MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 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 86 1 950 529 2 900 986 3 850 1464 SFC 813 1829 7.7 3.8 76 3.9 5.6 297 13 297.9 299.0 287.5 316.1 6.17 5 800 1965 6.3 3.3 81 3.0 4.7 300 15 297.8 298.9 287.3 315.7 6.06 6 750 2490 1.7 1.1 96 0.6 1.4 297 28 298.4 299.4 287.0 314.7 5.51 7 700 3043 -0.7 -1.0 97 0.3 -0.8 274 22 301.8 302.7 287.8 317.1 5.08 8 650 3634 -3.3 -3.7 98 0.3 -3.5 245 39 305.2 306.0 288.4 318.9 4.48 9 600 4263 -6.9 -7.4 97 0.4 -7.1 247 49 308.1 308.8 288.6 319.6 3.67 10 550 4937 -10.9 -11.4 96 0.6 -11.1 253 59 311.2 311.7 288.9 320.5 2.90 11 500 5663 -15.4 -16.0 95 0.6 -15.6 255 65 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.5 2.19 12 450 6449 -22.1 -22.5 96 0.4 -22.2 258 67 315.5 315.7 288.8 320.2 1.39 13 400 7302 -28.6 -29.4 93 0.8 -28.7 255 87 317.8 317.9 288.9 320.7 0.84 14 350 8246 -33.8 -46.9 26 13.1 -34.9 247 93 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.7 0.16 15 300 9310 -41.3 -53.4 26 12.1 -41.9 248 103 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.5 0.09 16 250 10530 -47.5 -60.7 21 13.2 -47.9 257 113 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.04 17 200 11980 -53.4 -71.5 9 18.1 -53.7 258 103 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 13826 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 262 64 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16365 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 255 53 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.75 m Freezing level: 714.12 mb = 2886.87 m = 9471.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.46 mb = 2834.35 m = 9298.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.76 % Est. max temperature: 13.64 C = 56.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.09 mb = 2316.91 m = 7601.30 ft T: 3.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 1.39 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.02 mb = 2586.31 m = 8485.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.65 C = 47.57 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9365.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.24 mb = 2551.49 m = 8370.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 54.2 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 40.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 5.7 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.9 neg: -31.5 tot: 265.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 238.36 m/s