MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 26.33,-102.79 Latitude: 26.33 Longitude: -102.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 537 2 900 1011 SFC 887 1138 22.4 16.4 69 5.9 18.3 241 2 305.8 308.3 295.7 345.9 13.37 4 850 1507 20.1 14.0 68 6.1 16.0 271 4 307.2 309.4 295.1 343.2 11.92 5 800 2030 19.0 10.6 58 8.4 13.6 291 4 311.4 313.3 294.9 342.5 10.11 6 750 2581 15.5 4.4 47 11.1 9.0 295 8 313.4 314.8 293.2 335.3 7.00 7 700 3161 10.4 1.7 55 8.7 5.5 275 12 314.0 315.2 292.7 333.5 6.20 8 650 3773 6.7 -11.4 26 18.1 -1.0 265 13 316.6 317.1 290.2 324.7 2.47 9 600 4426 3.0 -15.5 24 18.6 -4.1 275 16 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.0 1.90 10 550 5123 -1.3 -29.9 9 28.6 -9.0 298 15 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.6 0.58 11 500 5876 -5.2 -41.1 4 35.9 -12.5 306 15 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.21 12 450 6695 -10.1 -45.1 4 35.1 -16.1 294 13 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.15 13 400 7589 -17.0 -47.9 5 30.9 -21.3 275 12 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.13 14 350 8574 -24.9 -52.8 6 27.9 -27.6 270 14 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.08 15 300 9675 -33.5 -57.7 7 24.1 -35.1 264 24 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.05 16 250 10929 -42.6 -64.2 8 21.6 -43.4 262 37 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 17 200 12399 -53.3 -69.1 13 15.8 -53.6 262 44 348.3 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14194 -66.3 -77.3 20 11.0 -66.4 267 33 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16584 -77.0 -85.0 27 8.0 -77.0 257 11 378.9 378.9 302.1 379.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.19 m Freezing level: 565.12 mb = 4912.35 m = 16116.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.89 mb = 3673.62 m = 12052.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.66 mb = 1894.25 m = 6214.64 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 21.21 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.10 mb = 3159.84 m = 10366.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.27 C = 86.49 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 30.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 174.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.93 mb = 2536.52 m = 8321.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 548.93 mb = 5138.83 m = 16859.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 528.93 mb = 5431.82 m = 17820.71 ft B at Equ Level: 25.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.93 mb = 12754.73 m = 41845.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.3 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 317.3 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 17.36 Bulk Shear: 10.04 m/s