MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z 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 110 SFC 993 172 27.4 16.9 53 10.4 20.2 182 9 301.1 303.4 293.7 337.4 12.32 2 950 558 21.5 15.9 71 5.6 17.7 183 11 299.0 301.1 292.8 334.0 12.03 3 900 1024 16.8 14.8 88 2.1 15.5 183 11 298.9 301.0 292.6 333.4 11.84 4 850 1509 13.3 9.1 76 4.2 10.8 193 13 300.1 301.7 290.4 325.4 8.59 5 800 2016 11.2 4.1 62 7.1 7.3 201 9 303.1 304.3 289.5 322.5 6.44 6 750 2557 13.8 -9.0 20 22.7 3.5 198 13 311.5 312.0 288.7 319.9 2.59 7 700 3135 10.9 -11.5 20 22.4 1.3 203 20 314.6 315.0 289.3 322.0 2.27 8 650 3747 5.8 -8.8 34 14.6 -0.7 206 22 315.6 316.2 290.4 325.4 3.03 9 600 4395 0.3 -3.2 77 3.5 -1.4 218 21 316.5 317.4 292.4 332.5 5.03 10 550 5087 -4.6 -9.2 70 4.6 -6.6 231 18 318.6 319.2 291.7 329.9 3.45 11 500 5829 -10.0 -16.8 57 6.9 -12.3 250 17 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.8 2.05 12 450 6634 -14.8 -21.4 57 6.6 -16.7 256 18 324.7 325.0 291.7 330.0 1.54 13 400 7515 -20.8 -31.8 36 11.1 -22.9 247 25 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.66 14 350 8485 -28.2 -54.8 6 26.6 -30.3 248 28 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.06 15 300 9573 -35.4 -58.2 8 22.8 -36.7 252 36 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.05 16 250 10817 -45.0 -60.2 17 15.2 -45.5 244 44 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 17 200 12277 -53.3 -69.6 12 16.4 -53.6 248 48 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14087 -63.4 -79.3 10 15.9 -63.6 250 40 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16528 -70.8 -86.2 9 15.4 -70.8 231 17 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.81 m Freezing level: 597.09 mb = 4434.88 m = 14549.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.15 mb = 3519.32 m = 11546.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.78 C = 80.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.01 mb = 1478.59 m = 4850.97 ft T: 13.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 17.51 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1361.73 m = 4467.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.78 F Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.04 C Showalter Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 10.07 Risk: None Sweat Index: 151.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.61 mb = 1315.12 m = 4314.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.61 mb = 1462.68 m = 4798.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 794.61 mb = 2073.11 m = 6801.45 ft B at Equ Level: 9.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 774.61 mb = 2286.61 m = 7501.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: -5.8 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.36 Bulk Shear: 9.95 m/s