MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 27.65,-98.17 Latitude: 27.65 Longitude: -98.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 74 22.5 20.8 90 1.6 21.3 56 3 294.9 297.7 294.2 339.4 15.55 1 1000 152 23.1 21.4 90 1.7 21.9 106 9 296.2 299.2 295.1 343.1 16.25 2 950 600 21.0 20.8 99 0.2 20.9 134 14 298.5 301.5 295.8 346.4 16.47 3 900 1068 18.9 16.9 88 2.1 17.5 178 14 301.0 303.5 294.5 340.8 13.54 4 850 1559 17.3 10.3 64 7.0 12.9 177 9 304.3 306.0 292.3 332.1 9.31 5 800 2074 15.1 -5.9 23 21.0 5.2 185 8 307.3 307.8 287.8 316.9 3.08 6 750 2617 12.4 -15.3 13 27.7 1.5 189 11 310.0 310.3 287.1 315.1 1.55 7 700 3192 11.8 -32.9 3 44.7 -1.0 174 11 315.5 315.6 287.7 316.8 0.34 8 650 3809 9.7 -37.6 2 47.4 -2.7 118 10 320.0 320.0 289.0 320.8 0.23 9 600 4466 4.7 -32.1 5 36.8 -5.5 132 6 321.5 321.6 289.7 323.1 0.43 10 550 5167 -0.4 -40.6 3 40.2 -9.1 263 2 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.20 11 500 5919 -6.2 -44.0 3 37.8 -13.2 267 10 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.15 12 450 6734 -11.8 -42.3 6 30.5 -17.1 315 15 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.21 13 400 7624 -18.2 -40.5 12 22.4 -21.8 337 18 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.5 0.28 14 350 8604 -26.1 -47.2 12 21.0 -28.5 332 25 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.16 15 300 9701 -34.2 -56.6 9 22.4 -35.7 327 32 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.06 16 250 10952 -43.7 -61.3 13 17.6 -44.3 316 43 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.04 17 200 12410 -55.0 -65.4 27 10.3 -55.2 308 48 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14196 -66.4 -77.7 19 11.3 -66.5 307 42 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16582 -77.2 -85.1 27 7.9 -77.2 297 18 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.20 m Freezing level: 553.96 mb = 5111.45 m = 16769.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.38 mb = 2964.49 m = 9725.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.43 mb = 280.34 m = 919.73 ft T: 22.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 31.29 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 912.04 m = 2992.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: 3.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 16.57 C K Index: -10.86 Risk: None Sweat Index: 152.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 506.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 257.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.43 mb = 651.32 m = 2136.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 529.43 mb = 5467.81 m = 17938.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.43 mb = 11803.83 m = 38726.02 ft B at Equ Level: 504.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.43 mb = 14625.80 m = 47984.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 197.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.8 neg: -5.6 tot: 63.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 61.03 Bulk Shear: 8.31 m/s