MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 28.78,-97.9 Latitude: 28.78 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 110 28.8 16.9 49 11.9 20.7 162 7 301.9 304.1 293.8 338.0 12.22 1 1000 119 29.8 17.1 46 12.7 21.1 160 7 302.9 305.2 294.2 339.5 12.34 2 950 575 26.3 16.1 53 10.2 19.4 174 13 303.9 306.1 294.4 340.2 12.20 3 900 1049 21.9 15.0 65 6.9 17.2 190 11 304.0 306.3 294.3 339.8 12.00 4 850 1542 17.3 13.5 79 3.7 14.8 217 10 304.2 306.4 294.0 338.7 11.55 5 800 2056 13.0 10.0 82 3.0 11.2 247 14 305.1 306.9 292.8 334.1 9.70 6 750 2599 14.0 -20.0 8 34.1 1.6 270 16 311.8 312.0 287.2 315.3 1.04 7 700 3179 13.7 -35.0 2 48.7 -0.2 245 13 317.6 317.7 288.3 318.7 0.28 8 650 3798 10.2 -37.3 2 47.5 -2.4 232 16 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.3 0.24 9 600 4455 5.3 -38.9 2 44.2 -5.5 254 24 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.22 10 550 5158 -0.1 -40.3 3 40.3 -8.9 268 21 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.21 11 500 5912 -4.9 -45.7 2 40.8 -12.4 292 22 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.13 12 450 6732 -10.4 -39.6 7 29.2 -16.1 291 21 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.2 0.27 13 400 7624 -18.3 -41.0 12 22.8 -21.9 298 25 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.26 14 350 8603 -26.1 -54.8 5 28.6 -28.7 298 25 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.06 15 300 9700 -34.2 -60.2 5 26.0 -35.7 295 31 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.3 0.04 16 250 10950 -43.8 -65.0 8 21.2 -44.5 291 36 340.9 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.02 17 200 12407 -55.8 -64.2 34 8.5 -55.9 290 42 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 14190 -66.4 -76.8 22 10.4 -66.5 295 38 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16584 -75.3 -85.0 20 9.7 -75.3 286 21 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.15 m Freezing level: 550.56 mb = 5150.18 m = 16896.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.44 mb = 3125.91 m = 10255.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.26 mb = 1619.33 m = 5312.68 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 24.87 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.66 mb = 1996.19 m = 6549.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.90 C = 89.42 F Cap Strength: 6.05 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.05 C Showalter Index: 2.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: -12.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 203.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 593.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.68 mb = 1839.53 m = 6035.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 405.68 mb = 7517.37 m = 24662.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.68 mb = 9799.41 m = 32149.90 ft B at Equ Level: 58.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.68 mb = 11335.54 m = 37189.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.3 neg: -7.1 tot: 56.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 41.10 m/s