MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 30 SEP 25 Station: 36.6,-101.9 Latitude: 36.60 Longitude: -101.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 1 950 594 2 900 1052 SFC 898 1069 11.6 9.8 88 1.9 10.5 205 6 293.6 295.2 288.1 318.0 8.47 4 850 1539 16.5 11.1 70 5.4 13.1 207 23 303.4 305.3 292.4 332.7 9.82 5 800 2053 13.6 7.2 66 6.3 9.7 214 24 305.6 307.1 291.6 329.7 8.00 6 750 2593 9.2 5.5 78 3.7 7.1 218 22 306.6 308.0 291.6 329.6 7.58 7 700 3161 5.4 3.1 85 2.3 4.1 215 16 308.5 309.8 291.6 329.5 6.85 8 650 3764 1.9 -1.8 76 3.7 0.0 214 13 311.1 312.1 290.9 327.2 5.15 9 600 4404 -2.4 -4.8 84 2.4 -3.6 220 16 313.3 314.2 291.0 327.5 4.47 10 550 5091 -5.5 -12.4 58 6.9 -8.2 241 15 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.4 2.68 11 500 5834 -9.4 -19.2 45 9.7 -12.6 255 17 321.5 321.9 290.9 327.3 1.68 12 450 6639 -14.4 -35.1 15 20.7 -18.5 260 15 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.7 0.43 13 400 7520 -20.4 -41.9 13 21.4 -23.5 258 13 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.24 14 350 8497 -25.2 -54.1 5 28.9 -27.9 312 27 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.07 15 300 9608 -30.2 -59.7 4 29.5 -32.3 328 50 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.04 16 250 10874 -41.4 -59.9 12 18.4 -42.3 318 51 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 17 200 12353 -50.7 -69.8 9 19.1 -51.1 312 53 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 18 150 14170 -62.2 -81.2 6 19.1 -62.3 308 42 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16627 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 322 12 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.80 m Freezing level: 628.20 mb = 4042.98 m = 13264.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.72 mb = 3767.01 m = 12358.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.04 % Est. max temperature: 24.24 C = 75.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.56 mb = 1306.15 m = 4285.22 ft T: 14.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 5.52 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.15 mb = 2847.74 m = 9342.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.02 C = 77.03 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: 2.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 34.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6402.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.05 mb = 2178.65 m = 7147.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.6 neg: -23.5 tot: 42.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.48 Bulk Shear: 5.27 m/s