MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 226 1 950 650 2 900 1093 3 850 1556 SFC 822 1829 -0.1 -0.9 94 0.9 -0.4 273 8 288.9 289.7 281.9 301.4 4.35 5 800 2041 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.3 279 11 288.8 289.5 281.4 300.3 3.97 6 750 2550 -5.4 -6.9 90 1.4 -6.0 311 22 290.7 291.2 281.1 299.6 3.05 7 700 3089 -8.1 -10.8 81 2.7 -9.0 327 22 293.5 293.9 281.6 300.7 2.39 8 650 3660 -12.0 -17.6 63 5.6 -13.5 318 28 295.4 295.7 281.3 300.0 1.47 9 600 4269 -14.2 -30.2 25 15.9 -17.2 312 30 299.6 299.7 281.9 301.4 0.52 10 550 4931 -12.1 -48.9 3 36.7 -16.9 326 61 309.7 309.7 285.3 310.0 0.08 11 500 5662 -10.9 -37.3 9 26.3 -15.9 321 82 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.9 0.31 12 450 6463 -16.9 -31.4 27 14.5 -19.8 315 87 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.2 0.61 13 400 7333 -24.0 -47.8 9 23.9 -26.5 314 92 323.8 323.9 290.0 324.3 0.13 14 350 8289 -32.8 -43.6 33 10.8 -33.8 316 101 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.23 15 300 9356 -41.2 -50.5 36 9.2 -41.8 320 108 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.7 0.12 16 250 10568 -49.8 -62.6 21 12.8 -50.1 320 105 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.03 17 200 12005 -56.3 -67.9 22 11.6 -56.5 301 104 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13809 -60.3 -81.4 5 21.0 -60.5 316 77 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16322 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.7 308 37 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5435.34 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.57 % Est. max temperature: 5.34 C = 41.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.39 mb = 1937.85 m = 6357.68 ft T: -1.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 1.10 C/km ThetaE index: 1.78 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2509.03 m = 8231.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.48 C = 34.66 F Cap Strength: 10.96 C Lifted Index: 17.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12973.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.75 mb = 2458.55 m = 8066.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.2 at 55.3 knts Storm direction: 347.2 at 41.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.2 neg: -21.1 tot: 296.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 272.45 m/s