MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 147 SFC 990 232 16.8 12.0 73 4.8 13.9 218 3 290.8 292.4 287.5 316.1 8.93 2 950 592 22.9 9.5 43 13.4 14.7 177 9 300.4 301.8 289.9 323.6 7.86 3 900 1060 20.0 8.6 48 11.4 13.1 190 5 302.1 303.5 290.3 325.3 7.80 4 850 1551 17.7 1.2 33 16.5 8.8 7 2 304.7 305.6 288.6 319.7 4.91 5 800 2065 15.0 -8.5 19 23.4 4.5 29 5 307.1 307.6 287.1 315.1 2.52 6 750 2606 11.0 -15.0 15 26.0 0.9 49 10 308.5 308.8 286.6 313.7 1.59 7 700 3176 6.3 -7.8 36 14.1 0.0 45 9 309.4 310.0 288.4 319.0 3.02 8 650 3779 2.6 -14.1 28 16.7 -3.7 47 7 311.9 312.3 288.2 318.4 1.98 9 600 4422 0.2 -27.7 10 27.9 -7.6 5 5 316.3 316.5 288.3 318.6 0.65 10 550 5120 0.1 -41.5 3 41.5 -8.9 352 9 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.9 0.18 11 500 5875 -5.0 -17.7 36 12.7 -9.6 340 15 327.0 327.4 292.7 333.6 1.90 12 450 6693 -10.7 -20.4 45 9.7 -13.9 336 18 329.7 330.1 293.2 335.6 1.67 13 400 7588 -16.9 -30.0 31 13.2 -19.9 331 21 333.1 333.2 293.3 336.0 0.79 14 350 8574 -24.7 -38.3 27 13.6 -26.8 334 23 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.0 0.40 15 300 9678 -32.9 -47.8 21 14.9 -34.3 343 23 339.0 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.17 16 250 10936 -40.3 -58.8 12 18.5 -41.3 335 48 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 17 200 12423 -51.2 -69.4 10 18.2 -51.6 334 49 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14234 -64.7 -75.7 21 11.0 -64.8 327 44 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16629 -75.6 -84.9 22 9.4 -75.6 341 24 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.58 m Freezing level: 549.24 mb = 5131.41 m = 16835.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.74 mb = 3179.17 m = 10430.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.08 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.67 mb = 854.23 m = 2802.56 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.16 C/km ThetaE index: 11.58 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.86 mb = 3401.49 m = 11159.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.34 C = 97.41 F Cap Strength: 10.02 C Lifted Index: 9.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.72 C Showalter Index: 11.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 6.16 C K Index: 9.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8585.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.85 mb = 2098.45 m = 6884.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 13.6 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 43.6 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -172.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -17.8 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.55 Bulk Shear: 27.63 m/s