MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 29.86,-108.55 Latitude: 29.86 Longitude: -108.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 574 2 900 1047 3 850 1541 SFC 810 1955 15.5 13.8 89 1.7 14.4 134 5 306.6 308.9 295.2 343.7 12.31 5 800 2059 15.1 12.0 82 3.1 13.1 134 7 307.2 309.3 294.5 340.7 11.09 6 750 2605 13.6 8.4 71 5.2 10.3 135 12 311.4 313.1 294.3 339.8 9.24 7 700 3184 9.8 6.4 79 3.5 7.8 143 9 313.4 315.0 294.4 340.2 8.64 8 650 3796 5.4 3.9 90 1.6 4.5 156 6 315.1 316.6 294.2 339.6 7.81 9 600 4446 1.2 0.7 97 0.4 0.9 227 4 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.9 6.75 10 550 5142 -2.9 -3.2 98 0.3 -3.0 269 11 320.7 321.7 293.9 338.5 5.50 11 500 5892 -7.0 -8.0 93 1.0 -7.4 283 19 324.5 325.3 293.9 338.4 4.20 12 450 6707 -11.4 -14.7 76 3.3 -12.7 291 27 328.9 329.4 293.9 338.2 2.71 13 400 7601 -16.7 -21.5 66 4.9 -18.1 292 39 333.3 333.6 294.1 339.4 1.71 14 350 8591 -23.3 -29.2 59 5.9 -24.6 290 53 337.3 337.5 294.6 341.0 0.98 15 300 9700 -32.0 -36.7 63 4.7 -32.7 291 51 340.3 340.4 294.9 342.4 0.55 16 250 10962 -41.3 -44.9 68 3.6 -41.6 292 45 344.6 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.28 17 200 12439 -52.1 -56.1 62 4.1 -52.2 273 48 350.3 350.3 296.8 350.7 0.10 18 150 14244 -65.1 -75.1 24 10.0 -65.2 273 42 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16658 -74.7 -85.1 18 10.5 -74.7 300 10 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.40 m Freezing level: 585.66 mb = 4645.43 m = 15240.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.27 mb = 4603.72 m = 15103.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.93 % Est. max temperature: 23.19 C = 73.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.24 mb = 2173.50 m = 7130.82 ft T: 14.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 3.86 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.20 mb = 3481.68 m = 11422.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.68 C = 72.82 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.88 mb = 3030.91 m = 9943.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.88 mb = 4339.88 m = 14238.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.88 mb = 6405.54 m = 21015.30 ft B at Equ Level: 56.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 357.88 mb = 8426.12 m = 27644.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.6 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 307.6 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 41.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 73.11 m/s