MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.7,-102.13 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -102.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 518 SFC 907 920 16.5 13.2 81 3.3 14.4 324 6 297.9 299.8 291.3 328.6 10.57 3 900 983 17.3 11.7 70 5.6 13.7 327 11 299.3 301.1 291.0 327.5 9.62 4 850 1472 17.5 11.8 69 5.7 13.8 258 23 304.5 306.4 293.2 335.3 10.30 5 800 1988 13.2 10.0 81 3.2 11.2 269 26 305.2 307.0 292.9 334.2 9.67 6 750 2527 9.3 6.0 80 3.3 7.4 269 32 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.6 7.86 7 700 3096 5.9 2.6 80 3.2 4.1 256 40 309.0 310.2 291.5 329.3 6.62 8 650 3699 1.3 0.7 96 0.6 1.0 247 42 310.4 311.6 291.6 329.6 6.18 9 600 4340 -1.8 -2.1 98 0.3 -1.9 238 42 314.1 315.1 292.1 331.4 5.49 10 550 5028 -6.3 -7.1 95 0.7 -6.7 237 51 316.6 317.3 291.6 329.7 4.10 11 500 5766 -11.7 -16.0 70 4.3 -13.2 243 58 318.8 319.2 290.6 326.1 2.19 12 450 6565 -15.7 -31.7 24 16.0 -19.0 240 66 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.7 0.60 13 400 7445 -20.6 -53.0 4 32.4 -24.1 241 75 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.07 14 350 8422 -25.9 -54.8 5 28.9 -28.5 247 87 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.06 15 300 9518 -34.7 -53.5 13 18.9 -36.0 254 91 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.09 16 250 10772 -40.8 -72.8 2 32.0 -41.8 259 76 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.01 17 200 12257 -50.0 -75.0 4 25.0 -50.5 262 76 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14085 -61.7 -81.8 5 20.1 -61.9 266 74 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16533 -70.8 -87.1 7 16.3 -70.9 279 38 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.38 m Freezing level: 628.98 mb = 3968.44 m = 13019.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3906.95 m = 12817.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.41 % Est. max temperature: 24.89 C = 76.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.42 mb = 1338.29 m = 4390.65 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 5.99 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.83 mb = 2495.64 m = 8187.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 77.00 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 37.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.35 mb = 2067.97 m = 6784.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.35 mb = 3363.77 m = 11035.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.35 mb = 6951.06 m = 22805.05 ft B at Equ Level: 136.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 337.35 mb = 8683.67 m = 28489.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 6.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.3 neg: -61.1 tot: 0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 145.62 m/s