MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 24.85,-100.78 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -100.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 1 950 459 2 900 946 3 850 1454 SFC 802 1960 23.0 7.2 36 15.8 13.1 39 3 315.4 316.9 294.4 340.4 7.97 5 800 1987 23.9 6.7 33 17.3 13.1 41 4 316.6 318.1 294.6 340.9 7.69 6 750 2545 18.8 5.2 41 13.5 10.5 349 3 316.9 318.4 294.4 340.4 7.43 7 700 3131 13.1 3.8 53 9.2 7.6 297 3 317.0 318.4 294.3 339.8 7.22 8 650 3748 7.1 2.8 74 4.3 4.6 280 4 317.0 318.4 294.3 339.8 7.23 9 600 4400 1.6 -2.6 74 4.2 -0.6 260 6 317.9 318.9 293.0 334.8 5.27 10 550 5095 -2.4 -13.9 41 11.5 -6.9 272 7 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.2 2.37 11 500 5847 -5.7 -18.8 35 13.1 -10.3 291 7 326.1 326.4 292.3 332.1 1.73 12 450 6666 -10.4 -19.8 46 9.4 -13.5 260 8 330.2 330.5 293.4 336.4 1.76 13 400 7561 -16.2 -39.9 11 23.7 -20.4 248 13 333.9 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.30 14 350 8553 -23.0 -43.7 13 20.7 -25.9 247 21 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.6 0.23 15 300 9661 -32.0 -44.7 27 12.7 -33.4 231 31 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.2 0.24 16 250 10923 -41.3 -65.8 5 24.5 -42.2 238 33 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 17 200 12397 -53.0 -69.3 12 16.4 -53.2 255 31 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14194 -66.4 -76.2 24 9.7 -66.5 230 31 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16571 -78.1 -84.7 34 6.6 -78.1 241 6 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.67 m Freezing level: 580.32 mb = 4673.70 m = 15333.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.49 mb = 4325.73 m = 14191.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.84 % Est. max temperature: 24.47 C = 76.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 635.17 mb = 3935.99 m = 12913.19 ft T: 5.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 1.09 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 605.86 mb = 4320.76 m = 14175.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.27 C = 77.49 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 613.66 mb = 4216.61 m = 13833.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.66 mb = 4828.81 m = 15842.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 538.66 mb = 5259.84 m = 17256.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 518.66 mb = 5558.25 m = 18235.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.4 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 298.4 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -1.5 tot: 2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 9.98 m/s