MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 40.46,-115.79 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -115.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 1 950 592 2 900 1056 3 850 1540 SFC 816 1884 4.7 -0.6 68 5.3 2.2 118 7 294.5 295.3 284.5 307.7 4.49 5 800 2048 11.2 -3.4 36 14.6 4.2 112 12 303.1 303.8 286.9 314.5 3.73 6 750 2585 9.6 -3.3 40 12.9 3.3 106 7 307.0 307.8 288.5 319.4 3.98 7 700 3153 5.8 -6.4 41 12.2 0.2 343 6 308.9 309.5 288.6 319.5 3.38 8 650 3758 5.1 -26.7 8 31.8 -4.4 3 18 314.7 314.8 287.8 317.0 0.66 9 600 4405 1.0 -19.0 21 20.0 -5.9 8 23 317.3 317.6 289.4 322.1 1.42 10 550 5099 -2.3 -29.7 10 27.4 -9.5 11 31 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.5 0.59 11 500 5850 -6.0 -39.7 5 33.6 -12.9 6 36 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.24 12 450 6663 -13.2 -42.0 7 28.8 -18.1 0 34 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.21 13 400 7545 -20.9 -43.9 11 23.0 -24.0 8 34 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 14 350 8515 -28.8 -46.3 17 17.5 -30.6 19 40 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.17 15 300 9600 -36.3 -54.2 14 17.9 -37.5 18 45 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.08 16 250 10841 -44.8 -60.6 15 15.8 -45.4 19 43 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.04 17 200 12306 -52.3 -70.4 10 18.1 -52.6 0 31 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14120 -63.6 -77.5 14 13.9 -63.7 325 29 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16587 -67.3 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 319 13 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.31 m Freezing level: 584.48 mb = 4620.61 m = 15159.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.86 mb = 3178.11 m = 10426.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.07 % Est. max temperature: 21.97 C = 71.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.39 mb = 2569.41 m = 8429.71 ft T: 9.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.37 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 473.54 mb = 6269.43 m = 20568.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.59 C = 94.25 F Cap Strength: 10.68 C Lifted Index: 12.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9426.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 627.86 mb = 4038.03 m = 13247.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 8.7 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 38.7 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.0 neg: -24.2 tot: 105.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 108.23 m/s