MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.28,-111.78 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -111.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 503 2 900 968 3 850 1454 SFC 813 1829 12.1 2.4 51 9.7 6.9 224 15 302.7 303.7 288.6 319.6 5.61 5 800 1963 11.0 1.8 53 9.2 6.1 223 17 302.9 303.9 288.5 319.4 5.45 6 750 2497 8.1 -2.6 47 10.7 2.8 234 36 305.4 306.1 288.2 318.3 4.20 7 700 3063 3.9 -2.9 61 6.8 0.6 250 42 306.8 307.7 288.9 320.5 4.42 8 650 3659 -1.2 -3.2 86 2.1 -2.1 256 45 307.7 308.5 289.3 322.0 4.63 9 600 4292 -5.9 -7.8 86 1.9 -6.7 251 48 309.3 310.0 288.9 320.4 3.54 10 550 4970 -9.3 -9.6 98 0.3 -9.5 249 53 313.0 313.6 289.9 323.7 3.35 11 500 5700 -14.6 -14.8 98 0.2 -14.7 246 60 315.2 315.7 289.7 323.2 2.42 12 450 6489 -19.9 -22.0 83 2.1 -20.4 245 67 318.2 318.5 289.7 323.1 1.46 13 400 7353 -24.9 -29.9 63 5.0 -25.8 247 76 322.6 322.8 290.4 325.5 0.80 14 350 8311 -31.4 -41.9 35 10.5 -32.6 249 79 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.27 15 300 9383 -39.5 -47.3 43 7.8 -40.1 250 85 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.18 16 250 10609 -47.3 -61.7 18 14.4 -47.7 254 91 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.04 17 200 12058 -54.3 -69.2 14 14.9 -54.5 256 73 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 18 150 13879 -59.1 -82.1 4 23.0 -59.3 250 56 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16372 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.7 255 39 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.75 m Freezing level: 661.39 mb = 3523.42 m = 11559.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.59 mb = 3194.85 m = 10481.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.99 % Est. max temperature: 16.61 C = 61.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.55 mb = 3044.39 m = 9988.02 ft T: 4.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 1.34 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.44 mb = 3989.23 m = 13087.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.63 C = 63.73 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 2.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7662.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.47 mb = 3567.32 m = 11703.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 53.8 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 40.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 268.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 155.24 m/s