MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 29.52,-98.59 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 986 282 28.1 -0.5 16 28.6 13.0 47 12 302.5 303.2 286.7 313.9 3.74 2 950 609 23.5 -1.5 19 24.9 10.7 49 15 301.0 301.7 286.1 312.0 3.61 3 900 1075 18.8 -1.2 26 20.0 8.7 50 16 300.9 301.6 286.3 312.7 3.90 4 850 1566 18.4 10.2 59 8.2 13.3 162 3 305.5 307.2 292.6 333.3 9.26 5 800 2082 13.9 8.2 69 5.7 10.4 236 8 306.0 307.6 292.2 331.9 8.59 6 750 2622 10.2 -2.1 42 12.3 4.0 269 6 307.7 308.5 289.1 321.2 4.36 7 700 3193 8.7 -23.7 8 32.4 -1.9 279 4 312.1 312.2 287.0 314.8 0.81 8 650 3802 6.7 -26.6 7 33.3 -3.6 245 7 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.8 0.67 9 600 4454 4.3 -41.3 2 45.5 -6.1 156 9 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.17 10 550 5154 -1.4 -44.7 2 43.3 -9.9 346 4 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.9 0.13 11 500 5903 -7.4 -49.1 2 41.7 -14.0 1 4 324.1 324.1 290.1 324.4 0.09 12 450 6711 -14.4 -45.9 5 31.5 -19.1 354 10 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.14 13 400 7590 -21.4 -47.1 8 25.6 -24.5 302 11 327.1 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.14 14 350 8561 -28.0 -48.5 12 20.6 -30.0 309 38 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.13 15 300 9651 -35.3 -54.7 12 19.3 -36.6 308 57 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.08 16 250 10896 -44.6 -59.8 17 15.2 -45.2 306 66 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12358 -53.5 -70.6 11 17.0 -53.8 298 61 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 14161 -64.6 -78.3 13 13.7 -64.7 296 48 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16572 -74.1 -86.6 13 12.5 -74.1 308 25 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.39 m Freezing level: 562.40 mb = 4980.77 m = 16340.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.83 mb = 3007.71 m = 9867.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 646.76 mb = 3843.10 m = 12608.43 ft T: 6.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 483.69 mb = 6157.39 m = 20201.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.96 C = 121.92 F Cap Strength: 14.72 C Lifted Index: 13.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.71 C Showalter Index: 2.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 17.62 C K Index: 3.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 132.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11561.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 660.00 mb = 3676.73 m = 12062.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 7.8 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 37.8 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -171.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 79.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 13.26 m/s