MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 52.34,-116.90 Latitude: 52.34 Longitude: -116.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 1 950 586 2 900 1025 3 850 1485 4 800 1966 SFC 763 2335 -5.8 -6.7 93 0.9 -6.1 240 13 288.9 289.4 280.3 297.7 3.03 6 750 2473 -7.3 -7.6 97 0.4 -7.4 242 21 288.7 289.2 280.0 297.1 2.87 7 700 3006 -11.2 -13.0 87 1.8 -11.8 257 33 290.1 290.4 279.6 296.1 2.01 8 650 3577 -9.4 -15.3 62 6.0 -11.2 283 41 298.4 298.7 283.0 303.9 1.78 9 600 4195 -11.1 -15.6 69 4.5 -12.5 302 43 303.2 303.6 285.0 309.2 1.88 10 550 4856 -15.8 -24.0 50 8.1 -17.7 301 39 305.3 305.5 284.8 308.6 1.00 11 500 5567 -20.5 -33.9 29 13.3 -22.6 300 49 308.0 308.1 285.1 309.5 0.44 12 450 6340 -25.3 -27.9 78 2.7 -25.7 292 57 311.5 311.7 286.9 314.4 0.85 13 400 7185 -31.3 -34.5 73 3.2 -31.7 287 67 314.4 314.5 287.5 316.2 0.51 14 350 8114 -39.3 -42.7 70 3.4 -39.6 287 72 315.7 315.7 287.6 316.6 0.25 15 300 9148 -47.9 -52.8 57 4.9 -48.0 292 90 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.3 0.10 16 250 10332 -54.2 -63.0 33 8.8 -54.4 294 82 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.6 0.03 17 200 11749 -56.0 -73.6 9 17.6 -56.3 289 73 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.01 18 150 13585 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.3 292 56 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16166 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 290 38 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5414.87 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.50 % Est. max temperature: 6.29 C = 43.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.02 mb = 2451.60 m = 8043.22 ft T: -7.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.65 C/km ThetaE index: 1.63 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 571.00 mb = 4571.48 m = 14998.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.63 C = 47.54 F Cap Strength: 8.98 C Lifted Index: 10.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13976.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.33 mb = 3090.62 m = 10139.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.1 at 49.8 knts Storm direction: 319.1 at 37.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 386.6 neg: -11.9 tot: 374.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 174.38 m/s