MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 145 1 950 577 2 900 1025 3 850 1492 SFC 815 1828 1.4 0.9 97 0.5 1.2 264 6 291.1 292.0 283.6 305.6 5.02 5 800 1983 1.0 0.5 96 0.5 0.8 276 10 292.2 293.1 284.1 306.7 4.97 6 750 2499 -1.8 -3.4 88 1.7 -2.5 295 26 294.7 295.4 284.0 306.3 3.95 7 700 3044 -5.7 -9.3 76 3.5 -7.0 294 39 296.2 296.6 283.1 304.3 2.71 8 650 3621 -9.1 -17.1 52 8.1 -11.4 284 42 298.7 299.0 282.8 303.5 1.53 9 600 4237 -11.5 -31.6 17 20.1 -15.4 278 47 302.8 302.8 283.1 304.3 0.45 10 550 4897 -16.3 -37.6 14 21.4 -19.4 268 45 304.8 304.8 283.7 305.7 0.27 11 500 5605 -22.4 -45.3 11 22.9 -24.7 271 46 305.7 305.8 283.9 306.2 0.13 12 450 6369 -27.7 -48.8 12 21.1 -29.4 274 63 308.4 308.4 284.9 308.8 0.10 13 400 7206 -32.6 -54.3 10 21.7 -33.8 274 77 312.7 312.7 286.4 312.9 0.06 14 350 8137 -36.9 -60.0 7 23.1 -37.9 277 86 318.9 318.9 288.5 319.1 0.03 15 300 9196 -39.7 -65.1 5 25.3 -40.6 277 100 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.02 16 250 10430 -44.4 -72.4 3 28.0 -45.1 278 105 340.1 340.1 294.3 340.1 0.01 17 200 11902 -51.0 -78.3 2 27.3 -51.4 276 105 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.00 18 150 13754 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 283 85 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16340 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 278 44 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5460.56 m Freezing level: 781.51 mb = 2173.76 m = 7131.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 788.09 mb = 2102.76 m = 6898.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.07 % Est. max temperature: 7.86 C = 46.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.19 mb = 1890.35 m = 6201.86 ft T: 1.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.57 mb = 2663.39 m = 8738.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.24 C = 41.44 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 2.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11297.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.41 mb = 2515.99 m = 8254.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.6 at 49.2 knts Storm direction: 306.6 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.6 neg: -36.9 tot: 43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 176.05 m/s