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: 32.8,-96.9 Latitude: 32.80 Longitude: -96.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 999 159 27.4 11.7 38 15.7 17.4 106 4 300.6 302.2 290.6 326.2 8.66 2 950 606 24.6 10.1 40 14.6 15.6 103 8 302.2 303.7 290.7 326.5 8.17 3 900 1076 20.8 8.0 44 12.8 13.1 88 5 302.9 304.3 290.4 325.4 7.52 4 850 1568 18.2 2.0 34 16.2 9.3 76 4 305.2 306.2 289.1 321.1 5.20 5 800 2083 15.5 -8.6 18 24.1 4.6 71 6 307.7 308.1 287.3 315.6 2.50 6 750 2625 11.5 -9.3 22 20.8 2.4 74 10 309.1 309.6 287.8 317.2 2.52 7 700 3197 7.8 -15.3 18 23.1 -1.0 69 13 311.1 311.4 287.6 316.6 1.67 8 650 3802 3.6 -22.4 13 26.1 -4.7 64 14 313.0 313.2 287.5 316.3 0.97 9 600 4447 1.1 -29.0 8 30.2 -7.2 34 11 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.4 0.58 10 550 5146 0.1 -42.7 2 42.8 -8.9 14 11 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.16 11 500 5901 -4.7 -31.4 10 26.7 -11.6 11 9 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.3 0.55 12 450 6721 -9.9 -38.4 8 28.5 -15.7 347 22 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.31 13 400 7618 -16.2 -33.1 22 17.0 -19.8 333 26 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.59 14 350 8605 -24.6 -50.7 7 26.1 -27.3 327 23 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 15 300 9706 -33.7 -50.4 17 16.7 -35.1 334 27 337.8 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.13 16 250 10958 -40.8 -59.6 12 18.7 -41.8 341 52 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.05 17 200 12445 -51.7 -69.9 10 18.2 -52.0 329 55 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14257 -64.3 -78.3 13 14.1 -64.4 331 54 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16652 -74.7 -84.5 21 9.8 -74.7 334 22 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.06 m Freezing level: 549.07 mb = 5160.28 m = 16929.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.23 mb = 3018.59 m = 9903.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.84 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.91 mb = 2147.41 m = 7045.23 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.60 mb = 3645.45 m = 11959.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.36 C = 102.85 F Cap Strength: 8.39 C Lifted Index: 8.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.91 C Showalter Index: 11.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 6.73 C K Index: 1.88 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7451.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.32 mb = 2433.49 m = 7983.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.7 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 82.7 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -3.2 tot: 1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 7.31 m/s