MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 14 OCT 25 Station: 37.3,-103.6 Latitude: 37.30 Longitude: -103.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 1 950 567 2 900 1037 3 850 1527 SFC 834 1686 16.5 11.3 72 5.2 13.2 203 13 305.0 306.9 293.2 335.5 10.16 5 800 2041 13.8 10.6 81 3.2 11.7 221 35 305.8 307.7 293.3 336.1 10.07 6 750 2586 13.0 7.7 70 5.4 9.7 224 33 310.7 312.4 293.7 337.8 8.81 7 700 3163 9.3 4.7 73 4.6 6.6 231 34 312.8 314.2 293.4 336.6 7.67 8 650 3774 5.6 1.1 73 4.5 3.1 230 32 315.3 316.5 293.2 335.5 6.41 9 600 4424 1.5 -3.0 72 4.5 -0.7 229 31 317.9 318.9 292.9 334.4 5.13 10 550 5119 -3.6 -8.0 72 4.4 -5.6 227 34 319.8 320.5 292.3 332.2 3.80 11 500 5864 -9.3 -17.2 52 7.9 -12.0 222 43 321.8 322.1 291.3 328.5 1.98 12 450 6672 -13.1 -43.7 6 30.5 -18.1 227 52 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.18 13 400 7560 -17.9 -48.5 5 30.5 -22.0 227 63 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.12 14 350 8545 -24.6 -39.1 25 14.5 -26.8 226 68 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.1 0.37 15 300 9648 -32.6 -49.7 17 17.1 -34.1 227 67 339.5 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.14 16 250 10908 -41.9 -52.9 29 11.0 -42.6 226 66 343.7 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.11 17 200 12379 -53.7 -59.4 50 5.7 -53.9 226 64 347.6 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.06 18 150 14179 -64.0 -77.6 14 13.6 -64.1 225 59 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16588 -75.3 -86.6 16 11.2 -75.3 225 48 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.36 m Freezing level: 585.11 mb = 4631.11 m = 15193.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.59 mb = 4295.22 m = 14091.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.04 % Est. max temperature: 24.55 C = 76.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.48 mb = 2336.98 m = 7667.16 ft T: 13.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 10.33 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.90 mb = 3512.75 m = 11524.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.20 C = 77.35 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.63 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.82 mb = 2779.93 m = 9120.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 537.82 mb = 5294.13 m = 17368.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 457.82 mb = 6539.84 m = 21455.91 ft B at Equ Level: 54.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.82 mb = 7980.87 m = 26183.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.2 neg: -11.5 tot: 128.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 24.97 m/s