MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 26.9,-103.72 Latitude: 26.90 Longitude: -103.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 1 950 617 2 900 1081 SFC 896 1119 17.8 4.3 41 13.5 10.3 32 4 300.2 301.3 287.9 317.5 5.80 4 850 1570 18.4 2.1 34 16.3 9.5 73 12 305.5 306.4 289.2 321.5 5.24 5 800 2087 16.3 -0.4 32 16.7 7.4 107 11 308.5 309.4 289.6 322.9 4.63 6 750 2631 12.5 -8.4 22 20.9 3.1 167 2 310.2 310.7 288.3 318.9 2.71 7 700 3204 7.9 -6.2 36 14.1 1.3 282 6 311.3 311.9 289.4 322.2 3.43 8 650 3811 5.8 -25.3 9 31.1 -3.9 118 3 315.5 315.6 288.1 318.1 0.75 9 600 4463 3.3 -30.5 6 33.8 -6.1 88 8 319.9 320.0 289.3 321.7 0.50 10 550 5161 -1.0 -36.6 5 35.5 -9.4 81 6 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.30 11 500 5913 -5.7 -39.4 5 33.8 -12.6 347 5 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.25 12 450 6732 -10.1 -43.7 4 33.7 -16.0 334 15 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.18 13 400 7626 -17.4 -43.8 8 26.5 -21.4 335 13 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.20 14 350 8610 -25.3 -46.1 12 20.8 -27.7 322 15 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.17 15 300 9709 -34.1 -53.2 13 19.2 -35.4 308 20 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.8 0.09 16 250 10960 -43.1 -64.0 8 20.9 -43.9 283 30 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 17 200 12425 -54.6 -68.9 15 14.3 -54.9 291 34 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14211 -66.7 -78.0 19 11.3 -66.8 279 27 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 19 100 16599 -75.9 -85.5 21 9.5 -76.0 327 14 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.70 m Freezing level: 562.18 mb = 4990.82 m = 16373.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.45 mb = 3352.45 m = 10998.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.64 mb = 2836.85 m = 9307.14 ft T: 10.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 4.02 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 505.27 mb = 5830.12 m = 19127.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.56 C = 108.61 F Cap Strength: 9.77 C Lifted Index: 10.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.48 C Showalter Index: 9.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 7.75 C K Index: 12.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8367.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.92 mb = 3613.21 m = 11854.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.4 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 71.4 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.2 neg: -23.9 tot: 33.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 22.73 Bulk Shear: 1.53 m/s