MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510101800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 14 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 123 SFC 988 233 21.5 13.6 61 7.9 16.5 125 5 295.8 297.5 290.1 324.5 9.96 2 950 572 24.0 12.9 50 11.1 16.8 148 16 301.5 303.4 291.9 330.7 9.87 3 900 1042 19.7 12.1 62 7.6 14.8 154 15 301.8 303.6 292.0 331.0 9.89 4 850 1530 14.9 11.1 78 3.8 12.5 159 15 301.7 303.5 291.9 330.6 9.78 5 800 2042 16.0 -18.3 8 34.3 3.1 182 8 308.2 308.4 286.0 312.0 1.13 6 750 2589 15.3 -12.2 14 27.5 3.4 276 4 313.2 313.6 288.6 319.7 1.99 7 700 3169 11.6 5.4 66 6.1 7.9 313 8 315.3 316.8 294.4 340.6 8.08 8 650 3786 8.4 3.6 72 4.8 5.6 284 7 318.5 319.9 295.0 342.8 7.65 9 600 4444 5.0 -2.2 60 7.2 1.2 240 11 321.9 323.0 294.2 339.6 5.43 10 550 5149 0.1 -6.3 62 6.4 -3.0 246 13 324.2 325.0 293.9 338.5 4.33 11 500 5905 -4.4 -13.4 49 9.0 -8.1 265 19 327.7 328.2 293.6 336.9 2.72 12 450 6727 -9.5 -21.2 38 11.7 -13.3 268 22 331.3 331.6 293.5 336.9 1.57 13 400 7626 -15.4 -28.1 33 12.7 -18.6 264 23 335.0 335.2 293.9 338.5 0.94 14 350 8620 -22.5 -29.8 51 7.3 -24.1 258 28 338.5 338.7 294.8 341.9 0.93 15 300 9734 -30.7 -34.9 67 4.2 -31.4 260 21 342.1 342.2 295.4 344.6 0.65 16 250 11000 -40.8 -51.2 32 10.4 -41.5 269 23 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.9 0.14 17 200 12479 -52.7 -66.1 18 13.4 -53.0 277 24 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14271 -67.0 -74.4 35 7.4 -67.1 263 21 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01 19 100 16655 -76.0 -86.7 17 10.7 -76.0 232 13 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.16 m Freezing level: 549.23 mb = 5160.19 m = 16929.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.88 mb = 4636.85 m = 15212.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.13 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.42 mb = 1249.00 m = 4097.71 ft T: 17.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 19.08 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.44 mb = 4129.02 m = 13546.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.97 C = 114.74 F Cap Strength: 8.19 C Lifted Index: 6.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.31 C Showalter Index: 6.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.27 C Cross Totals Index: 15.47 C K Index: 24.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6504.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.24 mb = 1851.77 m = 6075.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -14.8 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 31.95 m/s