MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 44.69,-118.17 Latitude: 44.69 Longitude: -118.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 1 950 575 2 900 1042 3 850 1530 SFC 848 1554 17.3 -3.2 24 20.6 7.2 3 5 304.5 305.2 287.2 315.5 3.55 5 800 2041 11.7 -4.8 31 16.5 4.0 351 5 303.6 304.3 286.7 314.0 3.34 6 750 2575 6.5 -5.7 41 12.3 1.0 328 8 303.7 304.3 286.7 313.9 3.32 7 700 3139 4.8 -3.0 57 7.8 1.0 4 20 307.7 308.6 289.2 321.3 4.38 8 650 3740 2.5 -8.1 45 10.7 -2.1 9 24 311.8 312.5 289.4 322.0 3.19 9 600 4384 -0.1 -13.6 35 13.6 -5.3 342 20 316.0 316.5 289.8 323.4 2.23 10 550 5075 -3.5 -28.0 13 24.5 -10.1 325 22 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.4 0.70 11 500 5822 -7.5 -39.0 6 31.5 -13.7 323 24 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.9 0.26 12 450 6632 -13.7 -34.6 15 20.9 -18.0 320 27 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.7 0.45 13 400 7515 -19.6 -44.4 9 24.8 -23.1 320 26 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.18 14 350 8491 -27.1 -48.6 11 21.5 -29.3 324 25 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.13 15 300 9581 -36.1 -52.5 17 16.4 -37.2 324 29 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 16 250 10821 -45.4 -59.2 20 13.8 -45.9 332 33 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 17 200 12278 -54.7 -66.7 21 12.0 -54.9 344 39 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14066 -66.0 -77.1 20 11.1 -66.1 326 33 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16513 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.5 308 26 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.52 m Freezing level: 601.29 mb = 4367.28 m = 14328.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.59 mb = 3319.48 m = 10890.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.84 % Est. max temperature: 20.57 C = 69.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 621.40 mb = 4102.23 m = 13458.61 ft T: 1.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.56 C/km ThetaE index: 1.58 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 466.41 mb = 6356.56 m = 20854.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.14 C = 98.85 F Cap Strength: 10.93 C Lifted Index: 12.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10613.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.10 mb = 4106.03 m = 13471.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.6 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 4.6 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -23.2 tot: 6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 31.64 m/s