MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 6Z 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 23.9 14.9 57 9.0 18.0 149 6 297.8 299.7 291.5 329.2 10.82 2 950 548 23.0 14.0 57 9.0 17.1 168 24 300.5 302.4 292.2 331.7 10.61 3 900 1016 18.6 13.1 70 5.6 15.0 169 23 300.7 302.6 292.2 331.7 10.55 4 850 1503 14.0 12.0 87 2.1 12.7 171 22 300.8 302.7 292.1 331.4 10.40 5 800 2012 11.6 9.5 87 2.1 10.3 193 20 303.5 305.2 292.1 331.4 9.35 6 750 2554 13.4 -7.5 23 20.9 3.7 189 20 311.1 311.7 288.9 320.4 2.91 7 700 3130 10.6 -8.2 26 18.8 1.9 199 17 314.2 314.8 289.9 323.7 2.93 8 650 3743 5.9 1.7 75 4.2 3.5 208 17 315.6 316.9 293.4 336.6 6.67 9 600 4392 1.2 -4.4 66 5.7 -1.5 209 15 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.4 4.60 10 550 5086 -4.8 -8.8 73 4.0 -6.5 201 12 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.1 3.57 11 500 5826 -10.3 -21.6 39 11.3 -13.7 206 11 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.1 1.36 12 450 6632 -14.5 -33.9 18 19.3 -18.4 206 17 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.7 0.49 13 400 7513 -20.4 -50.8 5 30.4 -23.9 185 20 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.09 14 350 8486 -28.0 -41.9 25 13.9 -29.7 189 35 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.27 15 300 9576 -34.5 -52.6 14 18.1 -35.8 190 51 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.10 16 250 10831 -42.8 -54.6 26 11.7 -43.5 188 75 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.8 0.09 17 200 12299 -52.6 -69.6 11 17.0 -52.9 187 72 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14115 -62.1 -79.9 8 17.8 -62.3 193 42 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16547 -73.0 -86.0 12 13.0 -73.0 201 19 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.12 m Freezing level: 589.59 mb = 4536.84 m = 14884.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.92 mb = 4193.06 m = 13756.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.01 mb = 1314.76 m = 4313.45 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 11.32 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.20 mb = 3331.09 m = 10928.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.76 C = 105.37 F Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.80 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 17.52 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5148.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.35 mb = 1619.14 m = 5312.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 220.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.3 neg: -5.0 tot: 85.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.47 Bulk Shear: 7.39 m/s