MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 15 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 154 SFC 998 172 28.0 10.7 34 17.3 17.1 93 4 301.3 302.8 290.3 325.3 8.09 2 950 602 21.8 9.6 46 12.2 14.3 93 5 299.3 300.7 289.5 322.5 7.89 3 900 1067 17.2 8.5 57 8.7 12.0 92 5 299.2 300.6 289.3 322.0 7.74 4 850 1553 17.7 -18.2 7 35.9 4.3 94 16 304.7 304.9 284.6 308.2 1.07 5 800 2069 15.9 -0.7 32 16.6 7.2 82 18 308.1 309.0 289.4 322.2 4.54 6 750 2614 13.4 -0.3 39 13.6 6.1 86 17 311.1 312.0 290.7 326.7 5.00 7 700 3193 11.3 1.8 52 9.5 6.0 82 14 315.0 316.2 293.0 334.7 6.26 8 650 3808 7.9 -5.3 39 13.2 1.4 85 12 317.9 318.6 291.9 330.7 3.97 9 600 4462 3.6 -13.9 27 17.5 -3.5 95 11 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.6 2.18 10 550 5164 0.1 -25.8 12 25.9 -7.8 79 9 324.3 324.4 290.9 327.3 0.85 11 500 5919 -4.7 -29.0 13 24.3 -11.3 111 6 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.8 0.69 12 450 6738 -10.7 -28.3 22 17.6 -15.2 144 9 329.8 330.0 292.5 332.8 0.83 13 400 7632 -16.8 -35.9 18 19.0 -20.5 143 4 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.8 0.45 14 350 8620 -23.5 -44.7 13 21.1 -26.3 161 3 337.0 337.1 293.8 337.8 0.20 15 300 9728 -32.1 -51.3 13 19.2 -33.7 166 11 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.6 0.11 16 250 10988 -42.5 -53.7 28 11.2 -43.1 163 20 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.3 0.10 17 200 12456 -53.1 -69.8 11 16.7 -53.4 191 25 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 14254 -65.4 -76.7 19 11.4 -65.4 180 22 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16645 -76.5 -84.6 26 8.1 -76.5 186 9 379.9 379.9 302.2 380.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.07 m Freezing level: 548.50 mb = 5186.44 m = 17015.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.94 mb = 3986.74 m = 13079.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.39 mb = 2344.02 m = 7690.28 ft T: 14.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 17.14 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 583.59 mb = 4685.66 m = 15372.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.21 C = 118.79 F Cap Strength: 9.97 C Lifted Index: 10.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.65 C Showalter Index: 18.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 8.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: -13.48 C K Index: -5.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 37.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8473.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.52 mb = 2202.09 m = 7224.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.2 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 118.2 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -11.9 tot: 0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 5.28 m/s