MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512031200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512031200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 4 DEC 25 Station: 32.7,-96.9 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -96.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 165 8.5 5.8 83 2.6 7.1 30 10 281.6 282.6 280.3 297.5 5.79 1 1000 171 8.3 5.8 84 2.5 7.1 31 9 281.5 282.5 280.2 297.4 5.78 2 950 592 4.6 4.3 98 0.3 4.5 39 23 281.9 282.8 280.0 297.1 5.49 3 900 1033 5.5 3.4 86 2.2 4.5 10 12 287.2 288.2 282.4 302.6 5.43 4 850 1505 7.9 7.7 98 0.2 7.8 232 19 294.4 295.8 287.7 316.8 7.76 5 800 2006 9.8 -2.3 42 12.2 3.9 246 20 301.6 302.4 286.7 313.9 4.02 6 750 2538 5.8 -3.3 52 9.1 1.5 259 24 302.9 303.6 287.1 315.1 4.00 7 700 3098 1.5 -7.4 51 9.0 -2.3 259 31 304.2 304.8 286.7 313.9 3.12 8 650 3691 -1.6 -21.2 21 19.5 -7.5 247 35 307.1 307.3 285.6 310.7 1.09 9 600 4323 -5.0 -31.9 10 26.9 -11.1 244 42 310.3 310.4 286.0 311.8 0.44 10 550 5001 -8.5 -28.7 18 20.2 -13.3 245 54 314.0 314.1 287.5 316.2 0.65 11 500 5733 -13.6 -18.7 65 5.2 -15.2 247 62 316.5 316.8 289.5 322.3 1.74 12 450 6526 -18.6 -22.8 69 4.2 -19.7 249 72 319.9 320.2 290.2 324.6 1.36 13 400 7394 -24.3 -29.4 62 5.2 -25.2 247 80 323.5 323.6 290.7 326.4 0.84 14 350 8355 -30.7 -39.8 41 9.1 -31.8 253 81 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.34 15 300 9433 -38.6 -41.8 72 3.2 -38.9 244 94 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.32 16 250 10657 -49.2 -52.7 67 3.5 -49.4 245 103 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 17 200 12077 -61.3 -65.6 57 4.3 -61.3 245 107 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 18 150 13832 -65.6 -80.6 11 15.0 -65.7 244 102 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.00 19 100 16315 -64.1 -88.2 2 24.1 -64.3 248 63 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5561.97 m Freezing level: 675.69 mb = 3386.50 m = 11110.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.21 mb = 2755.16 m = 9039.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.32 % Est. max temperature: 21.24 C = 70.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.33 mb = 494.61 m = 1622.71 ft T: 5.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 4.36 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.77 mb = 3475.32 m = 11401.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.98 C = 91.36 F Cap Strength: 15.67 C Lifted Index: 16.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.82 C Showalter Index: 4.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 20.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15299.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.28 mb = 763.02 m = 2503.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 7.8 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.0 neg: -83.4 tot: 13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 25.52 m/s