MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.10,-95.92 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -95.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 991 165 26.1 21.5 76 4.6 22.8 192 14 300.0 303.0 296.3 348.2 16.47 2 950 536 20.9 20.3 96 0.6 20.5 196 20 298.4 301.3 295.5 344.9 15.98 3 900 1005 20.9 14.8 68 6.1 16.8 232 30 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.0 11.81 4 850 1497 17.9 8.5 54 9.4 12.1 236 24 304.9 306.5 291.6 329.7 8.22 5 800 2013 15.3 7.4 59 7.9 10.5 239 19 307.4 309.0 292.3 332.1 8.10 6 750 2558 12.8 3.3 53 9.4 7.4 244 23 310.4 311.7 291.9 330.5 6.49 7 700 3133 7.8 4.0 77 3.9 5.6 241 24 311.2 312.5 292.7 333.7 7.29 8 650 3740 3.1 -0.4 78 3.5 1.3 239 29 312.4 313.5 291.8 330.4 5.72 9 600 4382 -1.4 -4.2 81 2.8 -2.7 241 34 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.4 4.67 10 550 5070 -6.1 -15.2 49 9.0 -9.4 245 39 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.9 2.14 11 500 5808 -10.6 -32.9 14 22.3 -15.4 248 41 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.8 0.48 12 450 6611 -15.0 -40.1 10 25.2 -19.2 251 46 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.26 13 400 7492 -20.7 -44.0 10 23.3 -23.9 251 56 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.8 0.19 14 350 8463 -28.3 -48.9 12 20.6 -30.3 254 61 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.13 15 300 9549 -36.9 -45.2 42 8.3 -37.7 256 72 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.22 16 250 10782 -47.2 -53.1 50 6.0 -47.4 255 78 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.11 17 200 12230 -54.4 -68.1 17 13.7 -54.6 256 84 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 14047 -61.1 -78.3 8 17.2 -61.2 258 75 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16499 -71.5 -86.9 8 15.5 -71.5 248 28 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.71 m Freezing level: 615.51 mb = 4183.13 m = 13724.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.31 mb = 3935.93 m = 12912.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.87 mb = 749.65 m = 2459.44 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 18.55 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1743.28 m = 5719.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.14 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1373.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.09 mb = 1032.70 m = 3388.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.09 mb = 2990.44 m = 9811.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.09 mb = 11849.20 m = 38874.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1362.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.09 mb = 15292.08 m = 50170.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.5 neg: -26.0 tot: 118.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 25.53 Bulk Shear: 53.79 m/s