MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 16 OCT 25 Station: 31.37,-100.5 Latitude: 31.37 Longitude: -100.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 508 SFC 939 610 29.9 13.5 37 16.4 18.9 171 11 308.6 310.5 294.3 340.1 10.39 3 900 985 24.4 12.4 47 12.0 16.5 173 13 306.7 308.6 293.6 337.2 10.12 4 850 1482 19.5 11.5 60 8.0 14.4 174 13 306.6 308.5 293.6 337.0 10.09 5 800 2000 14.5 10.4 77 4.1 11.9 175 14 306.6 308.4 293.4 336.6 9.95 6 750 2542 12.4 -1.7 37 14.1 5.1 203 11 310.0 310.9 290.0 324.0 4.49 7 700 3118 10.2 1.2 54 9.0 5.2 205 11 313.8 315.0 292.4 332.6 5.99 8 650 3732 6.7 -0.6 60 7.3 2.8 203 12 316.5 317.6 292.9 334.5 5.65 9 600 4384 2.7 -4.7 58 7.4 -0.9 212 9 319.3 320.1 292.7 333.9 4.51 10 550 5082 -2.2 -12.8 44 10.7 -6.5 220 7 321.5 322.0 291.7 330.2 2.59 11 500 5830 -7.8 -17.4 46 9.6 -11.1 224 6 323.6 323.9 291.7 330.2 1.95 12 450 6640 -14.3 -21.4 55 7.1 -16.4 214 8 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.6 1.54 13 400 7521 -20.0 -42.2 12 22.2 -23.2 196 12 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.23 14 350 8497 -27.8 -35.0 50 7.3 -28.9 193 13 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.4 0.56 15 300 9583 -36.8 -45.9 38 9.1 -37.5 204 9 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.21 16 250 10824 -44.4 -65.4 8 21.0 -45.1 179 16 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.02 17 200 12289 -52.0 -70.2 10 18.2 -52.4 182 23 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14106 -62.0 -79.4 8 17.4 -62.1 176 30 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16552 -72.0 -86.4 10 14.4 -72.1 207 14 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.29 m Freezing level: 572.22 mb = 4771.57 m = 15654.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.73 mb = 4212.94 m = 13821.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.25 mb = 2662.87 m = 8736.33 ft T: 11.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 16.08 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.95 mb = 3493.83 m = 11462.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.69 C = 98.05 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.29 C K Index: 29.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 195.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 265.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.50 mb = 2525.59 m = 8285.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 496.50 mb = 5884.45 m = 19305.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.50 mb = 10138.07 m = 33260.98 ft B at Equ Level: 192.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.50 mb = 11768.25 m = 38609.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.8 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 227.8 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 48.92 Bulk Shear: 3.99 m/s