MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 42.69,-106.89 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 1 950 616 2 900 1082 3 850 1570 SFC 821 1864 14.7 7.2 61 7.4 10.2 37 6 304.5 306.0 291.2 328.0 7.80 5 800 2081 11.4 6.1 70 5.3 8.3 38 7 303.3 304.7 290.4 325.5 7.40 6 750 2616 6.1 5.0 93 1.1 5.5 40 8 303.2 304.5 290.3 325.1 7.31 7 700 3177 2.3 1.0 91 1.3 1.6 75 14 305.1 306.1 289.6 322.9 5.89 8 650 3772 -1.1 -3.3 85 2.2 -2.1 74 17 307.7 308.6 289.3 322.0 4.62 9 600 4407 -4.4 -9.0 70 4.6 -6.3 77 17 311.0 311.6 289.1 321.2 3.21 10 550 5089 -6.8 -23.5 25 16.7 -11.5 74 23 316.1 316.3 288.6 319.6 1.05 11 500 5826 -11.2 -25.8 29 14.6 -15.0 68 24 319.3 319.5 289.5 322.6 0.93 12 450 6627 -16.3 -25.1 47 8.8 -18.5 67 20 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.6 1.11 13 400 7502 -22.5 -39.7 19 17.2 -25.0 57 20 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.9 0.30 14 350 8464 -31.3 -43.8 28 12.4 -32.6 18 17 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.23 15 300 9535 -40.4 -43.7 70 3.4 -40.6 123 9 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.26 16 250 10751 -49.6 -55.5 50 5.9 -49.8 161 14 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.08 17 200 12192 -51.4 -73.0 6 21.6 -51.8 7 8 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14043 -55.6 -81.3 3 25.7 -55.9 333 12 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16574 -63.7 -87.8 2 24.1 -63.9 308 11 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.82 m Freezing level: 666.10 mb = 3580.66 m = 11747.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.42 mb = 3428.61 m = 11248.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.99 % Est. max temperature: 16.61 C = 61.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.12 mb = 2789.87 m = 9152.99 ft T: 4.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 8.36 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.12 mb = 2856.56 m = 9371.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.16 C = 57.49 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 2.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.94 mb = 2802.91 m = 9195.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.94 mb = 3085.26 m = 10122.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 607.94 mb = 4302.87 m = 14116.87 ft B at Equ Level: 15.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 557.94 mb = 4976.83 m = 16327.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.8 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 96.8 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 19.53 m/s