MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 172 24.5 16.5 61 8.0 19.2 101 4 297.6 299.8 292.3 332.1 11.88 1 1000 179 23.6 16.3 64 7.3 18.7 102 3 296.8 298.9 291.9 330.6 11.72 2 950 625 21.5 13.6 61 7.9 16.4 154 3 299.0 300.9 291.5 329.3 10.35 3 900 1091 17.9 12.2 69 5.7 14.3 123 8 300.0 301.8 291.5 329.3 9.99 4 850 1577 14.2 8.7 69 5.5 10.9 107 12 301.1 302.6 290.5 325.8 8.36 5 800 2088 14.7 -6.3 23 21.0 4.8 98 16 306.8 307.3 287.5 316.1 2.97 6 750 2632 14.3 -11.5 16 25.7 3.1 88 13 312.0 312.5 288.4 318.9 2.11 7 700 3212 11.1 5.5 68 5.6 7.8 80 10 314.8 316.3 294.4 340.2 8.14 8 650 3827 7.6 0.8 62 6.9 3.8 80 5 317.6 318.8 293.7 337.5 6.24 9 600 4482 3.9 -7.7 43 11.6 -1.5 259 4 320.7 321.3 292.4 332.4 3.58 10 550 5183 -0.5 -10.5 46 10.1 -4.8 244 6 323.5 324.1 292.8 333.9 3.11 11 500 5939 -4.5 -18.3 33 13.9 -9.4 270 8 327.6 328.0 292.7 333.9 1.80 12 450 6760 -10.0 -21.9 37 11.9 -13.7 266 9 330.6 330.9 293.3 335.8 1.47 13 400 7657 -16.1 -32.7 23 16.6 -19.7 272 13 334.0 334.1 293.4 336.3 0.61 14 350 8647 -22.2 -42.5 14 20.3 -25.2 258 21 338.8 338.9 294.3 339.9 0.26 15 300 9760 -30.9 -51.4 11 20.6 -32.7 246 17 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.4 0.11 16 250 11028 -40.7 -56.2 17 15.6 -41.5 209 19 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.08 17 200 12507 -52.2 -67.4 14 15.2 -52.5 216 16 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14309 -65.7 -76.7 20 11.0 -65.8 229 19 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16686 -78.4 -85.6 30 7.2 -78.4 182 17 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.53 m Freezing level: 555.31 mb = 5108.84 m = 16761.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.10 mb = 4292.06 m = 14081.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.93 mb = 1186.78 m = 3893.58 ft T: 17.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 13.18 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.50 mb = 3669.12 m = 12037.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.80 C = 110.84 F Cap Strength: 7.14 C Lifted Index: 6.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.93 C Showalter Index: 8.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.69 C Cross Totals Index: 13.20 C K Index: 21.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6741.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.93 mb = 1537.97 m = 5045.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.7 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 137.7 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -22.6 tot: -22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.41 Bulk Shear: 3.58 m/s