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: 34.7,-101.3 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -101.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 518 SFC 914 856 21.5 15.1 67 6.4 17.2 141 15 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.6 11.91 3 900 989 21.0 15.0 69 6.0 17.0 144 24 303.2 305.4 294.0 338.8 12.01 4 850 1481 16.8 14.0 83 2.9 14.9 158 29 303.8 306.0 294.1 339.1 11.87 5 800 1996 13.2 12.0 93 1.1 12.4 175 25 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.5 11.11 6 750 2538 12.2 4.9 61 7.3 7.9 218 29 309.8 311.2 292.3 332.2 7.26 7 700 3114 8.4 3.6 72 4.8 5.6 243 28 311.8 313.1 292.7 333.9 7.11 8 650 3720 3.0 -0.1 80 3.1 1.4 250 32 312.4 313.5 291.9 330.7 5.85 9 600 4363 -1.8 -4.6 81 2.8 -3.1 252 40 314.0 314.9 291.2 328.4 4.52 10 550 5049 -6.8 -10.2 77 3.4 -8.2 247 47 316.0 316.6 290.7 326.3 3.20 11 500 5787 -11.8 -23.8 36 12.0 -15.0 247 49 318.7 318.9 289.5 322.6 1.12 12 450 6584 -17.4 -31.6 28 14.2 -20.2 249 48 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.5 0.60 13 400 7453 -24.0 -37.0 29 12.9 -26.0 252 48 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.2 0.40 14 350 8411 -32.4 -38.5 55 6.1 -33.1 249 47 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.5 0.39 15 300 9478 -40.8 -49.1 41 8.3 -41.3 251 58 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.15 16 250 10694 -50.4 -53.5 69 3.1 -50.5 253 72 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.11 17 200 12113 -58.7 -68.0 29 9.3 -58.8 259 58 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 18 150 13906 -61.3 -81.3 5 20.0 -61.4 263 60 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16405 -63.7 -87.8 2 24.1 -63.8 285 35 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.12 m Freezing level: 618.89 mb = 4120.42 m = 13518.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.85 mb = 3909.91 m = 12827.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.66 mb = 1666.39 m = 5467.10 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 6.89 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.51 mb = 2588.21 m = 8491.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.17 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 37.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 529.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1497.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.91 mb = 1839.08 m = 6033.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.91 mb = 3473.31 m = 11395.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.91 mb = 12115.82 m = 39749.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1481.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.91 mb = 14792.18 m = 48530.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 349.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.06 Bulk Rich Number: 6.10 Bulk Shear: 245.75 m/s