MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-110.37 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -110.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 582 2 900 1052 3 850 1543 SFC 838 1668 18.7 1.2 31 17.5 9.2 225 3 307.0 307.9 289.5 322.3 4.99 5 800 2057 13.3 -1.9 35 15.3 5.6 234 3 305.4 306.1 288.1 318.1 4.14 6 750 2598 12.7 -22.3 7 35.0 0.7 290 17 310.3 310.5 286.5 313.2 0.85 7 700 3172 10.3 -33.1 3 43.3 -1.7 286 22 313.8 313.9 287.1 315.0 0.34 8 650 3784 7.4 -36.4 3 43.8 -3.8 286 28 317.3 317.4 288.2 318.3 0.26 9 600 4436 2.8 -28.3 8 31.1 -6.2 289 31 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.6 0.62 10 550 5131 -3.2 -29.4 11 26.3 -10.1 287 30 320.3 320.4 289.5 322.5 0.61 11 500 5876 -8.4 -39.2 6 30.8 -14.4 283 27 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.7 0.26 12 450 6685 -13.4 -43.9 6 30.5 -18.3 276 23 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.17 13 400 7570 -19.6 -49.2 5 29.6 -23.2 272 21 329.4 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.11 14 350 8546 -27.0 -46.4 14 19.5 -29.1 278 34 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.17 15 300 9637 -35.5 -47.4 28 11.9 -36.5 261 50 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.18 16 250 10881 -45.2 -57.4 24 12.2 -45.7 262 59 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.07 17 200 12330 -56.5 -65.8 30 9.3 -56.6 261 65 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14107 -66.9 -77.1 22 10.2 -66.9 257 65 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 19 100 16525 -71.4 -86.4 9 15.0 -71.5 258 42 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.10 m Freezing level: 576.62 mb = 4761.04 m = 15620.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.31 mb = 2762.63 m = 9063.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 10.66 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 644.72 mb = 3850.48 m = 12632.65 ft T: 6.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 9.12 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 449.61 mb = 6691.65 m = 21953.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.15 C = 98.86 F Cap Strength: 10.41 C Lifted Index: 9.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8823.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 576.50 mb = 4755.26 m = 15601.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.1 neg: -2.1 tot: 77.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 58.26 m/s