MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 162 27.0 13.9 45 13.0 18.5 81 4 300.1 301.9 291.6 329.6 10.05 1 1000 165 27.2 13.9 44 13.2 18.5 81 3 300.3 302.2 291.7 329.9 10.05 2 950 616 24.1 12.3 48 11.8 16.5 99 11 301.6 303.4 291.6 329.7 9.49 3 900 1086 19.6 11.5 59 8.1 14.5 102 9 301.7 303.5 291.7 329.9 9.52 4 850 1574 15.5 7.8 60 7.8 10.9 106 6 302.4 303.9 290.5 325.7 7.82 5 800 2088 18.2 -32.1 2 50.2 3.0 157 3 310.5 310.6 285.9 311.7 0.32 6 750 2636 16.2 -15.5 10 31.8 3.2 2 7 314.2 314.5 288.5 319.3 1.52 7 700 3217 10.9 8.7 86 2.2 9.5 16 8 314.6 316.5 295.8 346.2 10.16 8 650 3834 8.3 -0.1 55 8.4 3.7 8 7 318.4 319.5 293.6 337.1 5.86 9 600 4490 4.4 -9.5 35 14.0 -1.9 348 10 321.3 321.9 292.1 331.5 3.09 10 550 5192 0.5 -19.3 21 19.8 -6.6 331 9 324.7 325.0 291.7 330.0 1.51 11 500 5950 -3.9 -22.7 22 18.8 -10.0 296 6 328.2 328.5 292.4 332.6 1.23 12 450 6773 -9.2 -24.4 28 15.2 -13.7 283 6 331.6 331.9 293.3 335.9 1.17 13 400 7673 -15.3 -32.5 21 17.2 -19.1 280 8 335.1 335.2 293.7 337.4 0.62 14 350 8665 -23.1 -37.6 25 14.5 -25.5 273 15 337.7 337.7 294.1 339.3 0.43 15 300 9773 -31.9 -44.4 28 12.5 -33.2 271 16 340.5 340.5 294.7 341.5 0.25 16 250 11035 -42.4 -53.8 27 11.5 -43.0 240 20 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.5 0.10 17 200 12502 -53.8 -66.1 21 12.3 -54.1 243 22 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14294 -66.2 -75.3 27 9.1 -66.2 266 17 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16674 -76.7 -84.9 26 8.2 -76.7 211 8 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.19 m Freezing level: 544.10 mb = 5281.83 m = 17328.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4265.40 m = 13993.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.95 mb = 1807.26 m = 5929.25 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 18.25 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.85 mb = 4183.63 m = 13725.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.79 C = 116.22 F Cap Strength: 9.07 C Lifted Index: 7.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.70 C Showalter Index: 9.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.48 C Cross Totals Index: 11.71 C K Index: 25.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6553.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.78 mb = 2037.73 m = 6685.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.9 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 47.9 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.5 neg: -12.9 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 11.95 m/s