MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 30 SEP 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 140 1 950 579 2 900 1047 SFC 855 1481 17.1 13.1 77 4.0 14.5 213 14 303.5 305.5 293.4 336.6 11.12 4 850 1536 15.6 13.0 84 2.7 13.9 214 17 302.5 304.5 293.2 335.4 11.11 5 800 2048 13.4 10.3 82 3.1 11.4 228 26 305.4 307.3 293.1 335.1 9.88 6 750 2591 11.9 4.0 59 7.8 7.4 236 16 309.5 310.7 291.9 330.5 6.83 7 700 3164 8.0 0.2 58 7.8 3.8 242 12 311.3 312.4 291.3 328.6 5.54 8 650 3771 3.5 -3.2 61 6.8 0.2 241 10 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.6 4.63 9 600 4415 -1.3 -7.5 62 6.3 -4.0 235 9 314.7 315.4 290.6 326.3 3.62 10 550 5103 -5.1 -15.2 45 10.1 -8.8 255 10 318.1 318.5 290.3 325.2 2.14 11 500 5847 -7.9 -26.4 21 18.4 -13.0 294 12 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.5 0.89 12 450 6656 -13.6 -36.9 12 23.2 -18.0 306 13 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.36 13 400 7541 -18.7 -47.6 6 28.8 -22.5 315 25 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.13 14 350 8523 -25.5 -46.7 12 21.1 -28.0 292 32 334.3 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.16 15 300 9623 -33.7 -54.1 11 20.4 -35.1 287 32 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.08 16 250 10878 -41.7 -59.4 13 17.8 -42.5 285 54 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.3 0.05 17 200 12360 -50.4 -66.9 13 16.5 -50.8 281 54 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 18 150 14189 -61.1 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.3 283 35 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16645 -70.6 -86.3 8 15.7 -70.7 295 8 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.46 m Freezing level: 613.12 mb = 4245.73 m = 13929.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.68 mb = 3799.69 m = 12466.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.21 % Est. max temperature: 24.37 C = 75.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.79 mb = 1986.69 m = 6517.94 ft T: 13.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.39 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.02 mb = 3175.82 m = 10419.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 28.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.20 mb = 2488.19 m = 8163.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.20 mb = 4226.58 m = 13866.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 534.20 mb = 5330.42 m = 17488.05 ft B at Equ Level: 40.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 454.20 mb = 6584.44 m = 21602.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.4 neg: -24.3 tot: 32.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.88 Bulk Shear: 22.19 m/s