MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 30 SEP 25 Station: 29.9,-103.3 Latitude: 29.90 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 591 2 900 1058 SFC 894 1118 16.0 9.1 64 6.9 11.9 22 5 298.6 300.1 289.5 322.6 8.17 4 850 1548 17.3 9.1 59 8.2 12.3 117 18 304.3 305.8 291.7 330.0 8.58 5 800 2063 14.5 6.0 57 8.5 9.5 126 12 306.6 307.9 291.4 328.8 7.34 6 750 2606 12.1 -0.1 43 12.3 5.6 188 4 309.8 310.7 290.4 325.5 5.05 7 700 3180 8.4 -1.1 51 9.4 3.5 296 3 311.8 312.7 291.0 327.7 5.06 8 650 3787 3.8 -1.7 67 5.5 1.0 315 6 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.7 5.22 9 600 4432 -0.1 -14.3 34 14.1 -5.5 314 9 315.9 316.4 289.6 322.9 2.11 10 550 5125 -2.8 -33.0 8 30.1 -10.2 302 14 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.3 0.43 11 500 5873 -7.5 -36.5 8 28.9 -13.7 284 18 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.1 0.34 12 450 6681 -13.8 -39.5 9 25.7 -18.3 274 21 325.9 325.9 290.8 326.9 0.27 13 400 7564 -20.1 -42.6 12 22.5 -23.4 276 25 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.22 14 350 8542 -25.4 -52.5 6 27.1 -28.1 294 32 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 15 300 9648 -30.5 -65.3 2 34.8 -32.6 326 47 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 16 250 10922 -39.4 -65.3 5 25.8 -40.5 332 66 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 17 200 12409 -50.5 -74.0 5 23.5 -51.0 319 57 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14236 -61.8 -82.5 5 20.7 -62.0 301 51 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16669 -73.7 -85.5 15 11.7 -73.7 300 12 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.28 m Freezing level: 601.85 mb = 4408.57 m = 14463.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.26 mb = 3884.02 m = 12742.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.24 mb = 1996.94 m = 6551.56 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 4.52 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.32 mb = 3695.64 m = 12124.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lifted Index: 4.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.80 C Showalter Index: 3.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 16.67 C K Index: 24.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6887.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.33 mb = 2635.52 m = 8646.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.1 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 314.1 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.0 neg: -8.8 tot: 106.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 78.54 m/s