MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 14 OCT 25 Station: 34.5,-116.2 Latitude: 34.50 Longitude: -116.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 515 SFC 923 764 17.8 3.5 39 14.3 10.0 154 17 297.7 298.7 286.5 313.5 5.33 3 900 973 13.6 2.9 49 10.6 8.0 158 19 295.5 296.4 285.7 310.9 5.25 4 850 1450 9.0 2.3 63 6.7 5.6 184 25 295.6 296.6 285.8 311.2 5.33 5 800 1950 6.5 3.7 82 2.8 5.0 204 30 298.1 299.2 287.6 316.5 6.26 6 750 2478 3.6 1.0 83 2.6 2.2 207 31 300.4 301.4 287.7 316.8 5.49 7 700 3034 0.2 -2.3 83 2.5 -1.0 212 34 302.7 303.6 287.7 316.8 4.63 8 650 3625 -2.7 -6.3 76 3.6 -4.2 220 42 306.0 306.6 287.9 317.4 3.67 9 600 4257 -5.3 -15.2 46 9.9 -8.7 225 57 310.0 310.4 287.5 316.3 1.96 10 550 4936 -8.4 -20.2 38 11.8 -12.0 223 68 314.1 314.3 288.3 318.7 1.39 11 500 5671 -11.5 -23.1 38 11.6 -14.7 223 83 319.0 319.2 289.7 323.1 1.19 12 450 6472 -15.9 -35.0 18 19.2 -19.5 222 89 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.9 0.43 13 400 7348 -21.7 -43.5 12 21.8 -24.5 226 93 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.20 14 350 8317 -29.2 -48.6 14 19.4 -31.0 231 100 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.13 15 300 9398 -38.0 -50.8 25 12.8 -38.8 231 105 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.12 16 250 10632 -45.4 -65.0 9 19.6 -46.0 222 100 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 17 200 12102 -49.2 -76.4 3 27.1 -49.7 228 90 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 13938 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.2 -59.0 234 76 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16453 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.5 -61.6 229 40 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5590.27 m Freezing level: 696.25 mb = 3078.85 m = 10101.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.15 mb = 2861.72 m = 9388.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.70 % Est. max temperature: 19.39 C = 66.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.77 mb = 2534.15 m = 8314.03 ft T: 3.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.45 C/km ThetaE index: 2.57 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.72 mb = 3187.21 m = 10456.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.50 C = 74.30 F Cap Strength: 7.39 C Lifted Index: 9.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.48 C Showalter Index: 10.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.53 C Cross Totals Index: 13.85 C K Index: 20.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11637.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.52 mb = 2321.11 m = 7615.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.4 at 52.2 knts Storm direction: 247.4 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 270.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 254.23 m/s