MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 22.2 12.8 55 9.4 16.3 99 4 295.4 297.0 289.4 322.2 9.32 1 1000 163 22.6 12.9 54 9.7 16.5 101 4 295.7 297.4 289.6 322.8 9.38 2 950 609 22.0 11.0 50 11.0 15.1 137 16 299.5 301.1 290.3 325.1 8.71 3 900 1076 18.7 10.3 58 8.4 13.6 141 7 300.8 302.4 290.8 326.8 8.78 4 850 1563 15.8 2.6 41 13.2 8.6 83 3 302.7 303.7 288.4 319.0 5.43 5 800 2078 17.4 -32.6 2 50.0 2.7 65 4 309.7 309.7 285.6 310.8 0.31 6 750 2625 15.6 -22.4 6 38.1 2.1 75 8 313.5 313.7 287.6 316.4 0.84 7 700 3205 11.1 5.6 69 5.5 7.8 73 8 314.7 316.3 294.4 340.3 8.18 8 650 3820 7.6 -0.8 55 8.4 3.0 37 6 317.5 318.6 293.1 335.2 5.54 9 600 4475 4.3 -8.4 39 12.6 -1.6 1 11 321.0 321.7 292.3 332.2 3.39 10 550 5176 -0.4 -11.9 42 11.5 -5.3 333 11 323.6 324.2 292.5 333.0 2.80 11 500 5931 -4.9 -19.8 30 14.9 -10.0 306 8 327.1 327.4 292.4 332.6 1.59 12 450 6752 -9.5 -26.5 24 17.0 -14.2 286 6 331.4 331.5 293.0 334.9 0.98 13 400 7651 -16.0 -28.7 32 12.8 -19.1 291 9 334.2 334.4 293.7 337.5 0.89 14 350 8640 -23.5 -37.4 27 14.0 -25.8 227 11 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.8 0.44 15 300 9749 -32.0 -45.7 25 13.6 -33.4 275 15 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 16 250 11009 -42.5 -56.3 21 13.8 -43.2 243 19 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.07 17 200 12476 -53.7 -66.8 19 13.1 -54.0 254 21 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14268 -66.3 -75.0 29 8.6 -66.4 281 13 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16651 -76.1 -85.5 21 9.5 -76.1 238 14 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.64 m Freezing level: 554.33 mb = 5115.61 m = 16783.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.09 mb = 4245.18 m = 13927.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.31 mb = 1361.87 m = 4468.04 ft T: 16.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 15.99 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.84 mb = 4382.27 m = 14377.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.41 C = 117.33 F Cap Strength: 10.22 C Lifted Index: 8.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.63 C Showalter Index: 12.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.67 C Cross Totals Index: 7.50 C K Index: 17.81 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 44.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7799.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.26 mb = 1886.32 m = 6188.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 39.1 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 69.1 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -4.9 tot: 16.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 24.10 m/s