MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509291800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509291800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 57.0,-128.0 Latitude: 57.00 Longitude: -128.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 547 2 900 985 3 850 1442 SFC 846 1476 -1.7 -2.1 97 0.4 -1.9 215 10 284.7 285.4 279.4 295.7 3.87 5 800 1921 -5.6 -5.9 97 0.3 -5.7 227 20 285.2 285.7 278.6 294.0 3.07 6 750 2430 -4.6 -5.4 94 0.8 -4.9 264 26 291.6 292.2 282.0 301.6 3.41 7 700 2972 -5.9 -8.6 81 2.7 -7.0 272 28 295.9 296.4 283.2 304.5 2.84 8 650 3548 -9.5 -12.9 76 3.4 -10.6 269 27 298.3 298.7 283.4 305.0 2.19 9 600 4162 -13.0 -15.1 84 2.1 -13.6 270 32 301.1 301.4 284.2 307.2 1.96 10 550 4821 -15.5 -16.5 92 1.0 -15.8 278 42 305.7 306.0 285.9 311.8 1.91 11 500 5538 -17.5 -23.2 61 5.7 -18.8 286 43 311.7 311.9 287.3 315.7 1.18 12 450 6320 -22.2 -28.1 59 5.9 -23.4 284 49 315.3 315.5 288.2 318.2 0.84 13 400 7175 -28.2 -32.7 65 4.5 -28.9 289 49 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.5 0.61 14 350 8116 -36.0 -39.2 72 3.2 -36.3 278 47 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.6 0.37 15 300 9165 -45.4 -48.8 68 3.5 -45.6 286 70 321.4 321.4 289.3 322.0 0.15 16 250 10356 -53.5 -58.2 56 4.7 -53.6 294 90 326.5 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.06 17 200 11779 -55.5 -71.9 11 16.4 -55.8 295 69 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 18 150 13615 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 291 56 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16210 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 286 36 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5412.83 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.34 % Est. max temperature: 9.14 C = 48.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.34 mb = 1523.59 m = 4998.59 ft T: -2.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km ThetaE index: 1.70 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.61 mb = 1807.69 m = 5930.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.35 g/kg Conv temperature: -1.36 C = 29.55 F Cap Strength: 9.96 C Lifted Index: 13.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14085.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.02 mb = 2030.25 m = 6660.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.2 neg: -4.4 tot: 212.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 115.84 m/s