MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 71 SFC 982 232 23.0 13.7 56 9.3 17.0 159 8 297.7 299.5 290.9 326.9 10.07 2 950 523 26.3 12.5 42 13.8 17.3 170 27 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.5 9.61 3 900 996 21.9 11.1 50 10.8 15.0 178 24 304.1 305.8 292.2 331.8 9.26 4 850 1488 17.5 9.9 61 7.6 12.7 186 22 304.5 306.1 292.1 331.5 9.02 5 800 2003 15.3 -2.2 30 17.4 6.4 208 13 307.4 308.2 288.8 320.1 4.08 6 750 2547 13.3 -8.5 21 21.8 3.4 241 5 311.0 311.5 288.6 319.6 2.67 7 700 3123 10.4 -10.7 21 21.2 1.2 287 8 314.0 314.5 289.3 321.9 2.41 8 650 3736 8.1 -19.6 12 27.7 -2.0 293 8 318.2 318.4 289.5 322.4 1.24 9 600 4392 5.4 -31.3 5 36.7 -5.0 255 9 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.1 0.47 10 550 5097 1.3 -23.3 14 24.6 -6.8 237 13 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.3 1.06 11 500 5855 -3.8 -26.1 16 22.3 -10.4 243 18 328.4 328.6 292.2 331.7 0.91 12 450 6678 -9.3 -22.6 33 13.3 -13.5 250 22 331.5 331.8 293.4 336.4 1.38 13 400 7577 -15.9 -24.7 47 8.8 -18.3 252 24 334.4 334.6 294.1 339.0 1.29 14 350 8567 -23.2 -27.7 67 4.5 -24.2 252 28 337.5 337.7 294.7 341.6 1.12 15 300 9679 -30.7 -34.6 69 3.8 -31.4 277 29 342.0 342.2 295.4 344.6 0.68 16 250 10946 -40.9 -48.0 47 7.0 -41.5 292 34 345.2 345.2 295.7 346.0 0.20 17 200 12425 -52.7 -58.0 53 5.3 -52.9 307 50 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.08 18 150 14223 -65.7 -85.4 5 19.7 -65.8 284 34 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 19 100 16616 -75.7 -86.7 16 11.0 -75.7 255 11 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.80 m Freezing level: 537.42 mb = 5287.92 m = 17348.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.17 mb = 3348.84 m = 10986.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.30 mb = 1424.48 m = 4673.44 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 12.93 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.34 mb = 4360.23 m = 14305.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.38 C = 117.29 F Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lifted Index: 6.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Showalter Index: 6.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.27 C Cross Totals Index: 13.63 C K Index: 9.98 Risk: None Sweat Index: 309.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6362.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.55 mb = 2178.04 m = 7145.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.1 neg: -16.2 tot: 78.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 34.28 m/s