MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 14 OCT 25 Station: 33.0,-97.0 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -97.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 997 172 21.8 16.4 71 5.4 18.2 103 3 295.2 297.3 291.5 329.2 11.83 2 950 594 23.4 12.2 49 11.2 16.2 154 15 300.9 302.6 291.3 328.7 9.41 3 900 1062 18.9 11.9 64 7.1 14.5 153 13 301.0 302.8 291.7 329.8 9.76 4 850 1550 15.3 6.8 57 8.5 10.3 127 12 302.2 303.5 290.0 324.0 7.31 5 800 2063 16.7 -26.8 4 43.6 2.7 102 8 309.0 309.1 285.6 310.8 0.53 6 750 2610 15.1 -4.8 25 19.8 5.2 59 7 312.9 313.6 290.0 324.3 3.57 7 700 3191 11.6 3.7 58 7.9 7.0 65 6 315.3 316.7 293.8 337.8 7.14 8 650 3807 7.8 1.1 62 6.7 4.0 11 2 317.8 319.0 293.9 338.1 6.37 9 600 4462 3.6 -4.4 56 8.0 -0.4 272 5 320.3 321.2 293.2 335.3 4.61 10 550 5163 -0.4 -9.4 51 8.9 -4.4 247 10 323.6 324.2 293.0 334.9 3.42 11 500 5919 -4.8 -15.0 45 10.2 -8.8 248 11 327.2 327.7 293.2 335.3 2.38 12 450 6739 -9.7 -23.7 31 14.0 -14.0 263 15 331.0 331.2 293.2 335.5 1.25 13 400 7637 -15.8 -30.4 28 14.5 -19.3 257 19 334.4 334.5 293.6 337.2 0.76 14 350 8629 -22.3 -38.1 22 15.8 -25.0 254 25 338.7 338.7 294.4 340.2 0.41 15 300 9743 -30.5 -52.4 10 21.9 -32.4 249 23 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.10 16 250 11013 -40.3 -56.6 16 16.3 -41.2 235 20 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 17 200 12492 -52.7 -63.7 25 11.0 -52.9 226 14 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.04 18 150 14291 -65.8 -74.7 28 8.9 -65.9 220 19 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 19 100 16673 -77.9 -86.1 25 8.2 -77.9 209 14 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.04 m Freezing level: 555.44 mb = 5086.85 m = 16688.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.44 mb = 4401.51 m = 14440.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.69 mb = 865.56 m = 2839.73 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 19.03 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.63 mb = 3874.84 m = 12712.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.63 C = 112.34 F Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lifted Index: 6.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.60 C Showalter Index: 9.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.14 C Cross Totals Index: 11.61 C K Index: 19.01 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7092.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.57 mb = 1725.49 m = 5660.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.1 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 195.1 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.8 neg: -51.1 tot: -20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.76 Bulk Shear: 1.33 m/s