MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 30.37,-98.86 Latitude: 30.37 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 957 543 12.3 1.2 47 11.1 6.8 169 7 289.0 289.8 282.0 301.5 4.34 2 950 602 16.4 1.7 37 14.7 8.9 144 19 293.8 294.6 284.2 307.2 4.56 3 900 1066 19.2 5.5 40 13.8 11.3 187 26 301.3 302.5 288.8 320.1 6.28 4 850 1554 15.3 9.2 67 6.2 11.6 215 23 302.2 303.8 291.1 327.8 8.61 5 800 2067 15.4 -20.6 7 36.1 2.6 229 14 307.6 307.8 285.5 310.7 0.92 6 750 2609 12.3 -23.0 7 35.3 0.4 216 15 309.9 310.1 286.2 312.6 0.80 7 700 3185 11.1 -36.7 2 47.8 -1.4 244 13 314.8 314.8 287.3 315.6 0.23 8 650 3799 8.9 -38.1 2 47.1 -3.1 261 16 319.1 319.1 288.7 319.9 0.22 9 600 4454 4.1 -36.1 3 40.2 -6.0 257 15 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.9 0.29 10 550 5152 -1.8 -34.9 6 33.1 -9.7 249 15 322.0 322.0 289.8 323.3 0.36 11 500 5902 -6.5 -48.6 2 42.0 -13.5 260 32 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.4 0.09 12 450 6716 -12.2 -44.1 5 31.9 -17.5 285 26 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.17 13 400 7604 -18.8 -41.1 12 22.3 -22.3 306 26 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.26 14 350 8582 -26.8 -42.4 22 15.5 -28.8 312 30 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.26 15 300 9675 -35.2 -52.5 16 17.2 -36.5 310 39 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 16 250 10919 -44.9 -60.6 16 15.7 -45.5 310 46 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.4 0.04 17 200 12370 -56.1 -65.5 30 9.4 -56.3 301 50 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14156 -65.4 -78.0 16 12.5 -65.5 297 47 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16563 -74.9 -85.4 18 10.4 -75.0 272 24 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.67 m Freezing level: 565.32 mb = 4938.43 m = 16202.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.54 mb = 2737.82 m = 8982.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.24 mb = 1980.62 m = 6498.01 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 17.11 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 551.46 mb = 5130.93 m = 16833.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.71 C = 112.48 F Cap Strength: 13.19 C Lifted Index: 11.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.84 C Showalter Index: 5.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 15.72 C K Index: -16.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 301.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9815.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.32 mb = 2561.19 m = 8402.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.3 neg: -15.5 tot: 190.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 74.61 m/s