MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.22,-97.90 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -97.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 977 294 19.5 18.6 94 0.9 18.9 214 3 294.7 297.2 293.0 334.7 13.97 2 950 538 24.2 19.2 73 5.0 20.7 222 16 301.8 304.5 295.7 345.6 14.88 3 900 1012 23.3 12.2 49 11.2 16.1 266 20 305.6 307.4 293.2 335.4 9.93 4 850 1507 19.9 1.4 29 18.4 9.7 302 22 307.0 307.9 289.5 322.3 5.00 5 800 2024 15.0 -0.8 34 15.8 6.8 304 23 307.2 308.0 289.1 321.1 4.52 6 750 2565 9.8 -1.8 44 11.6 3.9 301 23 307.2 308.0 289.0 321.1 4.48 7 700 3132 4.6 -4.7 51 9.3 0.3 300 23 307.6 308.3 288.6 319.5 3.84 8 650 3732 3.3 -30.9 6 34.3 -5.7 321 26 312.7 312.8 286.8 314.3 0.45 9 600 4377 -0.1 -27.1 11 27.0 -7.7 326 31 316.0 316.2 288.2 318.5 0.69 10 550 5067 -4.3 -47.0 2 42.7 -11.6 340 39 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.4 0.10 11 500 5809 -9.6 -36.0 10 26.3 -15.0 349 63 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.6 0.35 12 450 6614 -15.4 -48.7 4 33.3 -19.8 337 50 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.3 0.10 13 400 7490 -22.0 -51.6 5 29.6 -25.1 319 53 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.7 0.08 14 350 8456 -29.3 -60.7 3 31.4 -31.3 305 55 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.4 0.03 15 300 9539 -37.0 -53.9 16 16.9 -38.1 295 57 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.08 16 250 10780 -43.9 -66.5 6 22.7 -44.6 290 51 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.02 17 200 12256 -51.0 -73.6 5 22.6 -51.4 275 46 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14081 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.8 268 44 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16535 -69.2 -86.4 6 17.2 -69.3 260 34 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.92 m Freezing level: 600.96 mb = 4364.21 m = 14318.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.85 mb = 3156.41 m = 10355.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.19 mb = 408.09 m = 1338.86 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 31.33 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.42 mb = 2252.90 m = 7391.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.58 F Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.59 C Showalter Index: 5.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 11.08 C K Index: 21.64 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 644.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.50 mb = 1725.26 m = 5660.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.50 mb = 2636.02 m = 8648.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.50 mb = 10168.12 m = 33359.57 ft B at Equ Level: 642.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.50 mb = 12802.15 m = 42001.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.0 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 353.0 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.6 neg: -3.4 tot: 245.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 4.15 Bulk Shear: 155.25 m/s