MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.35,-102.49 Latitude: 30.35 Longitude: -102.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 1 950 619 SFC 904 1039 11.5 3.2 57 8.3 7.2 21 6 293.0 294.0 284.8 308.5 5.35 3 900 1077 14.0 3.4 49 10.7 8.3 45 14 296.0 297.0 286.0 311.9 5.42 4 850 1559 15.1 0.6 37 14.5 7.5 69 22 301.9 302.8 287.5 316.2 4.71 5 800 2072 14.1 -3.0 31 17.1 5.6 42 7 306.1 306.8 288.1 318.0 3.83 6 750 2611 10.3 -8.8 25 19.1 1.9 7 9 307.8 308.3 287.4 316.0 2.61 7 700 3183 8.3 -17.0 15 25.3 -1.1 5 2 311.7 312.0 287.6 316.5 1.44 8 650 3791 6.3 -33.0 4 39.3 -4.2 96 5 316.1 316.2 287.9 317.4 0.37 9 600 4443 4.4 -38.1 3 42.4 -6.0 186 4 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.0 0.24 10 550 5144 -0.8 -44.7 2 43.8 -9.5 302 7 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.6 0.13 11 500 5894 -7.5 -45.6 3 38.1 -14.0 318 13 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.13 12 450 6703 -13.7 -47.5 4 33.7 -18.6 267 13 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.4 0.12 13 400 7585 -20.4 -50.9 5 30.5 -23.8 316 29 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.09 14 350 8558 -27.4 -47.5 13 20.1 -29.5 308 39 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.15 15 300 9649 -35.8 -44.0 42 8.3 -36.5 300 51 335.0 335.0 293.3 336.0 0.26 16 250 10888 -45.5 -56.2 29 10.7 -46.0 306 64 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.08 17 200 12347 -53.6 -69.2 13 15.6 -53.9 294 64 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14147 -64.9 -78.8 13 13.9 -65.0 290 50 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16557 -74.6 -85.6 16 11.1 -74.6 294 31 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.47 m Freezing level: 558.03 mb = 5031.42 m = 16507.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.30 mb = 2968.97 m = 9740.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.73 C = 78.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.31 mb = 2100.07 m = 6889.90 ft T: 13.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 1.95 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 508.89 mb = 5755.62 m = 18883.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.41 C = 106.53 F Cap Strength: 13.59 C Lifted Index: 11.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.56 C Showalter Index: 11.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 8.13 C K Index: -2.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 65.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10538.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.36 mb = 3284.51 m = 10775.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.4 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 19.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.5 neg: -14.7 tot: 7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 36.09 m/s