MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.32,-111.89 Latitude: 42.32 Longitude: -111.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 535 2 900 1000 3 850 1486 SFC 822 1764 14.7 -1.1 34 15.9 6.6 218 15 304.4 305.2 287.9 317.6 4.28 5 800 1995 11.1 -2.7 38 13.8 4.4 218 19 302.9 303.7 287.1 314.9 3.91 6 750 2529 8.6 -6.6 33 15.2 1.7 241 34 305.9 306.5 287.3 315.6 3.11 7 700 3096 4.6 -3.5 56 8.1 0.7 260 38 307.6 308.4 289.0 320.7 4.23 8 650 3694 -0.1 -4.4 73 4.3 -2.1 261 42 308.9 309.7 289.4 322.2 4.25 9 600 4331 -3.4 -11.1 55 7.7 -6.4 261 47 312.2 312.7 289.0 321.0 2.73 10 550 5015 -6.8 -19.3 36 12.5 -10.8 263 51 316.0 316.3 289.0 321.0 1.51 11 500 5751 -11.6 -21.4 44 9.8 -14.4 264 57 318.9 319.2 289.9 323.7 1.39 12 450 6550 -16.8 -25.2 48 8.4 -18.9 267 61 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.9 1.09 13 400 7423 -23.0 -33.5 38 10.5 -24.8 271 62 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.2 0.57 14 350 8386 -30.7 -44.4 25 13.6 -32.1 276 62 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.21 15 300 9458 -40.4 -48.9 40 8.5 -40.9 273 60 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.15 16 250 10671 -50.0 -55.9 50 5.9 -50.2 266 72 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 17 200 12104 -57.0 -64.8 36 7.8 -57.1 263 80 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13904 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.4 262 68 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16393 -66.1 -87.4 4 21.4 -66.2 268 32 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.68 m Freezing level: 650.64 mb = 3686.60 m = 12095.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.15 mb = 3245.49 m = 10647.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.34 % Est. max temperature: 18.39 C = 65.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 646.70 mb = 3734.83 m = 12253.24 ft T: -0.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 2.67 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 522.56 mb = 5410.35 m = 17750.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.15 C = 80.86 F Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lifted Index: 7.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9212.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 620.71 mb = 4061.14 m = 13323.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 48.1 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 310.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 310.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 163.70 m/s