MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510111800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510111800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z WED 15 OCT 25 Station: 40.6,-112.0 Latitude: 40.60 Longitude: -112.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 527 2 900 986 3 850 1465 SFC 833 1632 9.7 4.0 67 5.8 6.6 210 14 298.0 299.2 287.5 316.1 6.11 5 800 1967 6.7 2.7 75 4.1 4.6 211 25 298.3 299.4 287.2 315.5 5.80 6 750 2493 2.0 1.1 94 0.9 1.5 213 36 298.7 299.7 287.1 315.1 5.51 7 700 3046 -1.4 -2.4 93 1.0 -1.9 207 51 300.9 301.8 287.0 314.7 4.57 8 650 3633 -4.9 -5.6 95 0.7 -5.2 188 41 303.4 304.1 287.2 315.3 3.88 9 600 4256 -10.6 -11.3 95 0.7 -10.9 199 52 303.8 304.3 286.1 312.2 2.69 10 550 4918 -15.8 -21.9 60 6.0 -17.3 200 55 305.3 305.5 285.0 309.2 1.21 11 500 5630 -20.2 -32.2 34 12.0 -22.2 202 54 308.4 308.5 285.4 310.2 0.52 12 450 6406 -22.4 -48.6 7 26.2 -25.1 217 92 315.1 315.1 287.2 315.4 0.10 13 400 7265 -25.2 -61.4 2 36.2 -27.7 213 111 322.3 322.3 289.5 322.4 0.02 14 350 8227 -29.9 -47.5 16 17.6 -31.6 217 134 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.0 0.15 15 300 9304 -38.9 -54.5 18 15.6 -39.8 220 138 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 16 250 10533 -45.0 -66.4 7 21.5 -45.6 222 121 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.02 17 200 12015 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.3 221 101 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.00 18 150 13877 -55.6 -81.5 3 25.9 -56.0 234 91 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16448 -56.4 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 218 29 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5533.57 m Freezing level: 720.73 mb = 2816.59 m = 9240.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.68 mb = 2735.00 m = 8973.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.27 % Est. max temperature: 13.25 C = 55.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.22 mb = 2350.48 m = 7711.46 ft T: 3.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 1.39 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.55 mb = 2605.31 m = 8547.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.81 C = 51.47 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 110.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.59 mb = 2529.37 m = 8298.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.59 mb = 3734.54 m = 12252.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 481.59 mb = 5905.98 m = 19376.34 ft B at Equ Level: 109.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 421.59 mb = 6881.41 m = 22576.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.0 at 61.4 knts Storm direction: 238.0 at 46.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.6 neg: -127.3 tot: 215.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 206.64 m/s