MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 29.49,-98.53 Latitude: 29.49 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 982 255 21.7 17.3 76 4.4 18.8 111 3 296.4 298.7 292.6 333.2 12.78 2 950 541 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 175 14 297.7 300.4 294.6 341.0 14.92 3 900 1007 17.5 15.3 87 2.2 16.0 196 17 299.6 301.8 293.2 335.3 12.23 4 850 1495 15.9 10.8 71 5.2 12.7 197 8 302.8 304.6 292.1 331.3 9.58 5 800 2008 14.9 3.0 45 11.9 8.3 196 6 307.0 308.2 290.3 325.2 5.95 6 750 2554 14.7 -3.0 29 17.7 5.6 172 6 312.6 313.3 290.5 325.5 4.09 7 700 3134 11.6 -4.1 33 15.7 3.7 211 6 315.3 316.1 291.2 328.2 4.02 8 650 3748 6.5 -1.2 58 7.8 2.4 221 6 316.4 317.4 292.7 333.5 5.38 9 600 4399 2.0 -6.4 54 8.4 -2.0 226 3 318.4 319.1 292.0 331.2 3.93 10 550 5094 -3.3 -11.9 51 8.6 -6.8 320 3 320.1 320.7 291.5 329.4 2.79 11 500 5840 -8.2 -19.5 40 11.2 -11.9 325 6 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.6 1.64 12 450 6650 -13.3 -29.0 26 15.7 -17.1 287 8 326.5 326.6 291.5 329.2 0.77 13 400 7536 -18.8 -35.9 21 17.2 -21.9 278 13 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.2 0.44 14 350 8516 -26.1 -38.3 31 12.1 -27.9 264 26 333.5 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.40 15 300 9616 -33.4 -48.8 20 15.4 -34.8 269 40 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.15 16 250 10869 -42.9 -53.8 29 10.8 -43.5 253 43 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.6 0.10 17 200 12339 -52.8 -68.9 12 16.1 -53.1 259 38 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14143 -64.7 -79.8 11 15.2 -64.8 255 36 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 19 100 16563 -73.4 -85.5 14 12.2 -73.4 252 14 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.59 m Freezing level: 581.53 mb = 4655.90 m = 15275.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.80 mb = 4095.60 m = 13436.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.03 mb = 808.03 m = 2651.00 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 15.72 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.17 mb = 2825.66 m = 9270.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.10 C = 102.37 F Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.86 C Showalter Index: 2.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 19.17 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 392.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.90 mb = 979.08 m = 3212.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 527.90 mb = 5415.33 m = 17766.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.90 mb = 7028.69 m = 23059.71 ft B at Equ Level: 24.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 347.90 mb = 8558.66 m = 28079.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.7 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 238.7 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -10.7 tot: 49.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.06 Bulk Shear: 6.09 m/s