MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 240 1 950 674 2 900 1117 3 850 1579 SFC 824 1829 0.6 -1.3 87 1.9 -0.3 270 6 289.3 290.1 282.0 301.5 4.21 5 800 2064 -2.4 -2.7 98 0.3 -2.6 272 7 288.5 289.2 281.3 299.8 3.91 6 750 2573 -5.2 -7.9 82 2.6 -6.2 309 11 290.9 291.4 281.0 299.2 2.81 7 700 3112 -8.1 -13.9 63 5.8 -9.9 317 15 293.5 293.8 281.0 299.2 1.86 8 650 3685 -9.7 -27.5 22 17.8 -13.5 329 24 298.0 298.1 281.3 300.0 0.62 9 600 4303 -8.4 -45.5 3 37.1 -13.9 330 44 306.3 306.4 284.1 306.7 0.11 10 550 4980 -7.1 -40.0 5 33.0 -13.2 331 61 315.7 315.7 287.6 316.5 0.21 11 500 5716 -11.9 -40.1 8 28.2 -16.7 331 66 318.5 318.5 288.5 319.4 0.23 12 450 6512 -17.9 -39.3 14 21.4 -21.2 317 72 320.8 320.8 289.3 321.8 0.28 13 400 7380 -24.3 -44.3 14 20.0 -26.6 311 85 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.19 14 350 8335 -32.8 -41.9 40 9.1 -33.7 320 89 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.28 15 300 9402 -40.8 -53.0 26 12.2 -41.4 326 97 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.09 16 250 10617 -50.0 -59.4 32 9.4 -50.3 326 106 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.05 17 200 12045 -57.1 -69.8 18 12.7 -57.3 311 101 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 18 150 13848 -62.3 -81.8 6 19.5 -62.4 301 84 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16346 -63.5 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.7 295 45 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5476.47 m Freezing level: 819.23 mb = 1875.35 m = 6152.64 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.32 % Est. max temperature: 6.70 C = 44.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.57 mb = 2068.51 m = 6786.36 ft T: -2.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 1.47 C/km ThetaE index: 2.32 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.38 mb = 2737.35 m = 8980.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.82 C = 37.07 F Cap Strength: 16.33 C Lifted Index: 17.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14062.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.99 mb = 2551.86 m = 8372.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.4 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 351.4 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 190.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 251.02 m/s