MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.57,-98.05 Latitude: 32.57 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 977 283 22.8 20.3 86 2.5 21.1 106 3 297.9 300.7 295.0 343.0 15.56 2 950 534 25.3 19.6 71 5.7 21.2 119 6 302.8 305.6 296.2 348.0 15.25 3 900 1008 23.0 14.9 60 8.1 17.5 292 9 305.2 307.4 294.6 340.9 11.93 4 850 1504 20.4 2.1 30 18.3 10.2 306 20 307.5 308.5 289.9 323.6 5.23 5 800 2022 15.6 -1.2 32 16.8 6.8 302 21 307.7 308.5 289.1 321.3 4.37 6 750 2564 10.3 -1.1 45 11.4 4.5 296 21 307.8 308.7 289.5 322.4 4.72 7 700 3132 6.7 -14.0 21 20.8 -1.3 295 22 310.0 310.3 287.4 316.0 1.85 8 650 3737 4.6 -30.0 6 34.6 -4.9 316 25 314.2 314.3 287.4 315.9 0.49 9 600 4383 -0.3 -22.8 16 22.5 -7.2 321 25 315.8 316.0 288.5 319.3 1.02 10 550 5072 -4.4 -38.2 5 33.7 -11.4 333 32 318.8 318.9 288.6 319.8 0.26 11 500 5816 -8.5 -47.4 3 38.9 -14.7 345 49 322.6 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.11 12 450 6625 -13.3 -46.8 4 33.5 -18.3 328 56 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.13 13 400 7508 -20.9 -52.3 4 31.4 -24.2 305 60 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.08 14 350 8476 -29.3 -56.1 6 26.8 -31.3 309 60 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.4 0.05 15 300 9558 -38.1 -56.6 13 18.6 -39.0 293 66 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.06 16 250 10790 -44.4 -63.4 10 19.0 -45.0 277 52 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 17 200 12266 -50.7 -73.7 5 23.0 -51.1 274 55 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14089 -62.3 -80.3 7 18.0 -62.4 273 52 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16537 -70.6 -86.3 8 15.7 -70.7 260 39 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.76 m Freezing level: 602.61 mb = 4349.19 m = 14268.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.45 mb = 2998.66 m = 9837.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.24 mb = 596.48 m = 1956.92 ft T: 24.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 26.71 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.75 mb = 2130.05 m = 6988.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.60 C = 90.68 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: 5.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 10.60 C K Index: 10.25 Risk: None Sweat Index: 114.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1113.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.27 mb = 1612.37 m = 5289.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.27 mb = 2405.33 m = 7891.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.27 mb = 11219.87 m = 36810.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1099.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.27 mb = 14324.42 m = 46995.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.9 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 351.9 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.7 neg: -13.9 tot: 144.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.98 Bulk Shear: 124.02 m/s