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,-118.2 Latitude: 34.50 Longitude: -118.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 498 2 900 952 SFC 891 1038 10.3 9.3 94 1.0 9.7 196 14 292.9 294.4 287.6 316.7 8.28 4 850 1426 7.6 7.1 97 0.4 7.3 197 37 294.1 295.4 287.3 315.6 7.48 5 800 1924 4.2 3.9 98 0.3 4.1 208 44 295.6 296.8 286.8 314.2 6.34 6 750 2445 0.4 0.0 97 0.4 0.2 214 45 297.0 298.0 286.1 312.1 5.10 7 700 2996 -2.7 -3.3 96 0.6 -3.0 206 49 299.5 300.2 286.2 312.3 4.29 8 650 3580 -5.8 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 202 52 302.4 303.1 286.6 313.7 3.69 9 600 4204 -8.9 -9.2 98 0.3 -9.1 212 48 305.8 306.4 287.3 315.7 3.17 10 550 4872 -14.2 -14.4 99 0.1 -14.3 222 47 307.2 307.6 286.9 314.5 2.28 11 500 5587 -18.7 -24.3 62 5.5 -20.0 232 71 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.8 1.07 12 450 6369 -20.3 -49.8 5 29.5 -23.5 228 93 317.7 317.7 288.1 318.0 0.09 13 400 7234 -24.4 -47.7 10 23.4 -26.8 227 108 323.3 323.4 289.9 323.8 0.13 14 350 8195 -30.0 -50.5 12 20.5 -31.7 231 115 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.11 15 300 9277 -36.6 -58.5 9 21.9 -37.8 233 113 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 16 250 10529 -40.5 -64.8 6 24.2 -41.5 229 101 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 17 200 12029 -45.9 -76.6 2 30.7 -46.7 238 89 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 18 150 13896 -56.5 -82.1 3 25.6 -56.8 242 65 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16429 -61.8 -86.2 2 24.4 -62.0 241 43 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.15 m Freezing level: 743.28 mb = 2519.37 m = 8265.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.91 mb = 2478.33 m = 8130.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.33 % Est. max temperature: 14.64 C = 58.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.02 mb = 1157.36 m = 3797.08 ft T: 9.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 4.54 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1615.00 m = 5298.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.94 C = 53.49 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 25.88 C K Index: 32.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.75 mb = 1584.58 m = 5198.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.75 mb = 1733.51 m = 5687.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 608.75 mb = 4091.33 m = 13422.85 ft B at Equ Level: 73.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 448.75 mb = 6389.26 m = 20961.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 58.0 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 43.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 330.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 330.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 148.72 m/s