MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 229 1 950 665 2 900 1113 3 850 1581 SFC 824 1829 4.5 -2.2 62 6.7 1.4 260 6 293.4 294.1 283.4 305.0 3.94 5 800 2071 0.6 -3.6 74 4.1 -1.2 259 7 291.8 292.4 282.4 302.5 3.67 6 750 2585 -4.5 -5.8 90 1.4 -5.0 267 8 291.7 292.3 281.9 301.4 3.29 7 700 3125 -6.7 -19.6 35 12.9 -10.2 303 17 295.1 295.3 280.8 298.7 1.15 8 650 3703 -6.1 -33.4 9 27.3 -11.6 331 31 302.0 302.1 282.7 303.2 0.35 9 600 4331 -4.2 -37.0 6 32.7 -10.9 335 46 311.2 311.3 286.1 312.2 0.27 10 550 5014 -7.0 -29.6 15 22.6 -12.4 336 52 315.8 315.9 288.1 317.9 0.60 11 500 5749 -12.6 -31.9 18 19.3 -16.6 326 55 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.6 0.53 12 450 6543 -17.6 -38.2 15 20.5 -21.0 316 71 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.32 13 400 7413 -23.7 -35.2 34 11.6 -25.5 319 72 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.0 0.48 14 350 8373 -31.4 -43.8 28 12.4 -32.6 323 82 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.23 15 300 9442 -40.3 -52.8 25 12.5 -41.0 323 89 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.09 16 250 10662 -49.0 -58.6 32 9.6 -49.3 325 99 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.06 17 200 12092 -58.5 -69.0 25 10.5 -58.7 319 96 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 18 150 13872 -63.6 -79.0 11 15.4 -63.7 298 80 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16351 -64.3 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 301 51 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.81 m Freezing level: 794.38 mb = 2129.14 m = 6985.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 811.21 mb = 1959.31 m = 6428.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.70 % Est. max temperature: 9.37 C = 48.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.37 mb = 2654.05 m = 8707.39 ft T: -4.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.25 C/km ThetaE index: 6.28 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.34 mb = 3098.58 m = 10165.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.92 C = 42.66 F Cap Strength: 14.93 C Lifted Index: 15.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13500.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.66 mb = 2789.06 m = 9150.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.6 at 44.8 knts Storm direction: 352.6 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 216.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 234.21 m/s