MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 29.44,-98.50 Latitude: 29.44 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 993 226 19.7 1.1 29 18.7 10.2 86 3 293.4 294.2 283.7 305.6 4.16 2 950 608 20.6 18.4 87 2.2 19.1 177 19 298.1 300.7 294.1 339.1 14.13 3 900 1075 18.2 16.6 91 1.6 17.1 194 18 300.3 302.7 294.1 339.3 13.34 4 850 1564 15.7 11.5 76 4.1 13.0 223 16 302.5 304.4 292.4 332.5 10.09 5 800 2076 12.2 6.1 66 6.1 8.7 238 12 304.2 305.5 290.7 326.5 7.41 6 750 2615 11.9 -17.0 12 28.9 1.0 226 6 309.5 309.7 286.7 313.9 1.35 7 700 3190 10.7 -24.8 6 35.5 -0.9 180 5 314.3 314.4 287.7 316.8 0.73 8 650 3803 7.9 -31.9 4 39.8 -3.3 226 9 317.9 318.0 288.5 319.3 0.41 9 600 4456 3.6 -35.2 4 38.8 -6.2 213 17 320.3 320.3 289.2 321.4 0.32 10 550 5155 -1.3 -45.0 2 43.7 -9.8 220 10 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.0 0.13 11 500 5904 -7.1 -45.3 3 38.2 -13.7 261 11 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.9 0.13 12 450 6717 -12.4 -44.4 5 32.0 -17.6 314 24 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.16 13 400 7606 -18.2 -44.5 8 26.3 -22.1 335 31 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.0 0.18 14 350 8585 -26.6 -43.8 18 17.2 -28.7 338 31 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.23 15 300 9681 -34.5 -55.7 10 21.1 -36.0 330 38 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 16 250 10930 -43.7 -64.9 8 21.2 -44.5 318 41 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.02 17 200 12389 -55.2 -67.9 19 12.8 -55.4 314 48 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14175 -66.2 -77.9 18 11.7 -66.3 312 42 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16573 -74.6 -86.9 13 12.3 -74.6 287 20 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.40 m Freezing level: 563.47 mb = 4966.41 m = 16293.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.73 mb = 2911.94 m = 9553.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.07 mb = 2603.03 m = 8540.01 ft T: 11.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 25.43 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.67 mb = 1932.72 m = 6340.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: -1.19 Risk: None Sweat Index: 182.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4944.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.12 mb = 1217.61 m = 3994.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.8 neg: -5.0 tot: 131.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.12 Bulk Shear: 12.50 m/s