MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 18.58,-120.60 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -120.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 -0 23.5 19.9 80 3.6 21.0 58 14 295.5 298.2 293.7 337.4 14.59 1 1000 116 22.1 18.9 82 3.3 19.9 58 15 295.3 297.8 293.0 335.0 13.83 2 950 561 18.0 17.3 96 0.7 17.5 60 15 295.5 297.9 292.6 333.4 13.21 3 900 1023 15.7 14.7 94 1.0 15.1 78 9 297.6 299.8 292.2 331.8 11.77 4 850 1507 13.4 12.0 91 1.4 12.5 291 15 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.8 10.41 5 800 2017 11.6 10.1 90 1.5 10.7 258 19 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.5 9.73 6 750 2556 10.1 7.1 82 3.0 8.3 249 18 307.5 309.1 292.6 333.2 8.45 7 700 3128 7.9 -1.2 53 9.1 3.2 263 16 311.3 312.2 290.9 327.0 5.02 8 650 3737 5.9 -16.9 18 22.8 -2.7 267 12 315.6 315.9 289.0 320.8 1.56 9 600 4388 3.4 -29.3 7 32.6 -6.0 246 13 320.0 320.1 289.3 322.0 0.56 10 550 5086 -1.0 -30.9 8 29.9 -8.9 225 14 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.53 11 500 5840 -4.9 -37.3 6 32.4 -12.1 209 10 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.31 12 450 6660 -9.5 -44.3 4 34.9 -15.7 228 7 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.16 13 400 7559 -15.6 -51.4 3 35.7 -20.4 250 9 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.08 14 350 8548 -23.9 -55.0 4 31.1 -26.9 263 15 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.06 15 300 9653 -33.0 -58.6 6 25.6 -34.7 260 21 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 16 250 10908 -42.8 -63.3 9 20.5 -43.6 258 28 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 17 200 12372 -54.7 -68.6 16 13.9 -54.9 246 25 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 14158 -66.8 -76.1 26 9.2 -66.9 249 26 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16541 -77.3 -84.9 28 7.6 -77.3 223 15 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.54 m Freezing level: 561.56 mb = 4924.73 m = 16157.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.83 mb = 3453.04 m = 11328.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.35 mb = 457.99 m = 1502.59 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 12.32 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.27 mb = 740.23 m = 2428.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.31 C = 75.76 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 4.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.23 C Showalter Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.33 C Cross Totals Index: 16.90 C K Index: 21.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.79 mb = 662.41 m = 2173.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.79 mb = 1081.65 m = 3548.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 833.79 mb = 1669.25 m = 5476.48 ft B at Equ Level: 6.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 783.79 mb = 2188.03 m = 7178.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.6 neg: -114.6 tot: -80.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: -5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 106.56 m/s