MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 34.85,-102.72 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -102.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 508 2 900 973 SFC 872 1245 11.0 10.2 95 0.8 10.5 257 4 295.5 297.1 289.2 321.6 9.02 4 850 1460 17.6 8.7 56 8.9 12.1 249 19 304.6 306.1 291.6 329.6 8.34 5 800 1978 16.3 0.3 34 16.0 7.7 246 20 308.5 309.5 289.9 323.7 4.90 6 750 2522 12.2 -4.7 30 16.9 4.0 252 27 309.8 310.5 289.1 321.1 3.60 7 700 3095 8.1 -5.2 38 13.4 1.7 243 32 311.5 312.2 289.8 323.2 3.70 8 650 3702 4.1 -13.4 27 17.5 -2.8 236 37 313.6 314.0 288.9 320.5 2.10 9 600 4347 0.1 -24.2 14 24.3 -7.2 238 38 316.2 316.4 288.5 319.3 0.90 10 550 5037 -4.1 -31.9 9 27.8 -10.8 242 38 319.3 319.4 289.0 321.0 0.48 11 500 5782 -8.3 -42.8 4 34.5 -14.5 246 36 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.18 12 450 6589 -14.2 -44.1 6 29.9 -18.8 246 34 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.17 13 400 7470 -20.7 -46.5 8 25.8 -24.0 236 33 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.15 14 350 8441 -28.7 -52.4 8 23.7 -30.7 229 35 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.09 15 300 9524 -37.2 -55.6 13 18.5 -38.2 234 40 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.07 16 250 10761 -46.1 -62.5 14 16.4 -46.6 240 51 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.03 17 200 12214 -53.6 -69.6 12 16.0 -53.9 248 54 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14035 -60.7 -81.8 5 21.1 -60.9 250 42 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16502 -69.3 -86.1 7 16.8 -69.4 254 29 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.05 m Freezing level: 598.99 mb = 4360.79 m = 14306.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.07 mb = 3319.60 m = 10890.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.62 C = 78.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.85 mb = 1341.61 m = 4401.56 ft T: 13.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 8.44 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.22 mb = 4357.25 m = 14295.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lifted Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.04 C Showalter Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 17.01 C K Index: 21.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7465.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.19 mb = 3210.71 m = 10533.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 35.03 m/s