MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 141 1 950 579 2 900 1043 3 850 1529 SFC 848 1554 14.4 -3.1 30 17.6 5.9 342 2 301.5 302.2 286.2 312.4 3.58 5 800 2038 11.3 -3.6 35 14.9 4.2 329 3 303.2 303.9 286.9 314.4 3.65 6 750 2573 8.2 -4.6 40 12.8 2.2 14 8 305.5 306.2 287.7 316.8 3.63 7 700 3141 6.4 -3.5 49 9.9 1.5 29 13 309.5 310.3 289.6 322.7 4.20 8 650 3745 3.5 -11.3 33 14.8 -2.6 13 10 312.9 313.4 289.0 321.0 2.48 9 600 4389 -0.3 -15.8 30 15.6 -6.0 335 11 315.8 316.2 289.3 322.0 1.85 10 550 5080 -3.3 -28.6 12 25.3 -10.1 316 12 320.1 320.3 289.5 322.5 0.65 11 500 5828 -7.2 -45.0 3 37.8 -13.8 309 13 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.14 12 450 6639 -13.1 -42.9 6 29.9 -18.0 310 22 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.19 13 400 7524 -19.3 -44.9 8 25.5 -22.9 307 22 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.17 14 350 8500 -27.2 -49.5 10 22.2 -29.5 310 20 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.12 15 300 9590 -35.8 -53.5 15 17.7 -37.0 305 25 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.09 16 250 10831 -45.0 -59.2 19 14.2 -45.5 311 25 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.05 17 200 12289 -54.6 -67.3 19 12.7 -54.9 321 24 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14074 -66.6 -75.0 30 8.4 -66.7 307 22 355.3 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16514 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 312 22 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.17 m Freezing level: 603.34 mb = 4346.37 m = 14259.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.45 mb = 3359.60 m = 11022.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.25 % Est. max temperature: 22.24 C = 72.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 649.38 mb = 3752.49 m = 12311.16 ft T: 3.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 470.12 mb = 6301.99 m = 20675.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.58 C = 99.64 F Cap Strength: 10.89 C Lifted Index: 12.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10267.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 633.58 mb = 3950.84 m = 12961.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.1 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 358.1 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -9.2 tot: -6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.24 Bulk Shear: 14.27 m/s