MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510120000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z 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 1001 162 20.6 13.1 62 7.5 15.9 85 4 293.7 295.4 289.0 320.8 9.50 1 1000 170 20.7 13.0 61 7.7 15.9 86 3 293.9 295.6 289.0 320.9 9.45 2 950 614 20.9 11.5 55 9.4 15.0 134 13 298.4 300.1 290.2 324.8 9.00 3 900 1080 18.0 10.1 60 7.9 13.1 115 5 300.0 301.6 290.4 325.5 8.65 4 850 1566 14.8 7.4 61 7.4 10.4 40 7 301.6 303.0 290.0 324.2 7.59 5 800 2079 15.9 -28.9 3 44.8 2.1 67 7 308.1 308.2 285.2 309.6 0.44 6 750 2624 14.7 -27.1 4 41.8 1.3 80 8 312.5 312.6 286.9 314.5 0.55 7 700 3203 10.8 4.5 65 6.3 7.1 73 8 314.5 315.9 293.9 338.1 7.55 8 650 3817 7.3 -0.8 56 8.1 2.9 44 6 317.2 318.3 293.0 335.0 5.57 9 600 4471 4.0 -7.7 42 11.7 -1.4 9 10 320.8 321.5 292.4 332.6 3.58 10 550 5173 -0.4 -15.2 32 14.8 -6.2 341 9 323.6 324.0 292.0 330.9 2.14 11 500 5928 -4.7 -21.9 25 17.2 -10.4 307 6 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.9 1.32 12 450 6749 -9.5 -27.0 23 17.5 -14.3 262 6 331.3 331.5 293.0 334.7 0.93 13 400 7647 -16.0 -29.7 30 13.6 -19.3 268 9 334.1 334.3 293.6 337.2 0.82 14 350 8636 -23.4 -38.7 23 15.3 -25.9 242 15 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.7 0.38 15 300 9744 -32.0 -48.0 19 16.0 -33.6 269 14 340.2 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.16 16 250 11005 -42.2 -58.2 16 16.0 -43.0 257 21 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.06 17 200 12473 -53.8 -65.9 22 12.0 -54.1 259 22 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14267 -66.2 -75.4 26 9.3 -66.2 279 9 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16649 -77.0 -85.4 25 8.3 -77.1 267 11 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.09 m Freezing level: 554.44 mb = 5110.47 m = 16766.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.44 mb = 4250.45 m = 13944.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.99 mb = 1117.58 m = 3666.56 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 15.92 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.38 mb = 4237.97 m = 13903.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.44 C = 115.59 F Cap Strength: 9.63 C Lifted Index: 9.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.74 C Showalter Index: 9.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.54 C Cross Totals Index: 12.10 C K Index: 20.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8247.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.75 mb = 1709.08 m = 5607.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 45.4 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 75.4 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -166.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: -3.9 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 15.21 m/s