MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 32.5,-97.3 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -97.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 991 233 22.8 11.4 48 11.4 15.8 113 4 296.8 298.3 289.3 321.7 8.57 2 950 605 25.0 10.3 40 14.7 15.8 105 9 302.5 304.1 290.9 327.3 8.31 3 900 1076 20.8 8.5 45 12.3 13.3 93 6 302.9 304.3 290.6 326.0 7.73 4 850 1568 18.4 2.4 34 16.0 9.5 90 4 305.4 306.4 289.3 321.7 5.35 5 800 2083 15.3 -5.3 24 20.6 5.4 110 6 307.5 308.1 287.9 317.5 3.21 6 750 2625 11.4 -7.4 26 18.8 2.8 102 10 309.0 309.5 288.2 318.2 2.91 7 700 3197 7.7 -15.8 17 23.5 -1.2 81 12 311.0 311.3 287.5 316.2 1.59 8 650 3802 3.9 -22.2 13 26.1 -4.5 49 12 313.4 313.6 287.7 316.8 0.99 9 600 4449 2.4 -22.7 14 25.1 -5.8 9 13 318.9 319.1 289.5 322.4 1.03 10 550 5147 -0.4 -34.0 6 33.6 -8.8 14 11 323.7 323.7 290.3 325.1 0.39 11 500 5904 -3.7 -46.6 2 42.9 -11.8 7 9 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.12 12 450 6724 -9.7 -40.7 6 31.0 -15.7 353 22 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.24 13 400 7622 -16.2 -34.5 19 18.3 -19.9 335 22 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.9 0.51 14 350 8609 -24.3 -46.8 11 22.5 -27.1 324 23 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.16 15 300 9711 -33.4 -49.3 19 16.0 -34.8 338 25 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.14 16 250 10967 -40.5 -58.6 13 18.2 -41.4 334 48 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.06 17 200 12454 -51.6 -68.5 12 16.9 -52.0 333 49 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14266 -64.4 -76.7 17 12.2 -64.6 330 52 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16657 -75.5 -84.0 25 8.5 -75.6 338 23 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.33 m Freezing level: 556.44 mb = 5057.16 m = 16591.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.97 mb = 3021.52 m = 9913.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.05 mb = 1698.14 m = 5571.26 ft T: 17.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.75 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.38 mb = 3685.08 m = 12090.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.01 C = 102.22 F Cap Strength: 8.18 C Lifted Index: 9.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.99 C Showalter Index: 11.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 6.12 C K Index: 0.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 46.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8021.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.09 mb = 2370.64 m = 7777.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 51.7 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 81.7 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -154.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -15.5 tot: -13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.74 Bulk Shear: 8.45 m/s