MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 27.24,-103.33 Latitude: 27.24 Longitude: -103.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 525 2 900 1006 SFC 884 1163 28.5 9.8 31 18.7 16.5 343 6 312.5 314.1 294.1 339.3 8.65 4 850 1508 22.9 9.0 41 13.9 14.1 340 7 310.2 311.8 293.4 336.3 8.51 5 800 2031 18.5 7.0 47 11.5 11.4 291 7 310.8 312.3 293.1 335.1 7.87 6 750 2582 15.2 6.6 56 8.6 9.9 258 10 313.1 314.6 294.0 338.5 8.18 7 700 3162 10.3 5.1 70 5.2 7.2 255 14 313.9 315.4 294.0 338.6 7.89 8 650 3773 6.5 -10.1 29 16.6 -0.8 267 19 316.3 316.8 290.3 325.3 2.73 9 600 4425 3.1 -24.1 11 27.2 -5.5 290 18 319.7 319.9 289.6 322.9 0.91 10 550 5124 -0.8 -35.8 5 35.0 -9.2 306 19 323.1 323.2 290.1 324.3 0.33 11 500 5877 -5.3 -38.8 5 33.6 -12.4 301 21 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.27 12 450 6695 -10.6 -45.2 4 34.6 -16.4 291 22 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.15 13 400 7589 -17.3 -50.1 4 32.8 -21.6 288 25 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.8 0.10 14 350 8573 -25.2 -53.8 5 28.6 -27.9 281 28 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.07 15 300 9671 -34.2 -55.8 9 21.6 -35.7 277 31 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.07 16 250 10921 -43.0 -62.6 10 19.6 -43.7 266 38 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 17 200 12391 -53.2 -70.5 10 17.3 -53.5 262 49 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14188 -66.0 -78.0 17 12.0 -66.1 256 38 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16577 -76.0 -85.4 21 9.4 -76.0 247 12 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.45 m Freezing level: 560.28 mb = 4980.13 m = 16338.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.82 mb = 3712.41 m = 12179.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.36 C = 84.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.63 mb = 3490.91 m = 11452.98 ft T: 8.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 4.15 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.77 mb = 4293.94 m = 14087.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.83 C = 94.69 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 14.25 C K Index: 31.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4082.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 680.70 mb = 3392.39 m = 11129.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 22.91 m/s