MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 37.47,-100.94 Latitude: 37.47 Longitude: -100.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 504 SFC 908 893 22.0 6.8 38 15.1 13.0 13 11 303.3 304.6 289.9 323.9 6.85 3 900 971 19.5 6.1 42 13.4 11.7 14 11 301.6 302.8 289.1 321.1 6.55 4 850 1458 14.4 5.0 53 9.4 9.1 15 13 301.2 302.4 288.9 320.4 6.44 5 800 1968 14.1 -2.8 31 17.0 5.7 278 3 306.2 306.9 288.2 318.2 3.87 6 750 2509 11.6 -3.2 36 14.7 4.2 231 15 309.1 309.9 289.3 321.8 4.04 7 700 3081 6.7 -4.2 46 10.9 1.4 229 19 309.9 310.6 289.5 322.4 3.99 8 650 3683 2.7 -24.9 11 27.6 -5.5 229 27 312.0 312.1 286.9 314.6 0.78 9 600 4324 -1.9 -26.3 13 24.4 -8.7 233 40 313.9 314.0 287.6 316.4 0.74 10 550 5011 -5.1 -39.4 5 34.2 -11.9 235 40 318.0 318.0 288.3 318.8 0.23 11 500 5753 -9.1 -50.3 2 41.1 -15.2 235 38 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.2 0.08 12 450 6558 -15.3 -42.2 8 26.9 -19.5 236 43 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.21 13 400 7433 -22.7 -43.7 13 21.0 -25.4 234 47 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.20 14 350 8396 -30.7 -47.4 18 16.7 -32.2 230 52 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.15 15 300 9473 -38.5 -56.1 14 17.7 -39.4 241 58 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.06 16 250 10700 -47.6 -60.3 22 12.7 -48.0 242 68 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.05 17 200 12154 -52.0 -73.6 6 21.6 -52.4 243 63 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 13990 -59.3 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.5 232 52 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16472 -67.6 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.7 239 30 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.41 m Freezing level: 621.04 mb = 4054.46 m = 13301.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.73 mb = 3200.89 m = 10501.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.69 mb = 2782.29 m = 9128.14 ft T: 9.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 5.71 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.14 mb = 4124.65 m = 13532.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lifted Index: 7.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.14 C Showalter Index: 7.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 14.11 C K Index: 17.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8432.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.10 mb = 2892.38 m = 9489.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 5.9 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.7 neg: -12.6 tot: 112.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 184.73 m/s