MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 149 SFC 990 233 20.0 11.9 59 8.1 15.0 162 3 294.0 295.6 288.6 319.5 8.87 2 950 597 23.8 10.6 43 13.2 15.6 141 9 301.4 302.9 290.7 326.5 8.48 3 900 1067 20.8 7.7 43 13.1 13.0 136 6 303.0 304.3 290.3 325.0 7.36 4 850 1558 18.3 1.7 33 16.6 9.3 151 3 305.4 306.3 289.0 320.9 5.10 5 800 2074 15.5 -8.8 18 24.2 4.6 124 3 307.6 308.1 287.2 315.4 2.46 6 750 2616 11.6 -11.3 19 22.8 1.9 91 9 309.1 309.5 287.4 316.0 2.15 7 700 3188 7.8 -14.8 18 22.6 -1.0 85 12 311.1 311.4 287.7 316.7 1.72 8 650 3793 3.2 -15.5 24 18.7 -3.7 85 16 312.6 313.0 288.2 318.4 1.76 9 600 4436 0.8 -30.7 7 31.5 -7.5 44 8 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.8 0.49 10 550 5135 -0.1 -44.2 2 44.1 -9.1 5 9 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.14 11 500 5889 -4.2 -41.0 4 36.7 -11.9 340 9 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.21 12 450 6709 -10.2 -29.1 20 18.9 -15.0 343 19 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.2 0.77 13 400 7606 -16.5 -32.1 25 15.6 -20.0 326 20 333.5 333.6 293.3 335.9 0.65 14 350 8592 -24.2 -46.1 11 21.8 -26.9 322 23 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.8 0.18 15 300 9695 -33.4 -49.2 19 15.8 -34.8 336 23 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.14 16 250 10951 -40.5 -57.3 15 16.8 -41.3 335 48 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 17 200 12437 -51.6 -67.9 13 16.3 -51.9 331 47 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14248 -63.9 -78.6 12 14.6 -64.0 327 49 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16641 -75.1 -83.8 25 8.7 -75.2 339 24 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.76 m Freezing level: 557.74 mb = 5026.45 m = 16490.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.00 mb = 2988.79 m = 9805.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.88 mb = 1280.70 m = 4201.71 ft T: 19.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.45 C/km ThetaE index: 11.06 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.09 mb = 3580.73 m = 11747.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.09 C = 100.56 F Cap Strength: 8.92 C Lifted Index: 9.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.47 C Showalter Index: 11.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.59 C Cross Totals Index: 5.96 C K Index: 1.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8332.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.96 mb = 2244.07 m = 7362.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 68.1 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 98.1 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -174.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -11.0 tot: -3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.69 Bulk Shear: 12.76 m/s