MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510141200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 15 OCT 25 Station: 38.9,-103.8 Latitude: 38.90 Longitude: -103.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 504 2 900 986 3 850 1489 SFC 831 1683 21.6 10.5 49 11.1 14.4 171 10 310.8 312.6 294.4 340.4 9.66 5 800 2016 20.5 9.2 48 11.2 13.3 185 21 313.0 314.7 294.7 341.4 9.18 6 750 2569 15.2 7.6 61 7.6 10.5 194 23 313.1 314.8 294.4 340.4 8.79 7 700 3148 9.6 6.3 80 3.3 7.6 199 23 313.2 314.8 294.3 339.9 8.61 8 650 3758 4.2 2.1 86 2.1 3.1 221 26 313.7 315.1 293.2 335.3 6.89 9 600 4405 1.2 -23.3 14 24.5 -6.5 237 43 317.5 317.7 289.0 320.9 0.97 10 550 5099 -2.9 -44.5 2 41.6 -10.7 237 43 320.6 320.7 289.1 321.2 0.13 11 500 5846 -7.5 -45.1 3 37.6 -14.0 233 46 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.14 12 450 6657 -12.7 -47.0 4 34.2 -17.9 231 51 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.12 13 400 7544 -18.5 -43.9 9 25.4 -22.2 230 62 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.19 14 350 8526 -25.1 -48.1 10 23.0 -27.7 229 70 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 15 300 9627 -33.3 -53.7 11 20.4 -34.8 228 73 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.09 16 250 10881 -42.7 -60.9 12 18.2 -43.5 228 75 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 17 200 12351 -52.7 -63.7 26 10.9 -53.0 227 79 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.04 18 150 14163 -63.4 -78.8 11 15.4 -63.6 224 70 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16577 -75.0 -86.3 15 11.4 -75.0 223 28 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.27 m Freezing level: 585.37 mb = 4608.02 m = 15118.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.95 mb = 3960.07 m = 12992.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.10 C = 75.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.57 mb = 3081.38 m = 10109.38 ft T: 10.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 20.52 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.02 mb = 3508.19 m = 11509.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.23 C = 75.61 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 172.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.63 mb = 3415.19 m = 11204.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.63 mb = 3599.39 m = 11808.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.63 mb = 9332.01 m = 30616.45 ft B at Equ Level: 171.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.63 mb = 11644.89 m = 38204.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 236.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 1.57 Bulk Shear: 109.46 m/s