MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 168 1 950 598 2 900 1044 3 850 1509 SFC 817 1829 1.1 0.5 96 0.6 0.8 277 8 290.5 291.4 283.2 304.5 4.84 5 800 1998 -0.2 -0.6 97 0.4 -0.4 283 12 290.9 291.7 283.1 304.2 4.57 6 750 2511 -3.3 -5.8 83 2.5 -4.3 298 30 293.0 293.6 282.5 302.8 3.30 7 700 3052 -7.3 -13.1 64 5.7 -9.2 299 37 294.4 294.7 281.5 300.4 1.99 8 650 3625 -10.6 -22.8 36 12.2 -13.5 290 41 297.0 297.1 281.3 299.9 0.94 9 600 4237 -13.6 -44.7 5 31.1 -17.5 282 38 300.4 300.5 281.7 300.9 0.12 10 550 4891 -19.3 -42.3 11 23.0 -22.0 285 51 301.2 301.2 282.1 301.8 0.17 11 500 5591 -24.5 -45.6 12 21.1 -26.5 285 57 303.2 303.2 282.8 303.6 0.13 12 450 6350 -29.3 -51.0 10 21.7 -30.8 286 66 306.4 306.5 284.1 306.7 0.08 13 400 7184 -32.1 -60.9 4 28.8 -33.6 292 84 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.3 0.03 14 350 8121 -34.6 -63.3 4 28.6 -35.9 297 97 322.1 322.1 289.4 322.2 0.02 15 300 9189 -38.2 -66.8 3 28.5 -39.3 299 105 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.5 0.02 16 250 10428 -44.2 -69.9 4 25.7 -44.9 297 115 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.4 0.01 17 200 11896 -51.3 -75.5 4 24.2 -51.7 300 100 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13742 -55.9 -82.1 2 26.2 -56.2 289 95 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16320 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 295 41 416.4 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5422.92 m Freezing level: 802.67 mb = 1970.93 m = 6466.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 805.66 mb = 1940.84 m = 6367.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.78 % Est. max temperature: 6.27 C = 43.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.33 mb = 1904.26 m = 6247.51 ft T: 0.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 4.54 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.84 mb = 2703.09 m = 8868.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.86 C = 38.95 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: 2.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12718.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.64 mb = 2567.04 m = 8421.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.2 at 52.6 knts Storm direction: 319.2 at 39.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.9 neg: -26.3 tot: 175.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 187.63 m/s