MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510111800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510111800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z WED 15 OCT 25 Station: 32.9,-97.3 Latitude: 32.90 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 162 SFC 996 200 24.8 15.0 55 9.8 18.4 119 2 298.3 300.2 291.6 329.8 10.82 2 950 613 23.6 13.8 54 9.8 17.2 135 11 301.1 303.0 292.3 332.1 10.50 3 900 1081 19.2 12.4 65 6.8 14.8 133 10 301.3 303.2 292.0 331.2 10.11 4 850 1570 17.0 0.7 33 16.3 8.3 132 8 303.9 304.8 288.2 318.3 4.73 5 800 2088 18.8 -31.6 2 50.5 3.4 130 5 311.2 311.3 286.2 312.4 0.34 6 750 2635 15.4 -21.2 6 36.6 2.1 81 6 313.3 313.4 287.6 316.4 0.94 7 700 3215 11.0 5.3 68 5.7 7.6 63 13 314.6 316.2 294.3 339.7 8.02 8 650 3831 8.5 -1.2 50 9.7 3.3 39 10 318.6 319.7 293.3 336.0 5.42 9 600 4488 4.6 -8.1 39 12.7 -1.3 19 9 321.4 322.1 292.5 332.8 3.46 10 550 5191 0.3 -14.8 31 15.1 -5.7 331 7 324.5 324.9 292.3 332.0 2.20 11 500 5947 -4.8 -14.8 45 10.0 -8.7 286 8 327.2 327.7 293.2 335.5 2.42 12 450 6768 -10.1 -23.1 34 13.0 -14.0 262 7 330.6 330.8 293.2 335.3 1.32 13 400 7665 -15.9 -32.2 23 16.2 -19.6 233 12 334.3 334.4 293.5 336.7 0.64 14 350 8656 -23.0 -40.5 19 17.5 -25.7 271 11 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.9 0.32 15 300 9764 -32.0 -46.0 24 14.0 -33.4 240 11 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 16 250 11024 -42.5 -56.1 21 13.6 -43.2 254 13 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.08 17 200 12492 -54.0 -63.6 30 9.5 -54.3 231 14 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14282 -66.6 -75.3 28 8.8 -66.6 255 14 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16668 -76.1 -84.5 25 8.4 -76.2 226 16 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.78 m Freezing level: 546.83 mb = 5239.13 m = 17188.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.34 mb = 4294.20 m = 14088.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.44 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.91 mb = 1441.36 m = 4728.81 ft T: 17.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 19.64 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.33 mb = 3954.26 m = 12973.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.61 C = 114.10 F Cap Strength: 8.57 C Lifted Index: 5.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.22 C Showalter Index: 12.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.77 C Cross Totals Index: 5.50 C K Index: 16.81 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 33.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5772.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.47 mb = 1789.18 m = 5869.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.5 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 96.5 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -6.5 tot: 0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 10.13 m/s