MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512031200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512031200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 6 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 73 SFC 989 164 7.7 6.8 94 1.0 7.2 196 6 281.8 282.8 280.9 299.0 6.25 2 950 495 13.0 -5.8 26 18.8 4.9 245 20 290.4 290.9 280.5 298.1 2.60 3 900 949 12.4 -10.1 20 22.5 3.4 253 24 294.3 294.6 281.4 300.3 1.96 4 850 1425 9.8 -12.2 20 22.0 1.4 247 32 296.4 296.8 282.1 301.9 1.77 5 800 1925 6.7 -14.0 21 20.8 -0.8 247 35 298.3 298.6 282.7 303.4 1.61 6 750 2451 4.1 -12.3 29 16.3 -2.1 255 36 301.0 301.4 284.2 307.2 1.99 7 700 3008 0.8 -13.4 34 14.2 -4.4 249 34 303.4 303.7 285.1 309.5 1.94 8 650 3600 -1.9 -23.0 18 21.1 -7.9 249 38 306.8 306.9 285.2 309.8 0.92 9 600 4230 -6.1 -35.3 8 29.2 -11.9 253 37 309.1 309.2 285.4 310.2 0.32 10 550 4904 -11.0 -31.3 17 20.4 -15.2 260 39 311.1 311.1 286.3 312.8 0.51 11 500 5628 -16.5 -31.2 27 14.7 -19.3 267 42 313.0 313.1 287.1 314.9 0.57 12 450 6409 -23.2 -30.6 51 7.4 -24.5 268 54 314.0 314.2 287.5 316.3 0.66 13 400 7258 -30.4 -31.6 89 1.3 -30.6 267 69 315.5 315.7 288.1 317.9 0.68 14 350 8191 -38.4 -39.8 87 1.4 -38.5 265 78 317.0 317.0 288.2 318.2 0.34 15 300 9241 -41.1 -56.3 18 15.3 -41.8 261 75 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.7 0.06 16 250 10481 -42.4 -71.1 3 28.7 -43.2 259 91 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.01 17 200 11965 -47.6 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.2 252 71 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.00 18 150 13836 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 273 59 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16339 -67.6 -88.3 4 20.6 -67.7 260 40 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5554.92 m Freezing level: 685.43 mb = 3180.79 m = 10435.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.55 mb = 1745.81 m = 5727.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.38 % Est. max temperature: 22.76 C = 72.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.63 mb = 284.07 m = 931.99 ft T: 9.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 0.86 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.15 mb = 4874.13 m = 15991.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.83 C = 98.29 F Cap Strength: 12.73 C Lifted Index: 13.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.68 C Showalter Index: 11.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 4.31 C K Index: -0.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 173.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14954.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.01 mb = 2581.40 m = 8469.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.5 neg: -17.8 tot: 148.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 10.44 m/s