MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.44,-111.65 Latitude: 42.44 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 150 1 950 581 2 900 1032 3 850 1505 SFC 806 1938 2.8 1.6 92 1.2 2.2 271 8 293.5 294.4 284.9 309.0 5.33 5 800 2000 3.5 1.9 89 1.6 2.7 275 11 294.9 295.9 285.7 310.9 5.48 6 750 2521 -0.3 -2.5 85 2.2 -1.3 289 30 296.3 297.0 284.9 308.9 4.25 7 700 3069 -4.3 -7.0 81 2.7 -5.4 279 31 297.8 298.4 284.4 307.5 3.23 8 650 3648 -8.0 -17.8 45 9.8 -10.8 280 41 300.0 300.2 283.2 304.5 1.46 9 600 4268 -10.1 -45.5 4 35.5 -15.0 286 41 304.4 304.5 283.3 304.8 0.11 10 550 4932 -13.2 -43.9 6 30.7 -17.5 283 61 308.4 308.4 284.9 308.9 0.14 11 500 5654 -15.9 -35.9 16 20.0 -19.3 276 72 313.7 313.7 287.1 314.9 0.36 12 450 6440 -20.4 -35.9 24 15.5 -22.8 284 84 317.6 317.7 288.4 319.1 0.40 13 400 7302 -26.0 -45.0 15 19.1 -28.0 290 104 321.2 321.3 289.3 321.9 0.17 14 350 8252 -34.5 -48.8 22 14.3 -35.5 287 108 322.2 322.3 289.6 322.7 0.13 15 300 9312 -41.8 -54.4 24 12.6 -42.4 285 110 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.7 0.08 16 250 10523 -50.3 -64.4 17 14.1 -50.6 284 116 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.03 17 200 11958 -55.4 -73.0 9 17.7 -55.6 284 102 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.1 0.01 18 150 13776 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 284 104 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16326 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 275 55 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5504.62 m Freezing level: 753.90 mb = 2480.02 m = 8136.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 765.93 mb = 2351.09 m = 7713.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.18 % Est. max temperature: 8.61 C = 47.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.45 mb = 2086.70 m = 6846.05 ft T: 2.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km ThetaE index: 6.36 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.68 mb = 2826.33 m = 9272.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.20 C = 43.16 F Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lifted Index: 6.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10902.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.03 mb = 2713.24 m = 8901.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.2 at 61.7 knts Storm direction: 314.2 at 46.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 4.3 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 320.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 320.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 256.66 m/s