MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 21 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 181 1 950 620 2 900 1079 3 850 1559 SFC 823 1829 11.3 -6.6 28 17.8 3.4 234 3 300.7 301.3 285.1 309.5 2.84 5 800 2063 7.8 -8.4 31 16.2 1.1 230 3 299.5 300.0 284.3 307.3 2.54 6 750 2590 5.5 -27.0 7 32.5 -3.5 236 6 302.5 302.6 283.1 304.4 0.56 7 700 3152 3.6 -14.3 26 17.9 -3.0 278 10 306.5 306.8 286.1 312.3 1.81 8 650 3749 0.2 -13.0 36 13.2 -4.8 289 16 309.2 309.6 287.5 316.1 2.16 9 600 4385 -3.7 -17.9 32 14.2 -8.4 287 22 311.8 312.1 287.8 317.0 1.56 10 550 5067 -7.6 -28.1 18 20.5 -12.6 287 30 315.1 315.2 287.9 317.5 0.69 11 500 5801 -12.6 -26.0 32 13.4 -15.9 287 37 317.6 317.8 289.0 320.8 0.91 12 450 6597 -17.6 -27.6 41 10.0 -19.8 290 46 321.1 321.3 290.0 324.2 0.88 13 400 7467 -23.8 -31.2 51 7.4 -25.2 286 53 324.0 324.2 290.7 326.6 0.71 14 350 8426 -31.6 -38.5 50 6.9 -32.4 282 55 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.39 15 300 9495 -40.8 -47.2 50 6.4 -41.2 280 56 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.18 16 250 10709 -50.2 -58.0 39 7.8 -50.4 278 56 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.06 17 200 12133 -59.2 -66.3 39 7.1 -59.3 278 62 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.03 18 150 13908 -63.8 -79.0 11 15.2 -63.9 279 59 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16377 -65.0 -86.0 4 21.1 -65.1 281 34 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.94 m Freezing level: 647.42 mb = 3781.63 m = 12406.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 788.25 mb = 2183.57 m = 7163.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.64 % Est. max temperature: 18.07 C = 64.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 626.30 mb = 4044.00 m = 13267.55 ft T: -1.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 5.08 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 413.87 mb = 7214.84 m = 23670.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.54 C = 90.58 F Cap Strength: 11.31 C Lifted Index: 11.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11539.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 552.36 mb = 5033.09 m = 16512.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.0 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 316.0 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 72.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 90.47 m/s