MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-111.44 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -111.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 187 1 950 613 2 900 1061 3 850 1530 4 800 2022 SFC 798 2043 1.8 1.1 95 0.7 1.4 305 6 293.3 294.2 284.7 308.3 5.18 6 750 2540 -0.0 -1.9 87 1.9 -0.9 330 16 296.5 297.3 285.2 309.7 4.43 7 700 3088 -4.3 -7.1 81 2.8 -5.4 311 20 297.7 298.3 284.4 307.4 3.22 8 650 3672 -2.9 -41.5 3 38.6 -9.9 316 41 305.7 305.7 283.9 306.3 0.16 9 600 4304 -4.9 -32.7 9 27.8 -11.0 325 50 310.5 310.6 286.0 311.9 0.41 10 550 4983 -8.0 -29.1 17 21.1 -13.0 326 59 314.6 314.7 287.7 316.8 0.63 11 500 5718 -11.0 -43.4 5 32.4 -16.3 326 65 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.2 0.16 12 450 6518 -17.0 -37.8 15 20.8 -20.5 328 67 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.33 13 400 7387 -25.0 -38.2 28 13.2 -26.8 332 69 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.8 0.35 14 350 8340 -32.9 -42.1 40 9.1 -33.8 328 79 324.4 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.27 15 300 9406 -41.0 -49.6 39 8.7 -41.5 315 82 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.14 16 250 10623 -49.9 -62.4 22 12.5 -50.2 340 77 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.03 17 200 12051 -55.4 -68.6 18 13.1 -55.6 309 80 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.02 18 150 13879 -56.2 -84.2 2 28.0 -56.6 322 51 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16381 -65.9 -87.6 3 21.7 -66.0 304 31 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5531.68 m Freezing level: 750.79 mb = 2532.07 m = 8307.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.77 mb = 2341.86 m = 7683.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.83 % Est. max temperature: 13.62 C = 56.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.14 mb = 2131.94 m = 6994.48 ft T: 1.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.56 C/km ThetaE index: 3.42 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.28 mb = 2938.78 m = 9641.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.67 C = 42.21 F Cap Strength: 9.62 C Lifted Index: 12.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11119.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.49 mb = 2793.08 m = 9163.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.3 at 51.2 knts Storm direction: 356.3 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 362.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 210.21 m/s