MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 13 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 61 SFC 981 233 26.5 13.1 44 13.4 17.8 166 8 301.3 303.1 291.7 330.0 9.72 2 950 515 27.0 12.3 40 14.7 17.4 173 19 304.6 306.4 292.5 333.0 9.48 3 900 989 22.5 11.2 49 11.2 15.3 176 20 304.7 306.4 292.4 332.6 9.34 4 850 1482 17.7 10.2 61 7.6 13.0 179 20 304.7 306.4 292.3 332.3 9.21 5 800 1997 15.0 -2.4 30 17.4 6.2 206 16 307.2 307.9 288.6 319.6 4.01 6 750 2541 12.8 -13.2 15 26.0 2.1 221 8 310.5 310.8 287.6 316.5 1.84 7 700 3115 9.4 -15.8 15 25.2 -0.3 247 11 312.9 313.2 288.2 318.2 1.59 8 650 3726 7.2 -13.6 21 20.8 -1.3 276 11 317.1 317.4 289.9 323.9 2.06 9 600 4380 4.8 -15.5 21 20.3 -3.3 254 9 321.7 322.0 291.2 328.1 1.90 10 550 5085 0.9 -11.1 40 12.0 -4.4 239 11 325.1 325.7 293.1 335.2 2.98 11 500 5843 -3.6 -21.8 23 18.1 -9.7 245 17 328.6 328.9 292.6 333.3 1.34 12 450 6667 -9.1 -21.6 36 12.5 -13.1 251 23 331.9 332.2 293.6 337.3 1.52 13 400 7566 -16.0 -22.7 56 6.7 -18.0 253 19 334.1 334.5 294.2 339.7 1.54 14 350 8557 -22.5 -27.7 62 5.3 -23.7 278 21 338.5 338.7 295.0 342.6 1.12 15 300 9673 -30.3 -37.3 51 6.9 -31.4 280 31 342.6 342.7 295.4 344.6 0.52 16 250 10941 -40.5 -60.6 10 20.0 -41.5 289 32 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 17 200 12420 -52.2 -69.4 11 17.2 -52.6 290 30 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14221 -65.9 -76.6 21 10.7 -66.0 290 41 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16613 -76.3 -86.2 20 9.8 -76.4 275 11 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.33 m Freezing level: 540.25 mb = 5232.63 m = 17167.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.91 mb = 3033.48 m = 9952.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.97 mb = 1934.19 m = 6345.68 ft T: 15.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 16.53 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.78 mb = 4036.20 m = 13241.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.32 C = 111.77 F Cap Strength: 6.37 C Lifted Index: 6.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.24 C Showalter Index: 6.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.37 C Cross Totals Index: 13.81 C K Index: 6.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 316.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5566.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.95 mb = 2319.65 m = 7610.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 177.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.7 neg: -8.3 tot: 58.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 19.85 m/s