MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34,-99.58 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -99.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 200 SFC 975 419 19.3 -2.7 22 22.0 8.8 110 5 294.6 295.2 283.1 304.1 3.20 2 950 637 15.1 -4.2 26 19.3 6.3 110 6 292.5 293.0 281.8 301.2 2.93 3 900 1090 10.5 -5.1 33 15.6 3.7 111 6 292.3 292.8 281.7 300.9 2.90 4 850 1563 9.3 -20.8 10 30.1 -0.2 93 7 295.9 296.0 280.7 298.6 0.85 5 800 2066 11.5 -3.5 35 14.9 4.3 260 16 303.4 304.0 287.0 314.7 3.70 6 750 2604 9.5 -3.6 40 13.1 3.2 286 24 306.9 307.7 288.5 319.1 3.92 7 700 3173 7.0 -14.1 21 21.1 -1.2 283 24 310.3 310.6 287.5 316.2 1.84 8 650 3778 5.2 -36.7 3 41.9 -5.0 276 35 314.8 314.9 287.3 315.8 0.25 9 600 4427 1.7 -32.1 6 33.8 -7.1 283 37 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.7 0.43 10 550 5121 -3.4 -24.7 18 21.2 -9.7 297 34 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.3 0.94 11 500 5865 -9.3 -27.1 22 17.8 -13.9 303 41 321.7 321.8 290.2 324.6 0.83 12 450 6669 -15.6 -33.3 21 17.6 -19.1 304 40 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.51 13 400 7545 -22.3 -41.3 16 19.0 -24.9 304 38 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.26 14 350 8510 -30.0 -48.3 15 18.3 -31.6 302 39 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.14 15 300 9588 -38.6 -52.9 21 14.4 -39.4 300 40 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.09 16 250 10815 -46.8 -63.1 14 16.2 -47.3 299 38 336.4 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.03 17 200 12267 -54.4 -68.2 17 13.7 -54.7 294 45 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14074 -62.2 -79.9 8 17.7 -62.3 290 46 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16522 -71.0 -86.1 9 15.1 -71.1 284 33 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.38 m Freezing level: 583.38 mb = 4657.57 m = 15280.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 852.02 mb = 1543.09 m = 5062.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.13 % Est. max temperature: 24.24 C = 75.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.11 mb = 3171.29 m = 10404.37 ft T: 7.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 5.55 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 461.47 mb = 6476.84 m = 21249.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.63 C = 117.73 F Cap Strength: 19.04 C Lifted Index: 18.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.70 C Showalter Index: 20.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 7.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.59 C Cross Totals Index: -11.50 C K Index: -23.33 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14756.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 697.02 mb = 3207.47 m = 10523.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.2 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 319.2 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.6 neg: -16.3 tot: 238.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 130.75 m/s