MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 29.34,-94.84 Latitude: 29.34 Longitude: -94.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 -0 27.3 23.9 82 3.4 24.8 153 13 299.5 302.9 297.6 354.5 18.78 1 1000 95 26.1 23.0 83 3.1 23.9 155 15 299.3 302.5 297.0 351.9 18.00 2 950 547 22.6 20.1 86 2.4 20.8 157 17 300.1 303.0 295.8 346.3 15.79 3 900 1017 20.2 17.2 83 3.1 18.1 167 13 302.4 304.9 295.1 343.2 13.83 4 850 1509 17.6 14.5 82 3.1 15.5 169 10 304.6 306.9 294.7 341.4 12.33 5 800 2026 14.7 11.4 81 3.3 12.6 180 9 306.9 308.9 294.1 339.1 10.67 6 750 2570 11.7 8.1 79 3.6 9.5 180 9 309.3 311.0 293.6 337.1 9.10 7 700 3145 8.9 4.6 75 4.2 6.3 199 7 312.3 313.7 293.3 336.0 7.63 8 650 3756 5.8 -4.0 49 9.8 0.9 199 7 315.5 316.3 291.6 329.5 4.38 9 600 4405 1.7 -19.7 19 21.4 -5.7 239 10 318.1 318.4 289.6 322.7 1.34 10 550 5102 -1.5 -20.7 22 19.2 -7.9 250 10 322.3 322.5 290.8 326.9 1.34 11 500 5852 -6.9 -30.1 14 23.3 -12.8 244 17 324.7 324.8 290.8 326.9 0.63 12 450 6666 -11.0 -42.4 6 31.4 -16.6 247 20 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.20 13 400 7561 -17.0 -47.9 5 30.9 -21.3 255 21 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.13 14 350 8545 -24.7 -54.3 5 29.6 -27.5 252 24 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.07 15 300 9644 -34.4 -54.1 12 19.7 -35.8 262 31 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 16 250 10891 -43.9 -63.7 9 19.8 -44.6 265 41 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12356 -53.3 -70.3 11 17.0 -53.7 261 53 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14155 -65.1 -78.4 14 13.4 -65.2 263 43 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16560 -74.9 -85.8 17 10.9 -74.9 280 24 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.31 m Freezing level: 573.38 mb = 4776.18 m = 15669.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.15 mb = 3841.95 m = 12604.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.90 C = 89.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.57 mb = 431.24 m = 1414.82 ft T: 23.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 31.81 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1156.58 m = 3794.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.42 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1062.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.69 mb = 800.66 m = 2626.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.69 mb = 1839.74 m = 6035.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.69 mb = 12428.18 m = 40774.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1050.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.69 mb = 15593.73 m = 51159.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.9 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 228.9 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.5 neg: -6.7 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 68.87 Bulk Shear: 15.42 m/s