MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.66,-97.57 Latitude: 33.66 Longitude: -97.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 312 21.5 17.6 78 3.9 18.8 37 6 296.7 299.1 292.9 334.4 13.06 2 950 547 26.1 16.4 55 9.7 19.5 27 4 303.7 306.0 294.5 340.8 12.48 3 900 1022 23.3 11.6 48 11.7 15.7 301 6 305.5 307.3 292.9 334.2 9.56 4 850 1517 19.5 2.8 33 16.7 10.2 312 13 306.6 307.7 289.8 323.5 5.52 5 800 2033 14.7 -0.3 36 15.0 6.8 313 15 306.8 307.7 289.2 321.3 4.69 6 750 2573 9.6 -1.4 46 11.0 4.0 309 14 307.0 307.8 289.1 321.1 4.60 7 700 3140 4.9 -8.5 37 13.4 -0.8 298 15 308.0 308.5 287.8 317.1 2.88 8 650 3742 3.8 -31.4 6 35.2 -5.5 317 22 313.2 313.3 287.0 314.7 0.43 9 600 4386 -0.3 -28.6 10 28.3 -7.9 324 31 315.7 315.8 288.1 317.8 0.60 10 550 5076 -4.8 -38.4 5 33.6 -11.7 319 42 318.4 318.4 288.5 319.3 0.25 11 500 5815 -10.7 -39.1 8 28.4 -15.9 321 46 319.9 320.0 289.0 320.9 0.26 12 450 6616 -17.1 -47.3 5 30.3 -21.0 325 50 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.2 0.12 13 400 7487 -23.4 -47.9 9 24.5 -26.1 329 63 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.1 0.13 14 350 8446 -31.2 -59.3 5 28.1 -32.9 302 62 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.04 15 300 9523 -38.1 -59.8 9 21.6 -39.2 299 62 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.04 16 250 10757 -44.6 -63.6 10 18.9 -45.3 290 72 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.03 17 200 12231 -51.1 -72.6 6 21.4 -51.5 277 52 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14057 -61.5 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.7 261 46 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16521 -69.1 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.2 269 40 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.59 m Freezing level: 604.05 mb = 4334.11 m = 14219.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.58 mb = 3039.68 m = 9972.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.28 mb = 816.76 m = 2679.61 ft T: 24.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 26.06 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.79 mb = 2431.73 m = 7978.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.64 C = 88.96 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.29 C Cross Totals Index: 13.58 C K Index: 19.72 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 592.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.33 mb = 2061.03 m = 6761.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.33 mb = 2769.04 m = 9084.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 652.33 mb = 3712.70 m = 12180.62 ft B at Equ Level: 49.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.33 mb = 12479.45 m = 40942.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.5 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 348.5 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 63.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 9.34 Bulk Shear: 63.44 m/s