MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510081800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510081800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 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 203 SFC 960 561 21.2 16.3 74 4.9 17.9 10 5 297.9 300.1 292.6 333.5 12.26 2 950 649 19.1 15.9 81 3.2 17.0 15 5 296.6 298.8 292.0 331.3 12.02 3 900 1111 15.7 14.5 93 1.2 14.9 117 3 297.7 299.8 292.0 331.3 11.59 4 850 1599 15.9 15.0 94 0.9 15.3 200 13 302.8 305.1 294.4 340.5 12.72 5 800 2112 12.6 11.5 93 1.2 11.9 200 11 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.6 10.69 6 750 2652 9.4 8.5 94 0.9 8.8 189 10 306.7 308.5 293.0 334.9 9.31 7 700 3222 6.2 5.6 96 0.5 5.9 192 10 309.3 310.9 292.9 334.4 8.19 8 650 3826 2.6 2.1 96 0.5 2.3 215 11 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.3 6.87 9 600 4470 -1.2 -1.5 97 0.4 -1.3 246 13 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.8 5.71 10 550 5160 -5.1 -5.6 96 0.6 -5.3 261 16 318.1 319.0 292.5 332.8 4.58 11 500 5903 -9.4 -9.9 96 0.5 -9.6 275 15 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.5 3.62 12 450 6713 -13.4 -18.1 68 4.6 -15.0 268 21 326.4 326.8 292.6 333.4 2.05 13 400 7597 -19.8 -25.8 59 6.0 -21.2 273 29 329.3 329.5 292.6 333.4 1.17 14 350 8573 -27.1 -31.3 67 4.2 -27.8 272 36 332.3 332.4 293.1 335.2 0.80 15 300 9666 -34.1 -44.5 34 10.4 -35.2 279 47 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.24 16 250 10928 -39.9 -67.1 4 27.2 -41.0 283 66 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 17 200 12417 -50.5 -72.6 6 22.1 -51.0 281 69 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14234 -63.4 -81.0 7 17.6 -63.5 287 52 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16651 -75.0 -85.9 17 10.8 -75.0 287 23 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.73 m Freezing level: 615.38 mb = 4272.08 m = 14015.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.13 mb = 4230.72 m = 13880.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.56 C = 81.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.76 mb = 1179.50 m = 3869.69 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 7.67 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 2009.21 m = 6591.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.60 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 39.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4972.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.10 mb = 1272.37 m = 4174.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.5 neg: -9.9 tot: 70.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 33.82 m/s