MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 113 SFC 993 173 20.7 18.4 87 2.3 19.2 186 6 294.4 296.9 292.6 333.3 13.57 2 950 556 19.5 17.3 87 2.2 18.0 202 24 297.0 299.4 293.1 335.1 13.17 3 900 1020 16.4 13.0 80 3.5 14.3 184 22 298.5 300.4 291.5 329.1 10.50 4 850 1504 13.4 6.4 62 7.0 9.4 176 22 300.2 301.5 289.2 321.3 7.11 5 800 2013 11.9 3.1 55 8.7 7.1 182 14 303.8 304.9 289.3 321.9 6.00 6 750 2552 12.9 -9.6 20 22.5 2.9 196 12 310.6 311.1 288.2 318.5 2.46 7 700 3129 10.4 -3.7 37 14.1 3.3 202 12 314.0 314.8 290.9 327.3 4.16 8 650 3741 5.4 0.1 69 5.3 2.5 211 16 315.0 316.2 292.7 333.8 5.94 9 600 4388 -0.2 -2.2 87 2.0 -1.2 220 17 315.9 316.9 292.6 333.2 5.44 10 550 5079 -5.0 -9.8 69 4.8 -7.0 226 9 318.2 318.8 291.5 329.0 3.31 11 500 5820 -10.5 -19.7 47 9.1 -13.4 231 10 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.7 1.61 12 450 6625 -14.6 -37.1 13 22.5 -18.8 218 25 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.35 13 400 7503 -22.2 -38.0 22 15.8 -24.6 225 29 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.4 0.36 14 350 8468 -29.9 -42.5 29 12.5 -31.3 237 24 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.26 15 300 9550 -36.9 -54.1 15 17.2 -38.0 229 26 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 16 250 10787 -46.1 -60.6 18 14.4 -46.6 244 30 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.04 17 200 12241 -53.7 -70.2 12 16.5 -54.0 241 32 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14060 -60.0 -81.3 5 21.4 -60.2 221 34 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16525 -71.3 -86.3 9 15.0 -71.3 242 22 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.67 m Freezing level: 601.93 mb = 4363.22 m = 14314.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.14 mb = 4173.46 m = 13692.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.77 mb = 458.57 m = 1504.47 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.78 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1243.26 m = 4078.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.53 C = 77.96 F Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.13 C Showalter Index: 5.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 16.96 C K Index: 16.29 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 350.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.91 mb = 954.07 m = 3130.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 521.91 mb = 5486.45 m = 17999.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 471.91 mb = 6261.57 m = 20542.96 ft B at Equ Level: 24.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 291.91 mb = 9735.64 m = 31940.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.3 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 232.3 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.8 neg: -55.9 tot: -13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 105.85 Bulk Shear: 0.55 m/s