MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 37.0,-102.0 Latitude: 37.00 Longitude: -102.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 559 2 900 1034 SFC 892 1109 25.2 12.6 45 12.7 16.9 196 15 308.2 310.2 294.2 339.5 10.30 4 850 1529 18.9 11.3 61 7.6 14.0 199 19 305.9 307.8 293.3 335.8 9.92 5 800 2046 14.1 9.6 74 4.5 11.3 210 24 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.5 9.40 6 750 2588 11.0 5.8 70 5.2 7.9 216 23 308.5 309.9 292.3 332.1 7.73 7 700 3160 6.7 2.6 75 4.1 4.4 219 22 309.9 311.1 291.8 330.3 6.60 8 650 3764 2.6 -1.8 73 4.4 0.3 227 19 311.9 312.8 291.2 328.0 5.15 9 600 4407 -1.8 -5.4 76 3.6 -3.5 248 14 314.0 314.8 291.0 327.6 4.26 10 550 5094 -5.6 -14.5 49 9.0 -8.9 257 9 317.5 317.9 290.3 325.0 2.25 11 500 5836 -8.9 -27.3 21 18.4 -13.7 264 12 322.2 322.4 290.3 325.1 0.82 12 450 6645 -13.1 -39.1 9 26.0 -17.9 285 17 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.29 13 400 7533 -17.9 -47.9 5 30.0 -22.0 294 24 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 14 350 8513 -25.5 -49.1 9 23.6 -28.0 274 32 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 15 300 9612 -34.2 -49.0 21 14.8 -35.5 280 37 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.15 16 250 10866 -41.3 -62.1 9 20.7 -42.2 273 52 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 17 200 12354 -48.9 -68.4 9 19.4 -49.4 273 55 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.02 18 150 14188 -62.0 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.1 280 18 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16641 -70.0 -86.2 8 16.2 -70.1 252 11 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.19 m Freezing level: 620.79 mb = 4139.74 m = 13581.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.89 mb = 3815.36 m = 12517.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.28 % Est. max temperature: 25.64 C = 78.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.01 mb = 2688.42 m = 8820.17 ft T: 10.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 14.55 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.05 mb = 2891.78 m = 9487.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 34.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.39 mb = 2572.95 m = 8441.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.39 mb = 3440.04 m = 11286.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 466.39 mb = 6370.07 m = 20898.94 ft B at Equ Level: 114.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 346.39 mb = 8587.20 m = 28172.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 57.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 6.97 Bulk Shear: 16.57 m/s