MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 40.19,-107.71 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -107.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 541 2 900 1001 3 850 1481 4 800 1985 SFC 771 2285 6.5 -0.6 60 7.1 2.9 261 8 301.2 302.1 287.2 315.5 4.74 6 750 2515 4.5 -1.4 66 5.9 1.6 256 10 301.4 302.3 287.2 315.3 4.59 7 700 3071 -1.0 -2.4 90 1.4 -1.6 246 14 301.4 302.3 287.2 315.2 4.58 8 650 3658 -5.3 -8.0 81 2.7 -6.4 245 16 303.0 303.6 286.4 313.0 3.22 9 600 4281 -10.0 -11.0 92 1.0 -10.4 280 11 304.5 305.0 286.4 313.1 2.75 10 550 4945 -14.8 -16.6 86 1.8 -15.3 282 12 306.5 306.9 286.2 312.6 1.90 11 500 5660 -19.4 -24.8 62 5.4 -20.6 273 12 309.4 309.6 286.3 312.8 1.02 12 450 6433 -25.7 -33.7 47 8.0 -26.9 284 9 310.9 311.0 286.2 312.6 0.49 13 400 7276 -30.7 -43.2 28 12.5 -31.9 259 25 315.1 315.1 287.4 315.9 0.21 14 350 8222 -31.4 -55.8 7 24.4 -33.0 243 69 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.7 0.06 15 300 9298 -37.4 -61.8 6 24.4 -38.5 238 72 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.03 16 250 10545 -41.7 -70.6 3 28.9 -42.6 234 71 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.01 17 200 12037 -47.1 -74.7 3 27.6 -47.7 233 59 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 18 150 13905 -56.6 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.9 246 42 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16440 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 217 13 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5556.58 m Freezing level: 708.95 mb = 2971.57 m = 9749.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.15 mb = 2786.54 m = 9142.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.36 % Est. max temperature: 8.98 C = 48.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.39 mb = 3169.16 m = 10397.39 ft T: -1.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 2.56 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.05 mb = 3382.00 m = 11095.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.48 C = 45.47 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.93 mb = 3301.43 m = 10831.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.93 mb = 3718.71 m = 12200.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 434.93 mb = 6676.94 m = 21905.71 ft B at Equ Level: 55.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 384.93 mb = 7547.73 m = 24762.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -6.8 tot: 10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.28 Bulk Shear: 10.65 m/s