MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 29.46,-98.47 Latitude: 29.46 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 992 228 28.8 18.2 53 10.5 21.4 205 7 302.6 305.1 294.8 342.2 13.38 2 950 608 22.6 17.3 72 5.3 19.0 203 9 300.1 302.6 294.0 338.9 13.23 3 900 1076 19.6 14.7 74 4.8 16.4 204 19 301.7 303.8 293.4 336.4 11.79 4 850 1566 16.4 11.0 70 5.4 13.0 208 17 303.3 305.1 292.3 332.3 9.73 5 800 2079 13.3 2.5 48 10.8 7.4 226 13 305.4 306.4 289.6 322.8 5.74 6 750 2620 12.2 -18.9 10 31.1 0.9 247 12 309.9 310.1 286.6 313.7 1.15 7 700 3195 10.2 -26.4 6 36.6 -1.3 219 10 313.8 313.9 287.4 316.0 0.63 8 650 3807 7.5 -29.6 5 37.1 -3.4 219 14 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.3 0.51 9 600 4459 3.7 -37.9 3 41.6 -6.3 217 22 320.4 320.4 289.1 321.3 0.24 10 550 5157 -1.4 -45.1 2 43.6 -9.9 218 17 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.12 11 500 5909 -5.3 -46.1 2 40.8 -12.7 298 13 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.12 12 450 6728 -10.5 -37.2 9 26.7 -16.0 323 15 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.3 0.35 13 400 7620 -18.1 -40.2 13 22.0 -21.8 311 22 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.29 14 350 8599 -26.4 -48.4 11 22.0 -28.7 311 24 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.14 15 300 9695 -34.5 -56.1 9 21.6 -35.8 304 28 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.06 16 250 10944 -44.0 -63.1 10 19.1 -44.6 304 34 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.03 17 200 12400 -56.0 -67.2 23 11.2 -56.1 303 37 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 18 150 14183 -66.2 -78.2 17 12.1 -66.2 301 35 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16580 -74.9 -85.2 19 10.3 -74.9 294 22 383.0 383.0 302.8 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.54 m Freezing level: 564.13 mb = 4959.90 m = 16272.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.27 mb = 2853.38 m = 9361.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.96 mb = 1556.53 m = 5106.65 ft T: 16.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 28.54 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.36 mb = 1887.30 m = 6191.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: 4.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.69 C Cross Totals Index: 16.30 C K Index: -3.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 179.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 454.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.39 mb = 1472.00 m = 4829.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 384.39 mb = 7911.77 m = 25956.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.39 mb = 9361.83 m = 30714.29 ft B at Equ Level: 18.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.39 mb = 10306.26 m = 33812.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -3.0 tot: 26.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.86 Bulk Shear: 6.87 m/s