MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 12 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 87 SFC 983 232 17.0 12.2 73 4.8 14.0 194 6 291.5 293.2 287.9 317.3 9.09 2 950 532 24.2 9.5 39 14.7 15.1 211 29 301.7 303.1 290.3 325.0 7.84 3 900 1003 20.9 9.9 49 11.0 14.1 202 22 303.1 304.6 291.3 328.5 8.52 4 850 1494 17.5 7.7 53 9.7 11.6 209 15 304.5 305.9 291.1 327.9 7.79 5 800 2009 14.0 2.9 47 11.0 7.8 205 11 306.0 307.1 290.0 324.1 5.91 6 750 2549 11.4 -9.0 23 20.4 2.4 223 4 308.9 309.4 287.8 317.1 2.58 7 700 3121 8.1 -11.3 24 19.5 -0.0 312 1 311.5 311.9 288.4 318.9 2.29 8 650 3730 6.6 -17.9 15 24.5 -2.4 261 2 316.4 316.7 289.1 321.3 1.43 9 600 4383 4.5 -21.0 14 25.6 -4.4 336 5 321.3 321.6 290.4 325.5 1.19 10 550 5086 -0.1 -10.6 45 10.5 -4.7 327 10 324.0 324.6 292.9 334.4 3.10 11 500 5842 -4.8 -10.0 67 5.3 -7.1 322 13 327.2 327.9 294.1 339.2 3.56 12 450 6662 -10.6 -14.3 74 3.7 -12.0 317 16 329.9 330.5 294.2 339.6 2.82 13 400 7557 -17.4 -20.4 78 3.0 -18.3 307 22 332.4 332.8 294.1 339.1 1.89 14 350 8542 -23.9 -32.4 45 8.5 -25.5 323 29 336.5 336.7 294.1 339.2 0.72 15 300 9655 -30.1 -61.5 3 31.3 -32.3 320 31 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.03 16 250 10925 -40.7 -58.0 14 17.3 -41.5 314 33 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.06 17 200 12400 -52.7 -63.9 25 11.2 -52.9 318 35 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.04 18 150 14200 -65.7 -77.0 19 11.3 -65.8 315 28 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16596 -76.4 -86.4 19 10.0 -76.4 297 11 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.35 m Freezing level: 550.57 mb = 5077.76 m = 16659.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.81 mb = 3111.86 m = 10209.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.12 mb = 857.80 m = 2814.26 ft T: 21.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 11.31 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.94 mb = 4574.64 m = 15008.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.39 C = 117.30 F Cap Strength: 9.01 C Lifted Index: 8.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Showalter Index: 7.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.26 C Cross Totals Index: 12.51 C K Index: 10.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 135.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7909.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.91 mb = 2157.43 m = 7078.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: -63.2 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 27.23 m/s