MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 17 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 100 SFC 992 173 25.1 14.7 52 10.4 18.2 154 7 299.0 300.9 291.7 330.0 10.64 2 950 549 23.6 13.9 54 9.7 17.2 163 22 301.1 303.1 292.3 332.2 10.55 3 900 1018 19.1 12.9 68 6.1 15.1 157 22 301.1 303.1 292.3 332.0 10.46 4 850 1506 14.4 12.0 85 2.5 12.9 152 21 301.3 303.2 292.3 332.0 10.41 5 800 2016 13.4 0.1 40 13.3 6.4 170 23 305.4 306.3 288.8 320.2 4.82 6 750 2558 12.7 -13.4 15 26.1 2.0 182 23 310.4 310.7 287.5 316.3 1.81 7 700 3134 10.3 -8.3 26 18.6 1.8 189 19 313.9 314.4 289.8 323.3 2.91 8 650 3746 5.9 -0.2 65 6.1 2.6 201 17 315.6 316.8 292.8 334.0 5.80 9 600 4396 1.7 -3.5 68 5.2 -1.0 204 18 318.0 319.0 292.7 333.8 4.91 10 550 5091 -3.9 -7.3 77 3.4 -5.5 197 16 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.5 4.01 11 500 5834 -9.8 -17.7 53 7.9 -12.4 186 13 321.1 321.5 291.0 327.6 1.91 12 450 6642 -13.0 -38.1 10 25.2 -17.7 184 16 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.32 13 400 7527 -19.8 -32.8 31 13.0 -22.4 184 22 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.4 0.60 14 350 8505 -25.8 -45.0 15 19.2 -28.0 191 37 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.20 15 300 9602 -33.5 -48.7 20 15.3 -34.8 191 57 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.15 16 250 10862 -42.1 -58.6 15 16.5 -42.8 193 67 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.06 17 200 12332 -53.2 -69.3 12 16.2 -53.5 189 62 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14137 -63.5 -82.7 6 19.2 -63.6 192 40 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16558 -73.9 -86.4 13 12.5 -73.9 203 17 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.07 m Freezing level: 585.25 mb = 4600.88 m = 15094.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.66 mb = 4213.00 m = 13822.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.16 mb = 1493.99 m = 4901.49 ft T: 14.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 15.95 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.98 mb = 3324.89 m = 10908.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.53 C = 104.95 F Cap Strength: 5.34 C Lifted Index: 0.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.34 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 17.57 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5087.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.56 mb = 1720.60 m = 5644.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.8 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 210.8 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.6 neg: -16.7 tot: 76.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.51 Bulk Shear: 5.39 m/s