 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 312 48 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5333.61 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.70 % Est. max temperature: 3.42 C = 38.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.04 mb = 2181.86 m = 7158.24 ft T: -6.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 0.72 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.38 mb = 3613.69 m = 11855.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.89 C = 42.60 F Cap Strength: 7.98 C Lifted Index: 9.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15836.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.77 mb = 2831.45 m = 9289.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.4 at 63.4 knts Storm direction: 348.4 at 47.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 4.1 tot: 10.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.3 neg: -7.4 tot: 297.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 341.23 m/s