MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510201200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510201200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 33.6,-100.8 Latitude: 33.60 Longitude: -100.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 531 SFC 928 732 22.9 16.2 66 6.7 18.3 149 15 302.4 304.7 294.2 339.5 12.55 3 900 1003 21.0 15.4 71 5.5 17.2 158 25 303.1 305.4 294.3 339.7 12.34 4 850 1494 16.3 15.0 92 1.3 15.4 165 26 303.2 305.6 294.6 340.9 12.70 5 800 2009 15.8 7.2 57 8.6 10.6 212 17 308.0 309.5 292.3 332.3 7.97 6 750 2554 12.7 3.1 52 9.6 7.2 242 20 310.4 311.6 291.7 330.1 6.37 7 700 3129 8.4 1.3 61 7.1 4.5 249 27 311.7 312.9 291.8 330.4 5.99 8 650 3737 4.0 -1.0 70 5.0 1.4 247 36 313.5 314.5 291.9 330.7 5.47 9 600 4383 -0.4 -3.9 77 3.5 -2.1 247 46 315.6 316.5 291.9 330.8 4.78 10 550 5071 -6.2 -8.8 81 2.7 -7.3 249 50 316.8 317.5 291.2 328.3 3.56 11 500 5809 -12.0 -14.5 81 2.6 -12.9 260 49 318.5 318.9 290.7 326.7 2.48 12 450 6606 -17.6 -24.4 55 6.8 -19.3 261 45 321.1 321.3 290.3 325.2 1.18 13 400 7476 -23.9 -29.1 62 5.2 -24.9 255 45 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.0 0.86 14 350 8436 -30.8 -34.0 74 3.1 -31.3 251 38 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.4 0.62 15 300 9510 -39.9 -43.0 72 3.2 -40.1 254 46 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.29 16 250 10727 -50.5 -53.8 69 3.2 -50.7 257 68 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.10 17 200 12145 -58.7 -68.7 27 9.9 -58.9 262 64 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.8 0.02 18 150 13937 -61.9 -81.0 6 19.1 -62.0 264 65 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16424 -64.6 -88.4 2 23.8 -64.8 277 33 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.51 m Freezing level: 604.99 mb = 4318.23 m = 14167.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.55 mb = 3981.97 m = 13064.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.98 mb = 1584.80 m = 5199.40 ft T: 16.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 10.83 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.85 mb = 2578.28 m = 8458.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.75 C = 87.34 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -5.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 26.94 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 554.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1501.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.61 mb = 1731.10 m = 5679.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.61 mb = 3468.69 m = 11380.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.61 mb = 12093.79 m = 39677.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1498.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.61 mb = 15223.84 m = 49946.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.8 neg: -8.2 tot: 223.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.80 Bulk Rich Number: 6.77 Bulk Shear: 221.85 m/s