MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 35.17,-101.68 Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -101.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 1 950 589 2 900 1050 SFC 897 1074 15.6 -0.1 34 15.6 7.7 36 18 297.8 298.6 285.5 310.5 4.24 4 850 1533 12.6 -3.6 32 16.2 5.0 37 40 299.4 300.0 285.2 309.8 3.45 5 800 2037 9.3 -2.6 43 11.8 3.6 36 34 301.0 301.7 286.4 313.0 3.95 6 750 2574 9.9 -1.5 45 11.4 4.1 6 5 307.3 308.2 289.2 321.4 4.56 7 700 3142 5.8 -8.0 36 13.8 -0.2 260 9 308.9 309.5 288.2 318.4 2.99 8 650 3744 2.4 -14.7 27 17.1 -4.0 257 22 311.7 312.0 288.1 317.8 1.88 9 600 4388 2.2 -30.7 7 33.0 -6.7 284 32 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.5 0.49 10 550 5089 -0.1 -37.6 4 37.5 -8.9 293 40 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.0 0.27 11 500 5841 -6.8 -36.3 8 29.5 -13.2 294 44 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.0 0.34 12 450 6650 -14.1 -41.9 8 27.8 -18.6 290 48 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.21 13 400 7530 -21.4 -45.3 10 23.9 -24.4 292 54 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.17 14 350 8497 -29.5 -51.5 10 22.0 -31.3 288 59 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.09 15 300 9578 -38.0 -56.0 13 18.0 -39.0 284 67 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.06 16 250 10810 -46.8 -56.3 33 9.5 -47.1 282 83 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.9 0.07 17 200 12254 -56.6 -67.7 23 11.2 -56.8 284 91 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 14038 -64.9 -78.0 15 13.0 -65.0 283 85 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16484 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 287 50 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.56 m Freezing level: 552.70 mb = 5050.74 m = 16570.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.49 mb = 3113.06 m = 10213.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.69 % Est. max temperature: 24.88 C = 76.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.64 mb = 3041.26 m = 9977.78 ft T: 6.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 3.59 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 478.12 mb = 6184.59 m = 20290.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.04 C = 107.68 F Cap Strength: 16.20 C Lifted Index: 14.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.55 C Showalter Index: 15.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.46 C Cross Totals Index: 3.28 C K Index: 2.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 125.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11116.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.49 mb = 3431.61 m = 11258.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 9.4 tot: 13.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.0 neg: -120.9 tot: 193.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 265.61 m/s