MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-125.17 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -125.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 -0 23.3 20.4 84 2.9 21.3 78 12 295.2 297.9 293.9 338.3 15.01 1 1000 124 21.9 19.4 86 2.5 20.2 77 13 295.0 297.6 293.3 336.1 14.31 2 950 569 18.7 16.1 85 2.6 17.0 88 13 296.2 298.4 292.1 331.4 12.23 3 900 1032 15.9 13.2 84 2.7 14.1 113 8 297.9 299.8 291.4 328.8 10.64 4 850 1515 12.6 8.7 77 3.9 10.3 272 11 299.3 300.8 289.9 323.8 8.34 5 800 2022 10.3 7.4 82 2.9 8.6 235 21 302.1 303.6 290.6 326.1 8.08 6 750 2557 8.1 2.2 66 5.9 4.9 229 25 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.7 6.01 7 700 3127 8.3 -29.2 5 37.5 -2.5 250 18 311.7 311.8 286.5 313.4 0.49 8 650 3735 5.6 -33.5 4 39.1 -4.6 253 19 315.3 315.4 287.6 316.6 0.35 9 600 4384 2.6 -38.5 3 41.1 -7.0 252 21 319.1 319.1 288.7 319.9 0.23 10 550 5081 -1.3 -38.4 4 37.1 -9.5 253 20 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.5 0.25 11 500 5834 -5.1 -43.9 3 38.8 -12.5 252 18 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.16 12 450 6653 -9.9 -47.3 3 37.4 -16.1 255 21 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.12 13 400 7551 -15.9 -49.0 4 33.1 -20.5 258 27 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 14 350 8540 -23.7 -50.1 7 26.4 -26.6 261 30 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.11 15 300 9645 -33.0 -52.5 12 19.6 -34.5 263 32 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.10 16 250 10899 -43.5 -62.0 11 18.5 -44.2 259 30 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.04 17 200 12357 -55.2 -67.0 22 11.8 -55.4 247 34 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14143 -66.8 -77.6 20 10.8 -66.9 262 35 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16537 -75.1 -86.4 15 11.4 -75.1 247 21 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.16 m Freezing level: 566.57 mb = 4850.22 m = 15912.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.80 mb = 2931.09 m = 9616.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.74 % Est. max temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.88 mb = 371.56 m = 1219.02 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 979.85 m = 3214.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.74 C = 78.34 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: 4.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.91 C Showalter Index: 9.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.71 C Cross Totals Index: 13.85 C K Index: -11.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 144.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.35 mb = 766.27 m = 2513.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.35 mb = 1285.76 m = 4218.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 743.35 mb = 2630.69 m = 8630.78 ft B at Equ Level: 27.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 703.35 mb = 3087.40 m = 10129.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.1 neg: -5.3 tot: 111.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 121.22 m/s