MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 123 1 950 557 2 900 1008 3 850 1480 SFC 814 1829 3.9 1.9 87 2.0 2.9 278 8 293.8 294.8 285.1 309.5 5.40 5 800 1974 2.7 0.9 87 1.9 1.8 283 11 294.0 295.0 284.9 308.9 5.09 6 750 2493 0.1 -4.1 73 4.2 -1.7 295 36 296.6 297.3 284.5 307.9 3.76 7 700 3043 -2.7 -8.3 66 5.5 -4.9 288 38 299.5 300.0 284.7 308.4 2.92 8 650 3627 -6.0 -9.3 77 3.3 -7.2 271 39 302.2 302.8 285.8 311.2 2.91 9 600 4249 -10.1 -12.3 84 2.2 -10.9 266 54 304.4 304.9 286.1 312.2 2.48 10 550 4913 -15.0 -18.9 73 3.8 -16.1 256 59 306.3 306.5 285.8 311.3 1.57 11 500 5628 -19.4 -25.1 61 5.7 -20.7 247 61 309.3 309.5 286.2 312.6 0.99 12 450 6401 -24.5 -47.2 10 22.7 -26.7 271 72 312.5 312.5 286.4 312.9 0.12 13 400 7251 -29.5 -43.3 25 13.8 -30.9 263 92 316.6 316.7 287.9 317.4 0.21 14 350 8189 -36.0 -53.6 15 17.6 -37.0 257 92 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.5 0.07 15 300 9248 -40.6 -59.8 11 19.2 -41.4 260 102 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.04 16 250 10473 -46.6 -71.3 4 24.7 -47.1 266 111 336.8 336.8 293.5 336.8 0.01 17 200 11930 -53.3 -78.1 3 24.7 -53.7 261 101 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.00 18 150 13772 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.3 277 72 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16340 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 254 46 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5505.18 m Freezing level: 748.81 mb = 2506.22 m = 8222.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.51 mb = 2234.17 m = 7329.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.72 % Est. max temperature: 11.07 C = 51.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.44 mb = 2080.55 m = 6825.86 ft T: 2.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 1.66 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.91 mb = 3284.08 m = 10774.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.31 C = 50.56 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11212.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.61 mb = 2767.62 m = 9079.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 57.6 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 43.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 6.6 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.1 neg: -20.8 tot: 77.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 238.62 m/s