MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 145 SFC 990 233 18.7 11.9 65 6.8 14.6 194 2 292.7 294.3 288.1 318.1 8.88 2 950 592 23.3 10.1 43 13.2 15.1 158 9 300.8 302.3 290.3 325.1 8.19 3 900 1061 20.6 7.9 44 12.7 13.0 156 5 302.7 304.1 290.3 324.9 7.43 4 850 1552 18.3 0.7 31 17.6 8.9 333 0 305.3 306.2 288.7 319.9 4.75 5 800 2068 15.4 -8.9 18 24.3 4.5 35 3 307.6 308.0 287.2 315.3 2.43 6 750 2610 11.3 -9.8 22 21.2 2.1 58 9 308.9 309.3 287.6 316.6 2.41 7 700 3180 7.2 -10.7 27 17.9 -0.3 66 10 310.5 311.0 288.2 318.3 2.42 8 650 3785 2.8 -13.1 30 15.9 -3.4 70 12 312.1 312.5 288.4 319.0 2.14 9 600 4427 -0.1 -27.1 11 27.0 -7.7 47 4 316.0 316.2 288.2 318.4 0.69 10 550 5125 -0.1 -44.2 2 44.1 -9.1 344 9 324.0 324.0 290.1 324.5 0.14 11 500 5879 -4.9 -27.5 15 22.6 -11.2 337 15 327.1 327.2 291.7 330.0 0.80 12 450 6698 -10.5 -23.1 35 12.5 -14.3 332 18 330.0 330.2 293.0 334.7 1.33 13 400 7593 -16.8 -29.6 32 12.8 -19.8 312 20 333.2 333.3 293.4 336.2 0.82 14 350 8580 -24.3 -39.3 23 15.1 -26.6 312 21 336.1 336.1 293.7 337.5 0.36 15 300 9683 -33.5 -47.3 24 13.8 -34.7 337 21 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.9 0.18 16 250 10939 -40.6 -59.2 12 18.6 -41.5 337 46 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.05 17 200 12425 -51.3 -67.1 13 15.9 -51.6 332 47 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14237 -64.1 -76.7 16 12.6 -64.1 329 47 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16632 -74.6 -84.3 21 9.7 -74.7 345 22 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.67 m Freezing level: 601.51 mb = 4407.56 m = 14460.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.22 mb = 3107.30 m = 10194.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.75 % Est. max temperature: 31.73 C = 89.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.75 mb = 1111.33 m = 3646.06 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.49 C/km ThetaE index: 9.78 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.39 mb = 3520.67 m = 11550.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.35 C = 99.22 F Cap Strength: 9.45 C Lifted Index: 9.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.34 C Showalter Index: 11.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 5.61 C K Index: 6.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 24.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8309.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.63 mb = 2198.73 m = 7213.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.3 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 64.3 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -160.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -16.2 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 21.54 m/s