MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.00,-100.29 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -100.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 494 SFC 943 559 24.9 15.8 57 9.0 18.8 180 12 303.1 305.3 294.0 338.9 12.09 3 900 970 24.5 15.7 58 8.8 18.5 195 34 306.8 309.1 295.4 344.6 12.57 4 850 1467 20.3 14.9 71 5.4 16.7 210 31 307.4 309.8 295.7 345.7 12.67 5 800 1989 18.2 9.0 55 9.2 12.4 224 25 310.6 312.3 293.9 338.3 9.04 6 750 2539 14.2 5.5 56 8.7 9.0 232 24 312.0 313.5 293.2 335.5 7.56 7 700 3116 9.4 1.1 56 8.3 4.8 243 27 312.9 314.0 292.1 331.4 5.91 8 650 3725 3.5 1.2 85 2.3 2.2 246 28 312.9 314.2 292.5 333.0 6.44 9 600 4370 -0.2 -6.9 61 6.6 -3.3 245 34 315.9 316.6 291.2 328.1 3.81 10 550 5061 -4.7 -19.9 29 15.2 -9.6 243 38 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.4 1.44 11 500 5803 -9.5 -33.3 12 23.8 -14.7 243 36 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.1 0.46 12 450 6608 -14.3 -39.5 10 25.3 -18.7 243 42 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.27 13 400 7491 -19.9 -44.6 9 24.7 -23.3 246 43 329.1 329.2 291.7 329.8 0.18 14 350 8465 -27.9 -47.0 14 19.1 -29.9 251 50 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.16 15 300 9552 -37.0 -49.8 25 12.8 -37.9 256 62 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.13 16 250 10786 -45.8 -57.8 25 11.9 -46.3 260 69 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.06 17 200 12242 -53.4 -71.4 9 17.9 -53.7 255 75 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14059 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.8 -61.4 250 60 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16510 -71.3 -86.3 9 15.0 -71.3 241 21 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.19 m Freezing level: 602.86 mb = 4333.13 m = 14216.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.61 mb = 3981.95 m = 13063.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.21 mb = 1711.76 m = 5615.95 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 14.23 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.66 mb = 2757.66 m = 9047.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.01 C = 93.22 F Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1192.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.00 mb = 2032.11 m = 6666.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.00 mb = 3342.47 m = 10965.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.00 mb = 11590.30 m = 38025.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1187.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.00 mb = 14877.35 m = 48809.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.9 neg: -3.1 tot: 207.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 20.42 Bulk Shear: 58.40 m/s