MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 42.48,-111.23 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -111.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 196 1 950 629 2 900 1088 3 850 1568 4 800 2070 SFC 792 2158 7.6 3.7 76 3.9 5.5 160 4 300.2 301.3 288.4 318.9 6.31 6 750 2599 4.8 1.2 77 3.6 2.9 137 6 301.8 302.8 288.3 318.5 5.57 7 700 3160 3.0 -3.7 61 6.8 -0.2 63 10 305.8 306.6 288.3 318.6 4.15 8 650 3759 1.2 -7.5 52 8.7 -2.6 50 14 310.3 310.9 289.0 320.9 3.33 9 600 4398 -2.4 -11.3 50 9.0 -6.0 39 16 313.3 313.9 289.3 322.0 2.68 10 550 5084 -6.0 -17.2 41 11.3 -9.8 39 20 317.0 317.3 289.7 323.0 1.80 11 500 5824 -10.1 -26.3 25 16.2 -14.3 38 27 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.8 0.89 12 450 6626 -16.3 -32.3 24 16.0 -19.6 33 31 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.8 0.56 13 400 7498 -23.9 -38.0 26 14.0 -26.0 36 32 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.36 14 350 8455 -32.6 -43.1 34 10.5 -33.7 44 34 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.6 0.24 15 300 9520 -40.9 -53.0 26 12.1 -41.5 39 45 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.09 16 250 10744 -46.1 -64.1 11 18.0 -46.7 35 66 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 12209 -50.1 -70.2 8 20.0 -50.6 30 53 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14063 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -58.0 350 32 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16571 -64.2 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 338 18 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.79 m Freezing level: 633.53 mb = 3969.33 m = 13022.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.51 mb = 3130.93 m = 10271.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.89 % Est. max temperature: 17.54 C = 63.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.83 mb = 2644.58 m = 8676.33 ft T: 4.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 0.38 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 592.38 mb = 4498.77 m = 14759.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.43 C = 68.78 F Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lifted Index: 7.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.65 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8529.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.84 mb = 3289.84 m = 10793.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.5 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 70.5 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.8 neg: -10.5 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 69.57 m/s