MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z WED 15 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 155 SFC 999 162 29.0 13.4 38 15.6 18.8 88 5 302.2 304.0 292.0 331.0 9.70 2 950 608 24.9 12.4 46 12.6 16.8 93 7 302.5 304.2 291.9 330.8 9.53 3 900 1079 20.3 11.5 57 8.8 14.7 96 7 302.5 304.2 291.9 330.7 9.51 4 850 1569 15.6 10.6 72 5.0 12.4 99 6 302.5 304.2 291.9 330.5 9.46 5 800 2081 16.4 -33.2 2 49.6 2.1 151 7 308.6 308.7 285.2 309.7 0.29 6 750 2627 15.6 -23.8 5 39.3 2.0 311 3 313.5 313.6 287.5 316.1 0.75 7 700 3208 11.7 7.3 75 4.3 8.9 339 7 315.4 317.2 295.3 344.2 9.22 8 650 3825 8.2 1.4 62 6.8 4.4 339 7 318.2 319.4 294.1 339.0 6.53 9 600 4481 4.4 -6.8 44 11.1 -1.0 328 10 321.2 321.9 292.7 333.8 3.84 10 550 5184 0.4 -16.0 28 16.4 -6.0 311 8 324.6 325.0 292.1 331.4 1.99 11 500 5942 -3.6 -23.5 20 19.9 -9.9 295 5 328.6 328.9 292.4 332.7 1.15 12 450 6765 -9.0 -23.3 30 14.3 -13.4 297 8 331.9 332.2 293.4 336.6 1.30 13 400 7665 -15.3 -31.2 24 15.9 -19.0 294 9 335.1 335.3 293.7 337.8 0.71 14 350 8658 -22.8 -38.3 23 15.5 -25.4 267 13 338.0 338.1 294.2 339.5 0.40 15 300 9768 -31.4 -47.9 18 16.5 -33.0 277 18 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.8 0.17 16 250 11031 -41.9 -54.3 25 12.3 -42.6 243 21 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.10 17 200 12500 -53.7 -66.9 18 13.3 -53.9 239 23 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14292 -66.0 -75.3 26 9.3 -66.1 264 20 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16669 -77.6 -84.7 31 7.2 -77.6 219 7 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.20 m Freezing level: 544.72 mb = 5263.69 m = 17269.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.16 mb = 4356.85 m = 14293.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.59 mb = 2127.83 m = 6981.00 ft T: 16.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 21.34 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.05 mb = 4172.06 m = 13687.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.55 C = 115.79 F Cap Strength: 8.10 C Lifted Index: 7.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.06 C Showalter Index: 7.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.18 C K Index: 25.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6457.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.25 mb = 2174.11 m = 7132.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.5 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 19.5 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.8 neg: -2.4 tot: 49.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 13.45 m/s