MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 15 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 118 1 950 562 2 900 1034 3 850 1528 SFC 834 1686 16.9 12.7 76 4.3 14.1 180 16 305.5 307.5 294.0 338.7 11.10 5 800 2046 15.6 10.8 73 4.8 12.5 185 38 307.8 309.7 294.0 338.7 10.22 6 750 2591 12.5 9.2 80 3.3 10.4 205 37 310.2 312.0 294.4 340.2 9.81 7 700 3169 10.4 5.9 74 4.5 7.6 220 37 314.0 315.6 294.3 340.0 8.34 8 650 3782 6.7 0.5 65 6.2 3.3 228 39 316.6 317.8 293.3 336.0 6.12 9 600 4435 2.4 -3.6 65 6.0 -0.6 225 37 318.9 319.8 293.0 334.7 4.90 10 550 5132 -2.4 -7.7 67 5.3 -4.8 225 38 321.2 322.0 292.8 334.0 3.88 11 500 5881 -7.2 -16.2 49 9.0 -10.5 227 41 324.2 324.7 292.2 331.6 2.16 12 450 6694 -12.0 -34.2 14 22.1 -16.8 225 46 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.8 0.47 13 400 7582 -19.0 -31.3 33 12.3 -21.5 228 51 330.3 330.5 292.5 332.9 0.70 14 350 8562 -25.5 -36.6 35 11.1 -27.2 226 56 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.2 0.48 15 300 9662 -33.4 -39.9 52 6.4 -34.2 222 57 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.8 0.40 16 250 10918 -42.7 -52.1 35 9.4 -43.2 224 62 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.12 17 200 12385 -53.3 -65.6 21 12.3 -53.6 224 69 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14188 -64.7 -77.5 15 12.9 -64.8 224 64 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16587 -76.1 -86.5 18 10.4 -76.2 212 28 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.40 m Freezing level: 575.23 mb = 4780.49 m = 15683.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.96 mb = 4327.64 m = 14198.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.17 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.17 mb = 2225.67 m = 7301.98 ft T: 14.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 10.39 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.99 mb = 3568.82 m = 11708.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.61 C = 79.89 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.93 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.15 mb = 2747.32 m = 9013.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 521.15 mb = 5555.57 m = 18226.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.15 mb = 6504.90 m = 21341.26 ft B at Equ Level: 25.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 271.15 mb = 10358.38 m = 33983.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.9 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 250.9 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.6 neg: -12.1 tot: 279.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 72.04 m/s