MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 196 1 950 622 2 900 1066 3 850 1530 SFC 819 1829 0.4 -0.4 94 0.8 0.0 280 11 289.6 290.4 282.4 302.6 4.52 5 800 2017 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.4 284 16 289.8 290.5 282.2 302.0 4.24 6 750 2527 -5.3 -5.8 96 0.5 -5.5 298 32 290.8 291.4 281.5 300.5 3.30 7 700 3065 -9.1 -11.9 80 2.8 -10.0 301 33 292.4 292.8 280.9 299.0 2.19 8 650 3634 -12.3 -20.7 50 8.3 -14.4 306 33 295.0 295.2 280.7 298.6 1.13 9 600 4241 -15.8 -29.0 31 13.2 -18.2 301 27 297.9 298.0 281.3 299.8 0.58 10 550 4893 -18.7 -40.0 14 21.3 -21.4 300 43 301.9 301.9 282.4 302.6 0.21 11 500 5601 -19.4 -50.4 5 31.0 -22.5 307 72 309.4 309.4 285.2 309.7 0.08 12 450 6384 -19.2 -55.7 2 36.6 -22.7 313 99 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.3 0.04 13 400 7254 -22.5 -52.2 5 29.7 -25.5 320 116 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.0 0.08 14 350 8218 -30.7 -50.0 13 19.4 -32.3 324 118 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.11 15 300 9291 -39.9 -56.4 15 16.6 -40.6 322 112 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.4 0.06 16 250 10511 -49.0 -60.8 24 11.8 -49.3 313 117 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.04 17 200 11945 -56.2 -68.6 20 12.3 -56.4 307 119 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.02 18 150 13765 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 307 88 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16305 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 295 38 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5404.80 m Freezing level: 814.92 mb = 1869.03 m = 6131.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 818.75 mb = 1831.05 m = 6007.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.59 % Est. max temperature: 4.54 C = 40.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.83 mb = 1928.76 m = 6327.88 ft T: -0.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.06 C/km ThetaE index: 4.03 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2420.88 m = 7942.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.31 C = 34.36 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: 8.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.08 mb = 2411.31 m = 7911.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.08 mb = 2463.46 m = 8082.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 676.08 mb = 3332.06 m = 10931.83 ft B at Equ Level: 13.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 626.08 mb = 3918.62 m = 12856.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.0 at 60.7 knts Storm direction: 341.0 at 45.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 301.7 neg: -39.4 tot: 262.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 261.92 m/s