MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 46.06,-108.71 Latitude: 46.06 Longitude: -108.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 185 1 950 629 2 900 1093 SFC 894 1151 18.5 5.6 43 12.9 11.2 199 6 301.2 302.4 288.8 320.3 6.40 4 850 1576 12.7 4.1 56 8.5 8.0 200 7 299.4 300.5 287.9 317.4 6.05 5 800 2081 7.9 2.5 69 5.4 5.1 201 9 299.6 300.6 287.6 316.6 5.72 6 750 2611 6.0 -3.8 49 9.8 1.4 195 5 303.1 303.8 287.0 314.8 3.83 7 700 3174 4.4 -11.4 31 15.8 -1.9 196 3 307.4 307.8 286.9 314.6 2.29 8 650 3774 1.8 -10.9 38 12.8 -3.4 171 3 311.0 311.5 288.5 319.2 2.55 9 600 4415 -1.6 -15.1 35 13.6 -6.5 117 2 314.3 314.7 289.0 320.8 1.96 10 550 5102 -5.5 -19.8 31 14.3 -10.1 57 6 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.5 1.45 11 500 5842 -10.5 -29.3 20 18.8 -14.9 47 9 320.3 320.4 289.6 322.7 0.68 12 450 6643 -15.8 -42.3 8 26.4 -19.9 42 20 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.21 13 400 7520 -21.9 -48.4 7 26.5 -24.9 45 35 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.12 14 350 8487 -29.4 -51.3 10 21.9 -31.2 46 44 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.10 15 300 9567 -38.2 -56.1 13 18.0 -39.1 36 47 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.06 16 250 10794 -47.9 -59.7 25 11.8 -48.3 35 48 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 17 200 12238 -55.3 -68.1 19 12.9 -55.5 34 52 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 14049 -59.6 -80.8 5 21.2 -59.8 18 27 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16555 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 323 14 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.26 m Freezing level: 623.25 mb = 4116.71 m = 13506.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.16 mb = 2840.76 m = 9319.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.62 % Est. max temperature: 20.84 C = 69.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.06 mb = 2752.89 m = 9031.69 ft T: 5.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 5.65 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.62 mb = 4208.84 m = 13808.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Cap Strength: 7.05 C Lifted Index: 7.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.96 C Showalter Index: 7.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 14.58 C K Index: 11.48 Risk: None Sweat Index: 71.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9614.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.15 mb = 2707.71 m = 8883.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.2 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 99.2 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: -5.0 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 23.52 m/s