MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 32.9,-96.9 Latitude: 32.90 Longitude: -96.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 991 162 23.2 14.7 59 8.5 17.7 183 7 297.1 299.1 291.2 328.1 10.68 2 950 532 24.2 12.4 47 11.9 16.6 192 26 301.8 303.5 291.7 330.0 9.53 3 900 1003 21.1 9.9 49 11.1 14.1 191 17 303.2 304.8 291.4 328.8 8.56 4 850 1495 18.0 3.1 37 14.8 9.7 198 9 304.9 306.0 289.4 322.1 5.64 5 800 2009 13.7 1.8 44 11.9 7.3 175 6 305.8 306.8 289.5 322.5 5.45 6 750 2549 10.9 -8.2 25 19.1 2.4 248 1 308.4 308.9 287.8 317.1 2.74 7 700 3120 8.0 -11.0 25 19.0 0.0 325 5 311.4 311.8 288.4 319.0 2.36 8 650 3730 7.7 -16.7 16 24.4 -1.7 19 3 317.6 318.0 289.7 323.0 1.59 9 600 4386 4.7 -10.6 32 15.3 -2.1 344 5 321.5 322.1 292.0 331.0 2.83 10 550 5089 0.3 -15.6 29 15.9 -5.9 327 9 324.4 324.9 292.1 331.5 2.06 11 500 5845 -4.7 -12.3 55 7.6 -7.9 323 14 327.3 327.9 293.7 337.4 2.98 12 450 6664 -10.8 -18.0 56 7.1 -13.3 322 17 329.6 330.0 293.5 336.8 2.06 13 400 7559 -16.8 -28.1 37 11.3 -19.6 331 18 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.7 0.95 14 350 8547 -23.8 -36.5 30 12.7 -25.9 330 20 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.6 0.48 15 300 9657 -30.3 -53.8 8 23.5 -32.3 338 34 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.08 16 250 10930 -40.0 -54.7 19 14.6 -40.9 326 42 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.09 17 200 12408 -52.4 -60.7 36 8.4 -52.6 320 44 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.05 18 150 14213 -65.1 -76.4 19 11.3 -65.2 332 33 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16604 -77.2 -85.6 25 8.4 -77.2 316 15 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.37 m Freezing level: 546.96 mb = 5134.89 m = 16846.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.44 mb = 3126.46 m = 10257.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.44 mb = 1250.78 m = 4103.57 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 7.87 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.77 mb = 4146.46 m = 13603.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.14 C = 115.06 F Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lifted Index: 6.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.00 C Showalter Index: 10.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 7.82 C K Index: 6.77 Risk: None Sweat Index: 69.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6479.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.97 mb = 2009.26 m = 6591.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.1 neg: -43.6 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 36.31 m/s