MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 10 OCT 25 Station: 36.6,-114.8 Latitude: 36.60 Longitude: -114.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 562 SFC 925 799 23.6 14.8 58 8.8 17.7 17 3 303.5 305.6 293.7 337.7 11.51 3 900 1033 20.3 14.6 70 5.7 16.5 20 4 302.4 304.6 293.6 336.9 11.66 4 850 1525 17.6 14.0 80 3.6 15.2 162 5 304.5 306.7 294.3 340.0 11.89 5 800 2042 15.6 11.6 78 3.9 13.0 194 18 307.7 309.8 294.4 340.5 10.82 6 750 2586 11.5 8.4 81 3.1 9.5 200 22 309.0 310.8 293.6 337.2 9.23 7 700 3160 7.9 4.8 81 3.1 6.1 214 25 311.2 312.7 293.1 335.2 7.75 8 650 3768 4.0 0.9 80 3.1 2.3 220 29 313.5 314.7 292.6 333.3 6.31 9 600 4414 -0.1 -3.8 76 3.7 -2.0 233 34 316.0 316.9 292.0 331.3 4.80 10 550 5105 -4.8 -8.4 76 3.6 -6.4 235 38 318.3 319.1 291.8 330.4 3.69 11 500 5848 -9.7 -13.4 74 3.7 -11.1 226 34 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.2 2.71 12 450 6653 -14.4 -22.6 50 8.1 -16.7 222 33 325.1 325.4 291.7 329.9 1.39 13 400 7537 -19.3 -57.4 2 38.1 -23.2 228 39 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.04 14 350 8514 -26.9 -62.7 2 35.8 -29.4 224 51 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.02 15 300 9607 -34.8 -47.2 27 12.4 -35.9 213 65 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.18 16 250 10858 -41.2 -65.2 6 24.1 -42.1 230 68 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 17 200 12352 -49.2 -74.3 4 25.2 -49.7 231 93 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14173 -63.3 -80.5 8 17.3 -63.4 241 84 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16619 -69.6 -86.0 7 16.4 -69.7 232 34 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.72 m Freezing level: 601.74 mb = 4391.74 m = 14408.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.06 mb = 4109.81 m = 13483.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.72 mb = 1917.82 m = 6291.98 ft T: 16.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 10.53 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.47 mb = 2525.19 m = 8284.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 38.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 298.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.75 mb = 1928.04 m = 6325.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.75 mb = 3695.75 m = 12125.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.75 mb = 9704.85 m = 31839.68 ft B at Equ Level: 294.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.75 mb = 11540.97 m = 37863.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.1 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 252.1 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 199.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 118.84 m/s