MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 103 SFC 986 233 31.7 10.8 28 20.9 18.4 180 5 306.1 307.7 292.0 331.2 8.30 2 950 559 27.0 9.4 33 17.7 16.0 181 5 304.6 306.1 291.2 328.0 7.78 3 900 1032 22.4 8.8 42 13.5 14.0 181 5 304.6 306.0 291.3 328.4 7.94 4 850 1525 17.6 7.6 52 9.9 11.6 180 5 304.5 306.0 291.1 327.8 7.75 5 800 2039 14.0 5.5 57 8.5 9.0 157 4 306.1 307.4 291.0 327.6 7.11 6 750 2580 10.5 -0.4 47 10.9 4.8 94 3 308.0 308.9 289.8 323.3 4.95 7 700 3151 7.5 -13.3 21 20.8 -0.8 27 5 310.8 311.2 287.8 317.2 1.96 8 650 3757 4.8 -18.8 16 23.6 -3.5 322 7 314.4 314.7 288.4 318.9 1.34 9 600 4405 2.7 -22.9 13 25.6 -5.6 317 8 319.2 319.4 289.6 322.8 1.01 10 550 5107 0.2 -14.4 32 14.6 -5.7 319 16 324.3 324.8 292.3 332.1 2.28 11 500 5862 -4.8 -18.0 35 13.2 -9.5 317 14 327.2 327.6 292.7 333.7 1.86 12 450 6682 -10.2 -23.0 34 12.8 -14.1 329 13 330.4 330.6 293.1 335.1 1.33 13 400 7578 -16.6 -29.8 31 13.2 -19.7 328 17 333.4 333.5 293.4 336.3 0.80 14 350 8566 -24.1 -31.5 51 7.3 -25.6 323 19 336.2 336.4 294.1 339.1 0.79 15 300 9670 -32.9 -42.6 37 9.8 -34.0 324 22 339.1 339.1 294.4 340.2 0.30 16 250 10932 -40.2 -58.3 13 18.1 -41.2 332 42 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.06 17 200 12416 -51.5 -63.9 21 12.4 -51.8 331 45 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.04 18 150 14222 -65.7 -72.9 36 7.3 -65.7 327 39 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16619 -75.7 -86.4 17 10.6 -75.7 334 16 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.09 m Freezing level: 548.00 mb = 5137.19 m = 16854.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.12 mb = 3067.30 m = 10063.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.66 mb = 2830.32 m = 9285.73 ft T: 9.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.53 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.50 mb = 4238.32 m = 13905.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.53 C = 110.36 F Cap Strength: 7.33 C Lifted Index: 7.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.70 C Showalter Index: 7.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.33 C Cross Totals Index: 12.41 C K Index: 9.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6717.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.48 mb = 2764.39 m = 9069.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.6 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 346.6 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -20.5 tot: -20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 18.58 m/s