MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 25.86,-100.93 Latitude: 25.86 Longitude: -100.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 516 SFC 904 959 27.3 15.4 48 11.9 19.1 90 9 309.3 311.6 295.9 346.7 12.30 3 900 997 27.3 15.3 48 12.0 19.1 92 12 309.6 311.9 296.0 347.0 12.26 4 850 1500 24.2 12.0 47 12.2 16.1 70 7 311.5 313.5 295.2 343.6 10.45 5 800 2027 20.3 10.4 53 9.9 13.8 39 5 312.8 314.7 295.2 343.6 9.94 6 750 2580 15.8 8.7 62 7.2 11.3 329 6 313.8 315.6 295.1 343.1 9.43 7 700 3162 11.0 6.2 72 4.8 8.0 307 11 314.6 316.3 294.6 341.3 8.53 8 650 3775 6.6 -1.5 56 8.1 2.3 298 17 316.4 317.4 292.6 333.2 5.27 9 600 4428 3.2 -13.6 28 16.8 -3.6 294 11 319.9 320.3 291.0 327.3 2.23 10 550 5128 -0.4 -33.9 6 33.6 -8.8 313 12 323.7 323.7 290.3 325.1 0.40 11 500 5883 -4.4 -46.8 2 42.4 -12.1 324 15 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.11 12 450 6704 -9.8 -44.5 4 34.6 -15.9 313 17 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.16 13 400 7599 -16.6 -49.6 4 32.9 -21.1 305 17 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 14 350 8586 -24.5 -52.6 6 28.1 -27.3 293 19 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.08 15 300 9688 -33.2 -58.5 6 25.3 -34.8 280 26 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.05 16 250 10945 -42.2 -64.9 7 22.7 -43.0 270 38 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 17 200 12414 -54.2 -66.0 22 11.7 -54.5 267 46 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14202 -66.8 -76.2 26 9.3 -66.9 273 30 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16586 -75.9 -84.8 23 8.9 -76.0 269 15 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.01 m Freezing level: 554.91 mb = 5058.93 m = 16597.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.53 mb = 4023.35 m = 13199.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.80 mb = 2468.95 m = 8100.12 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 21.84 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.88 mb = 3403.18 m = 11165.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.20 C = 91.77 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 16.40 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.01 mb = 2935.82 m = 9631.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 444.01 mb = 6805.45 m = 22327.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.01 mb = 11104.09 m = 36430.29 ft B at Equ Level: 206.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.01 mb = 13646.45 m = 44771.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.2 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 348.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.5 neg: -9.9 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.33 Bulk Shear: 48.73 m/s