MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 14 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 154 SFC 999 162 23.5 14.8 58 8.7 17.8 104 4 296.7 298.6 291.0 327.5 10.64 2 950 602 22.2 12.9 55 9.3 16.2 150 12 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.7 9.86 3 900 1068 18.0 11.7 66 6.4 14.0 145 11 300.1 301.8 291.2 328.3 9.61 4 850 1554 13.7 9.7 77 3.9 11.3 148 10 300.5 302.1 290.8 326.8 8.94 5 800 2064 13.7 -14.6 13 28.3 2.6 190 4 305.7 306.0 285.6 310.7 1.54 6 750 2608 15.4 -33.9 2 49.3 1.2 56 3 313.3 313.4 286.9 314.4 0.29 7 700 3187 11.1 2.0 54 9.1 6.0 52 7 314.8 316.0 293.0 334.7 6.34 8 650 3802 7.3 3.5 77 3.8 5.1 260 2 317.2 318.7 294.6 341.3 7.62 9 600 4458 4.1 0.3 76 3.8 2.0 297 12 320.8 322.1 294.7 341.8 6.51 10 550 5161 0.1 -5.8 64 5.9 -2.9 275 14 324.2 325.1 294.1 339.0 4.50 11 500 5918 -4.0 -16.2 38 12.2 -8.7 273 17 328.2 328.6 293.2 335.6 2.16 12 450 6740 -9.6 -20.5 41 10.9 -13.2 269 18 331.2 331.5 293.6 337.1 1.67 13 400 7638 -16.0 -28.5 33 12.6 -19.1 278 20 334.2 334.4 293.7 337.6 0.91 14 350 8631 -22.2 -35.1 30 13.0 -24.6 278 20 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.0 0.55 15 300 9746 -30.6 -43.3 28 12.6 -32.1 263 20 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.3 0.28 16 250 11013 -41.0 -57.1 16 16.1 -41.8 266 21 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.07 17 200 12484 -53.9 -62.1 36 8.2 -54.1 267 19 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14275 -66.2 -74.7 29 8.5 -66.3 237 21 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16654 -77.4 -84.7 30 7.4 -77.4 218 16 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.07 m Freezing level: 549.09 mb = 5174.83 m = 16977.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.67 mb = 4736.32 m = 15538.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.33 C = 81.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.29 mb = 1266.37 m = 4154.69 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 17.95 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.17 mb = 3787.32 m = 12425.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.94 C = 111.09 F Cap Strength: 8.77 C Lifted Index: 8.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.38 C Showalter Index: 8.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.67 C Cross Totals Index: 13.74 C K Index: 18.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6833.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.41 mb = 1679.72 m = 5510.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.3 neg: -29.3 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 26.72 m/s