MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 36.5,-103.1 Latitude: 36.50 Longitude: -103.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 554 2 900 1028 SFC 854 1481 21.0 8.2 44 12.8 13.1 280 6 307.7 309.2 292.3 332.1 8.02 4 850 1524 20.1 7.6 44 12.5 12.4 287 10 307.2 308.6 291.9 330.6 7.71 5 800 2045 17.7 3.6 39 14.2 9.6 318 10 310.0 311.2 291.5 329.2 6.18 6 750 2592 13.0 1.0 44 12.0 6.4 329 9 310.7 311.7 291.0 327.7 5.48 7 700 3166 8.3 -1.3 51 9.6 3.3 289 8 311.6 312.6 290.9 327.2 4.96 8 650 3773 3.6 -6.0 49 9.7 -0.9 259 14 313.1 313.8 290.3 325.0 3.74 9 600 4417 -0.2 -16.9 27 16.7 -6.2 261 14 315.9 316.2 289.2 321.5 1.69 10 550 5107 -4.6 -20.9 27 16.3 -9.8 270 18 318.6 318.9 289.7 323.1 1.31 11 500 5850 -9.7 -25.2 27 15.5 -13.9 286 24 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.6 0.98 12 450 6658 -13.3 -23.7 41 10.5 -16.2 297 27 326.6 326.8 292.0 331.0 1.25 13 400 7542 -19.8 -32.6 31 12.8 -22.3 283 30 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.62 14 350 8515 -28.5 -34.7 55 6.2 -29.5 279 36 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.4 0.57 15 300 9604 -34.8 -50.5 19 15.6 -36.1 280 42 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13 16 250 10859 -41.4 -62.1 9 20.7 -42.2 285 44 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 17 200 12341 -50.8 -69.9 9 19.1 -51.2 279 35 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 14155 -64.2 -72.9 29 8.8 -64.3 289 34 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16613 -67.8 -86.0 6 18.2 -67.9 241 16 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.71 m Freezing level: 602.61 mb = 4383.67 m = 14381.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.33 mb = 3643.66 m = 11954.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.95 % Est. max temperature: 24.67 C = 76.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.47 mb = 3089.37 m = 10135.61 ft T: 8.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 10.58 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.25 mb = 4333.80 m = 14218.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 17.28 C K Index: 27.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5639.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.06 mb = 3659.38 m = 12005.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.4 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 315.4 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: -4.0 tot: 21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.87 Bulk Shear: 8.34 m/s