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: 37.2,-100.5 Latitude: 37.20 Longitude: -100.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 595 SFC 928 797 18.9 14.7 76 4.2 16.2 161 6 298.4 300.5 292.2 331.6 11.41 3 900 1061 18.9 12.7 67 6.2 14.9 187 21 301.0 302.9 292.1 331.4 10.31 4 850 1550 16.6 10.2 66 6.4 12.6 179 20 303.6 305.3 292.0 331.2 9.26 5 800 2064 13.7 7.2 65 6.5 9.8 187 18 305.8 307.2 291.7 329.8 7.97 6 750 2605 10.3 1.5 54 8.8 5.6 216 18 307.8 308.9 290.4 325.3 5.70 7 700 3174 6.1 -1.0 60 7.1 2.4 212 17 309.2 310.2 290.3 325.0 5.08 8 650 3778 2.3 1.8 97 0.5 2.0 214 16 311.5 312.8 292.3 332.4 6.71 9 600 4420 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.2 211 13 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.7 5.38 10 550 5107 -5.6 -9.1 76 3.5 -7.1 250 7 317.5 318.1 291.4 328.8 3.49 11 500 5848 -10.3 -16.4 61 6.0 -12.4 249 6 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.6 2.13 12 450 6652 -15.1 -20.7 63 5.5 -16.8 209 14 324.2 324.5 291.7 329.9 1.64 13 400 7532 -20.5 -24.1 73 3.7 -21.4 195 22 328.4 328.7 292.6 333.2 1.36 14 350 8508 -26.5 -32.8 55 6.3 -27.6 191 30 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.6 0.69 15 300 9602 -35.2 -40.4 59 5.2 -35.8 185 40 335.8 335.8 293.6 337.2 0.38 16 250 10844 -45.6 -51.8 49 6.2 -45.9 198 56 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.13 17 200 12303 -50.6 -72.3 6 21.6 -51.1 262 15 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14137 -59.4 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 274 17 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16634 -66.0 -85.5 5 19.5 -66.1 303 5 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.95 m Freezing level: 623.67 mb = 4115.86 m = 13503.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.15 mb = 4077.57 m = 13377.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.01 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.60 mb = 1335.08 m = 4380.15 ft T: 17.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 6.63 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.18 mb = 2780.65 m = 9122.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 30.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.80 mb = 2045.06 m = 6709.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.80 mb = 4462.18 m = 14639.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 586.80 mb = 4595.59 m = 15077.21 ft B at Equ Level: 19.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 476.80 mb = 6210.56 m = 20375.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.6 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 237.6 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.2 neg: -13.6 tot: 60.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.19 Bulk Shear: 6.22 m/s