MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 122 SFC 994 173 23.8 19.0 74 4.8 20.5 186 9 297.4 299.9 293.8 337.9 14.00 2 950 566 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 17.9 193 14 296.2 298.6 293.0 334.9 13.43 3 900 1029 16.1 13.4 84 2.7 14.4 194 16 298.1 300.0 291.6 329.5 10.80 4 850 1513 12.9 8.8 76 4.1 10.4 198 15 299.6 301.2 290.0 324.3 8.38 5 800 2021 12.2 0.1 43 12.0 5.9 176 10 304.1 305.0 288.3 318.9 4.83 6 750 2563 13.8 -11.6 16 25.5 2.9 184 12 311.6 312.0 288.2 318.4 2.09 7 700 3140 10.8 -8.1 26 18.9 2.1 194 16 314.4 315.0 290.0 324.0 2.96 8 650 3752 5.8 -6.2 42 12.0 0.1 207 19 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.5 3.71 9 600 4400 0.0 -3.2 79 3.3 -1.6 215 20 316.2 317.1 292.3 332.2 5.03 10 550 5092 -4.9 -10.9 63 6.0 -7.4 225 15 318.3 318.9 291.2 328.2 3.03 11 500 5831 -10.9 -16.6 63 5.6 -12.9 241 13 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.7 2.09 12 450 6635 -15.4 -34.2 18 18.8 -19.1 233 22 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.47 13 400 7513 -21.3 -41.1 15 19.7 -24.2 242 22 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.26 14 350 8481 -29.0 -40.9 31 11.9 -30.4 260 22 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.8 0.31 15 300 9567 -36.1 -54.0 14 17.8 -37.3 254 31 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 16 250 10810 -44.7 -65.7 8 21.0 -45.3 252 38 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.02 17 200 12270 -53.3 -74.9 6 21.5 -53.7 248 43 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14074 -62.7 -79.2 9 16.6 -62.8 252 36 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16531 -70.3 -86.4 8 16.0 -70.4 236 16 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.92 m Freezing level: 599.71 mb = 4404.09 m = 14448.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.10 mb = 3800.94 m = 12470.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.64 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.65 mb = 779.00 m = 2555.73 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 19.55 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1069.56 m = 3509.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.23 F Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.14 C Showalter Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 13.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 147.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 96.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.26 mb = 922.51 m = 3026.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.26 mb = 1255.30 m = 4118.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.26 mb = 1750.38 m = 5742.66 ft B at Equ Level: 8.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 796.26 mb = 2060.57 m = 6760.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.3 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 236.3 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.1 neg: -16.6 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 35.36 Bulk Shear: 2.73 m/s