MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 16 OCT 25 Station: 34.85,-103.43 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 488 2 900 966 SFC 858 1388 24.9 15.8 57 9.2 18.5 190 15 311.5 314.0 297.1 352.1 13.25 4 850 1466 21.7 13.9 61 7.8 16.5 192 18 308.9 311.1 295.5 344.9 11.84 5 800 1987 16.1 12.3 78 3.8 13.6 194 21 308.3 310.4 294.9 342.6 11.29 6 750 2533 13.2 9.2 77 4.0 10.6 212 25 310.9 312.7 294.5 340.8 9.77 7 700 3112 10.4 6.8 78 3.6 8.2 214 19 314.0 315.7 294.7 341.6 8.88 8 650 3725 6.0 2.5 78 3.5 4.0 219 22 315.7 317.1 293.8 338.0 7.07 9 600 4376 1.4 -1.9 79 3.3 -0.3 213 26 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.5 5.56 10 550 5070 -3.5 -10.4 59 6.8 -6.4 211 30 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.3 3.16 11 500 5816 -8.8 -19.1 43 10.4 -12.2 213 33 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.1 1.68 12 450 6623 -14.4 -22.5 50 8.2 -16.7 211 35 325.2 325.4 291.7 330.0 1.39 13 400 7505 -20.5 -27.7 53 7.2 -22.1 212 41 328.4 328.6 292.2 331.9 0.99 14 350 8479 -27.2 -34.0 52 6.8 -28.3 212 43 332.1 332.3 292.9 334.4 0.62 15 300 9571 -35.4 -41.2 55 5.9 -36.0 213 45 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.9 0.34 16 250 10817 -44.1 -59.4 17 15.3 -44.7 217 41 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.05 17 200 12280 -52.4 -78.4 3 26.1 -52.8 205 38 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.00 18 150 14095 -63.7 -79.6 10 15.9 -63.8 222 36 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16521 -71.9 -85.4 12 13.5 -72.0 226 25 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.78 m Freezing level: 586.00 mb = 4570.16 m = 14993.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.83 mb = 4324.08 m = 14186.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.90 C = 80.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.62 mb = 2537.44 m = 8324.85 ft T: 13.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 11.27 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.48 mb = 3153.84 m = 10347.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.47 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 40.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 811.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.90 mb = 2568.01 m = 8425.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.90 mb = 3954.54 m = 12974.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.90 mb = 11309.81 m = 37105.23 ft B at Equ Level: 800.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.90 mb = 14427.21 m = 47332.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.0 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 241.0 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: -13.3 tot: 51.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 48.07 Bulk Shear: 16.87 m/s