MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 34.62,-98.44 Latitude: 34.62 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 972 371 8.0 0.1 58 7.9 4.4 189 10 283.4 284.1 278.9 294.6 3.96 2 950 560 14.6 0.9 39 13.6 7.8 203 34 292.0 292.7 283.2 304.5 4.31 3 900 1021 18.1 2.4 35 15.7 9.6 231 45 300.2 301.1 287.2 315.3 5.05 4 850 1508 15.7 0.3 35 15.4 7.6 248 42 302.6 303.4 287.6 316.5 4.60 5 800 2021 14.3 -1.4 34 15.7 6.2 259 31 306.3 307.1 288.6 319.6 4.30 6 750 2562 11.5 -8.4 24 19.9 2.6 249 29 309.1 309.6 288.0 317.7 2.71 7 700 3136 10.1 -19.0 11 29.2 -0.5 255 32 313.7 313.9 288.0 317.8 1.21 8 650 3747 6.7 -21.7 11 28.4 -3.0 257 30 316.6 316.8 288.8 320.1 1.03 9 600 4398 2.3 -27.1 9 29.4 -6.3 258 28 318.8 319.0 289.1 321.3 0.69 10 550 5093 -3.0 -31.4 9 28.4 -10.1 264 32 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.4 0.51 11 500 5840 -7.1 -40.2 5 33.2 -13.6 275 42 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.3 0.23 12 450 6652 -12.8 -42.5 6 29.7 -17.8 279 47 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.20 13 400 7537 -19.7 -46.8 7 27.0 -23.2 281 50 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.14 14 350 8512 -27.5 -57.6 4 30.2 -29.8 287 56 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 15 300 9601 -36.3 -59.6 7 23.2 -37.6 293 64 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 16 250 10837 -46.5 -60.5 19 14.0 -46.9 293 72 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 12283 -55.8 -67.7 21 11.8 -56.1 296 78 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 14073 -64.1 -78.4 13 14.2 -64.3 293 65 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16500 -72.7 -86.7 10 14.0 -72.8 282 48 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.08 m Freezing level: 578.06 mb = 4702.76 m = 15428.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.17 mb = 3039.41 m = 9971.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.40 mb = 1394.64 m = 4575.52 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 1.92 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 505.86 mb = 5748.60 m = 18860.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.15 C = 118.67 F Cap Strength: 14.91 C Lifted Index: 15.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.51 C Showalter Index: 11.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.72 C Cross Totals Index: 7.35 C K Index: -6.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 212.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12623.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.37 mb = 2635.74 m = 8647.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.8 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 284.8 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 498.4 neg: -29.8 tot: 468.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 84.49 m/s