MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 29.46,-94.60 Latitude: 29.46 Longitude: -94.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 -0 27.3 24.3 84 3.0 25.1 149 12 299.4 302.9 297.8 355.6 19.22 1 1000 105 25.9 23.5 87 2.4 24.2 150 14 299.1 302.4 297.3 353.3 18.56 2 950 557 22.3 20.2 88 2.1 20.8 154 17 299.8 302.7 295.8 346.1 15.84 3 900 1026 19.7 17.4 87 2.3 18.1 170 15 301.8 304.4 295.1 343.1 14.02 4 850 1517 17.1 14.5 85 2.5 15.4 174 12 304.0 306.3 294.5 340.8 12.34 5 800 2033 14.3 11.1 81 3.2 12.3 171 11 306.4 308.4 293.8 337.8 10.43 6 750 2576 11.4 7.7 78 3.7 9.2 184 6 308.9 310.6 293.3 335.9 8.83 7 700 3151 9.1 4.4 72 4.7 6.4 168 5 312.6 314.0 293.3 336.0 7.53 8 650 3762 5.6 -5.5 45 11.0 0.3 168 5 315.3 316.0 291.1 327.8 3.91 9 600 4410 1.2 -17.2 24 18.4 -5.5 224 7 317.5 317.8 289.7 323.0 1.65 10 550 5106 -1.3 -25.6 14 24.3 -8.6 236 9 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.6 0.87 11 500 5857 -7.0 -26.9 19 19.9 -12.5 243 16 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.84 12 450 6670 -11.3 -40.6 7 29.3 -16.7 244 16 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.25 13 400 7564 -17.2 -47.0 6 29.9 -21.4 260 17 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.14 14 350 8547 -24.9 -51.0 7 26.1 -27.6 257 20 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 15 300 9646 -34.6 -54.3 12 19.7 -36.0 263 27 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.08 16 250 10893 -43.9 -62.6 11 18.7 -44.6 264 40 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12358 -53.4 -70.0 11 16.6 -53.7 258 49 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14155 -65.3 -78.1 15 12.8 -65.4 261 41 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16563 -74.5 -85.2 17 10.8 -74.5 276 22 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.81 m Freezing level: 576.66 mb = 4734.79 m = 15533.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.79 mb = 3789.53 m = 12432.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.37 C = 88.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.63 mb = 376.68 m = 1235.80 ft T: 23.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 19.76 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 928.74 m = 3047.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 33.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1216.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.72 mb = 734.80 m = 2410.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.72 mb = 1261.24 m = 4137.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.72 mb = 12492.88 m = 40986.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1207.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.72 mb = 16232.55 m = 53255.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.8 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 218.8 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -29.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.4 neg: -10.8 tot: 13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 112.90 Bulk Shear: 10.78 m/s