MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 25.47,-103.51 Latitude: 25.47 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 506 2 900 992 SFC 874 1254 27.6 10.8 35 16.7 16.6 2 5 312.5 314.3 294.7 341.5 9.36 4 850 1499 26.4 10.3 36 16.1 15.9 5 8 313.8 315.6 295.0 342.7 9.30 5 800 2028 21.2 9.3 46 11.9 13.6 8 8 313.8 315.6 294.9 342.5 9.24 6 750 2582 16.2 7.6 57 8.6 10.8 11 6 314.2 315.8 294.7 341.4 8.74 7 700 3165 11.5 4.8 63 6.8 7.5 327 3 315.2 316.7 294.1 339.4 7.71 8 650 3779 7.5 -4.3 43 11.8 1.6 320 9 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.3 4.28 9 600 4433 3.5 -22.4 13 26.0 -5.1 327 8 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.9 1.05 10 550 5133 -0.6 -36.9 4 36.3 -9.1 334 8 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.29 11 500 5887 -4.8 -43.6 3 38.9 -12.3 346 10 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.16 12 450 6707 -10.0 -44.6 4 34.6 -16.0 326 10 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.16 13 400 7602 -16.9 -49.7 4 32.9 -21.2 317 11 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 14 350 8588 -24.7 -52.2 6 27.4 -27.5 298 15 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.09 15 300 9689 -33.2 -58.5 6 25.3 -34.8 277 21 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 16 250 10946 -42.2 -64.3 7 22.1 -43.0 264 35 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 17 200 12413 -54.2 -65.5 24 11.2 -54.5 258 40 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14199 -67.0 -75.8 28 8.8 -67.0 272 30 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16587 -76.8 -85.0 26 8.2 -76.9 262 13 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.53 m Freezing level: 556.90 mb = 5036.05 m = 16522.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.11 mb = 3930.23 m = 12894.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.64 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.69 mb = 3360.14 m = 11023.95 ft T: 10.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.80 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.95 mb = 4074.37 m = 13367.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.51 C = 92.32 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.16 C Cross Totals Index: 15.09 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.39 mb = 3510.83 m = 11518.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 406.39 mb = 7481.32 m = 24544.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.39 mb = 10254.28 m = 33642.26 ft B at Equ Level: 58.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.39 mb = 11314.01 m = 37119.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.7 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 8.7 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -0.7 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 37.04 Bulk Shear: 1.69 m/s