MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.28,-111.65 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -111.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 1 950 603 2 900 1060 3 850 1538 SFC 809 1942 9.3 -3.4 41 12.7 3.3 285 6 300.0 300.7 285.7 311.1 3.66 5 800 2039 6.9 -4.2 45 11.1 1.8 285 5 298.5 299.1 284.9 309.0 3.49 6 750 2564 1.6 -5.6 59 7.2 -1.5 286 6 298.3 298.9 284.7 308.4 3.36 7 700 3116 -0.5 -33.1 6 32.7 -7.7 320 15 302.0 302.0 282.7 303.1 0.34 8 650 3708 -0.6 -31.7 7 31.1 -7.9 320 30 308.3 308.4 285.2 309.8 0.41 9 600 4344 -2.8 -20.5 24 17.7 -8.4 324 37 312.8 313.1 287.8 317.0 1.25 10 550 5029 -6.3 -30.7 12 24.4 -12.1 323 44 316.6 316.7 288.2 318.5 0.54 11 500 5765 -12.0 -21.5 45 9.5 -14.7 313 48 318.4 318.7 289.7 323.1 1.37 12 450 6562 -17.9 -27.7 42 9.8 -20.1 310 41 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.8 0.87 13 400 7431 -24.2 -39.3 23 15.1 -26.3 312 47 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.31 14 350 8387 -32.5 -45.9 25 13.5 -33.7 319 51 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.6 0.18 15 300 9455 -40.6 -50.5 34 9.9 -41.2 318 64 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.12 16 250 10671 -49.3 -59.8 28 10.5 -49.7 325 64 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 17 200 12111 -55.5 -67.6 21 12.1 -55.8 325 74 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13916 -60.7 -80.0 6 19.3 -60.9 312 74 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16412 -66.4 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.5 302 37 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.45 m Freezing level: 711.17 mb = 2992.57 m = 9818.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.51 mb = 2323.48 m = 7622.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.39 % Est. max temperature: 15.92 C = 60.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.21 mb = 3510.89 m = 11518.54 ft T: -0.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.37 C/km ThetaE index: 8.00 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 489.06 mb = 5932.62 m = 19463.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.66 F Cap Strength: 11.94 C Lifted Index: 11.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.65 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12079.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.31 mb = 3827.08 m = 12555.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.7 neg: -3.8 tot: 112.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 118.20 m/s