MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 81 SFC 991 163 31.3 10.8 28 20.5 18.2 197 10 305.3 306.8 291.7 330.1 8.23 2 950 534 25.7 10.1 37 15.6 16.0 198 12 303.3 304.8 291.1 327.9 8.21 3 900 1006 21.1 9.2 46 11.9 13.8 199 13 303.2 304.7 291.0 327.5 8.13 4 850 1496 16.8 7.6 54 9.2 11.3 200 13 303.8 305.2 290.8 326.9 7.72 5 800 2010 13.8 0.8 41 13.0 6.9 193 9 305.9 306.8 289.2 321.4 5.07 6 750 2550 11.3 -9.0 23 20.2 2.4 181 4 308.8 309.3 287.8 317.1 2.59 7 700 3122 8.8 -12.7 20 21.5 -0.0 188 5 312.2 312.6 288.4 319.0 2.06 8 650 3733 7.3 -15.1 19 22.4 -1.6 229 9 317.2 317.6 289.8 323.3 1.82 9 600 4388 5.0 -21.5 13 26.5 -4.3 235 9 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.8 1.14 10 550 5091 0.6 -12.4 37 13.0 -4.9 242 7 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.8 2.68 11 500 5848 -4.7 -12.5 54 7.8 -7.9 285 7 327.3 327.9 293.6 337.2 2.92 12 450 6669 -10.1 -18.9 48 8.8 -13.1 288 11 330.5 330.9 293.6 337.2 1.90 13 400 7566 -15.5 -31.1 25 15.6 -19.1 305 9 334.8 334.9 293.7 337.4 0.71 14 350 8560 -23.0 -24.6 87 1.5 -23.4 344 25 337.7 338.0 295.1 343.1 1.49 15 300 9674 -29.8 -37.2 48 7.4 -30.9 325 34 343.4 343.5 295.6 345.5 0.52 16 250 10946 -40.7 -45.7 58 5.1 -41.1 327 34 345.6 345.7 295.9 346.7 0.26 17 200 12422 -52.3 -59.5 42 7.2 -52.5 324 32 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.06 18 150 14227 -65.5 -75.4 24 9.9 -65.5 338 25 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16619 -75.4 -85.8 18 10.4 -75.4 276 2 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.37 m Freezing level: 544.39 mb = 5176.24 m = 16982.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.20 mb = 3120.03 m = 10236.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.85 mb = 2719.49 m = 8922.09 ft T: 10.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 574.51 mb = 4738.66 m = 15546.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.33 C = 120.80 F Cap Strength: 8.22 C Lifted Index: 7.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.16 C Showalter Index: 8.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.55 C Cross Totals Index: 12.30 C K Index: 7.65 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7483.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.69 mb = 2542.54 m = 8341.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -38.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: -15.9 tot: -8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.42 Bulk Shear: 2.64 m/s