MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 31.6,-110.58 Latitude: 31.60 Longitude: -110.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 567 2 900 1038 3 850 1530 SFC 846 1570 12.3 1.6 48 10.7 6.7 196 4 299.4 300.3 286.9 314.5 5.07 5 800 2047 17.8 -30.8 2 48.7 2.9 232 12 310.2 310.2 285.8 311.4 0.37 6 750 2594 15.3 -33.9 2 49.3 1.1 252 18 313.2 313.2 286.8 314.2 0.29 7 700 3173 11.9 -31.6 3 43.5 -0.9 256 22 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.0 0.39 8 650 3787 7.6 -29.5 5 37.1 -3.3 263 19 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.4 0.51 9 600 4440 3.6 -32.9 5 36.5 -6.1 273 13 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.7 0.40 10 550 5137 -1.7 -38.3 4 36.6 -9.8 268 11 322.0 322.1 289.7 323.0 0.25 11 500 5886 -7.3 -42.5 4 35.2 -13.8 260 14 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.18 12 450 6697 -12.9 -42.3 7 29.3 -17.9 259 19 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.21 13 400 7582 -20.1 -33.2 30 13.1 -22.7 248 25 328.8 328.9 292.0 330.9 0.58 14 350 8560 -25.8 -53.1 6 27.3 -28.4 250 29 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 15 300 9659 -34.4 -50.2 19 15.8 -35.7 249 34 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.13 16 250 10906 -44.4 -70.5 4 26.1 -45.1 251 40 340.1 340.1 294.3 340.1 0.01 17 200 12360 -55.8 -68.0 20 12.2 -56.0 251 50 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 14137 -67.8 -76.2 29 8.3 -67.9 255 53 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 19 100 16547 -71.2 -86.2 9 14.9 -71.3 261 29 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.94 m Freezing level: 566.28 mb = 4910.14 m = 16109.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.56 mb = 2918.54 m = 9575.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 6.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.46 mb = 2943.01 m = 9655.44 ft T: 13.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 3.06 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 355.08 mb = 8454.62 m = 27737.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.68 C = 112.42 F Cap Strength: 13.08 C Lifted Index: 12.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.27 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9934.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 488.73 mb = 6061.70 m = 19887.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 63.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.29 Bulk Shear: 14.13 m/s