MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.37,-103.69 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -103.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 518 2 900 974 SFC 861 1346 3.2 -0.9 75 4.1 1.3 276 6 288.4 289.2 281.5 300.4 4.16 4 850 1451 10.9 -2.2 40 13.2 4.6 296 18 297.6 298.3 284.9 309.0 3.81 5 800 1954 7.4 -4.4 43 11.8 2.1 304 35 299.0 299.7 285.1 309.4 3.44 6 750 2481 3.9 -6.1 48 10.0 -0.4 308 51 300.8 301.4 285.5 310.6 3.22 7 700 3037 0.3 -10.9 43 11.2 -4.0 309 42 302.9 303.3 285.4 310.3 2.38 8 650 3628 -2.5 -18.1 29 15.6 -7.5 302 42 306.2 306.5 285.6 310.8 1.42 9 600 4258 -6.1 -21.6 28 15.5 -10.5 296 43 309.1 309.3 286.4 312.9 1.14 10 550 4931 -11.2 -22.7 38 11.5 -14.2 291 40 310.8 311.0 286.9 314.5 1.12 11 500 5654 -16.6 -24.8 49 8.2 -18.6 290 45 312.8 313.0 287.5 316.2 1.02 12 450 6436 -22.2 -33.1 36 10.9 -24.0 297 51 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.2 0.52 13 400 7289 -29.5 -44.8 21 15.3 -30.9 310 53 316.7 316.7 287.9 317.3 0.18 14 350 8231 -34.2 -61.9 4 27.6 -35.5 317 67 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.7 0.03 15 300 9296 -40.1 -60.1 10 20.0 -41.0 311 61 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.9 0.04 16 250 10527 -44.8 -69.3 5 24.5 -45.4 300 53 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.01 17 200 11997 -49.9 -76.9 3 27.0 -50.4 275 69 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 13849 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 290 58 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16372 -62.5 -86.9 2 24.4 -62.7 275 32 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.20 m Freezing level: 693.83 mb = 3110.33 m = 10204.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.91 mb = 2384.78 m = 7823.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.10 % Est. max temperature: 16.56 C = 61.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.09 mb = 1870.62 m = 6137.13 ft T: 7.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 0.35 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 578.03 mb = 4546.21 m = 14915.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.67 C = 74.61 F Cap Strength: 6.52 C Lifted Index: 6.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.07 C Showalter Index: 6.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 14.39 C K Index: 14.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 82.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11199.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.55 mb = 3297.24 m = 10817.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.9 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 329.9 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.3 neg: -54.5 tot: 134.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 58.27 m/s