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: 30.79,-94.93 Latitude: 30.79 Longitude: -94.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 73 30.2 22.8 65 7.4 24.7 161 7 303.1 306.4 297.8 355.6 17.68 1 1000 101 28.5 22.4 69 6.1 24.0 162 6 301.7 304.8 297.2 352.6 17.28 2 950 554 23.5 21.2 87 2.3 21.9 168 11 301.0 304.1 296.8 350.8 16.91 3 900 1024 19.6 17.8 90 1.7 18.4 186 17 301.7 304.3 295.3 344.2 14.43 4 850 1515 16.5 11.8 73 4.8 13.5 198 15 303.5 305.3 292.8 334.0 10.25 5 800 2031 15.1 5.9 54 9.2 9.7 190 15 307.2 308.6 291.6 329.4 7.30 6 750 2573 10.7 7.0 78 3.7 8.5 198 12 308.2 309.8 292.7 333.9 8.42 7 700 3147 10.6 -15.2 15 25.7 0.3 216 13 314.2 314.5 288.6 319.8 1.68 8 650 3759 5.8 -11.2 28 17.0 -1.4 214 12 315.5 316.0 289.9 323.7 2.49 9 600 4407 1.0 -12.6 35 13.6 -4.5 220 9 317.3 317.8 290.3 325.3 2.42 10 550 5101 -3.5 -15.4 39 11.8 -7.9 238 14 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.0 2.10 11 500 5845 -8.7 -29.0 18 20.3 -13.8 251 18 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.9 0.69 12 450 6657 -11.9 -45.1 4 33.3 -17.3 252 23 328.3 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.15 13 400 7549 -17.6 -47.4 6 29.8 -21.7 255 29 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.13 14 350 8531 -25.6 -49.3 9 23.7 -28.1 254 32 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 15 300 9628 -35.0 -52.6 15 17.7 -36.2 258 38 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 16 250 10871 -45.1 -58.3 21 13.2 -45.6 263 45 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.06 17 200 12329 -54.0 -70.5 11 16.6 -54.2 257 55 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 14129 -64.5 -79.2 12 14.7 -64.6 256 48 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16548 -73.6 -86.1 13 12.5 -73.6 264 28 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.01 m Freezing level: 588.89 mb = 4561.03 m = 14963.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.10 mb = 3252.85 m = 10671.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.46 C = 86.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.05 mb = 1014.33 m = 3327.82 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 26.16 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 971.74 m = 3188.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 11.28 Risk: None Sweat Index: 188.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1730.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.82 mb = 939.61 m = 3082.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.82 mb = 987.60 m = 3240.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.82 mb = 12857.18 m = 42181.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1718.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.6 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 241.6 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.1 neg: -6.2 tot: 39.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 144.18 Bulk Shear: 12.00 m/s