MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510081200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510081200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 34.0,-100.3 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -100.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 201 SFC 959 561 16.5 14.4 88 2.0 15.2 16 6 293.1 295.0 290.0 324.0 10.83 2 950 642 15.3 14.2 93 1.1 14.6 16 7 292.7 294.6 289.8 323.4 10.76 3 900 1101 16.6 15.3 92 1.3 15.7 71 8 298.6 300.8 292.9 334.2 12.22 4 850 1589 15.5 13.8 90 1.7 14.4 167 7 302.3 304.5 293.6 337.1 11.76 5 800 2101 12.1 10.4 90 1.6 11.0 153 8 304.0 305.8 292.7 333.8 9.98 6 750 2640 8.8 7.4 91 1.4 8.0 135 11 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.3 8.64 7 700 3208 5.5 3.7 88 1.8 4.5 146 13 308.6 309.9 291.8 330.4 7.14 8 650 3811 1.9 0.5 91 1.4 1.1 168 13 311.1 312.2 291.7 330.0 6.10 9 600 4453 -1.8 -2.7 93 1.0 -2.3 205 17 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.5 5.21 10 550 5141 -4.8 -5.0 98 0.3 -4.9 230 20 318.4 319.4 292.7 333.9 4.79 11 500 5886 -8.9 -9.2 98 0.3 -9.0 270 21 322.2 323.0 293.0 334.8 3.83 12 450 6695 -13.7 -16.3 81 2.6 -14.6 284 25 326.1 326.5 292.9 334.2 2.39 13 400 7582 -18.7 -27.4 46 8.7 -20.8 274 27 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.3 1.01 14 350 8559 -27.1 -32.2 62 5.1 -28.0 281 37 332.2 332.4 293.0 334.9 0.73 15 300 9654 -33.1 -44.4 31 11.3 -34.3 283 51 338.7 338.8 294.3 339.7 0.24 16 250 10919 -39.8 -66.3 4 26.6 -40.8 282 66 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.02 17 200 12409 -50.5 -72.6 6 22.1 -50.9 285 64 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14227 -63.2 -82.1 6 18.9 -63.4 286 47 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16649 -74.0 -86.2 14 12.2 -74.0 292 21 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.85 m Freezing level: 624.58 mb = 4137.00 m = 13572.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4018.95 m = 13185.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.42 mb = 818.63 m = 2685.77 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 7.12 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.91 mb = 633.29 m = 2077.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.13 C = 61.04 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 36.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5919.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.08 mb = 1196.02 m = 3923.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.6 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 241.6 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 88.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 58.44 m/s