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: 32.99,-95.83 Latitude: 32.99 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 992 150 29.3 21.0 61 8.4 23.3 186 12 303.2 306.1 296.7 350.5 15.96 2 950 529 24.1 19.9 78 4.2 21.1 188 15 301.6 304.5 296.1 347.5 15.59 3 900 1000 20.3 16.9 81 3.4 18.0 208 22 302.4 305.0 295.0 342.6 13.60 4 850 1492 17.1 13.6 80 3.5 14.8 224 29 304.0 306.2 294.0 338.6 11.60 5 800 2007 13.9 8.5 70 5.4 10.6 226 33 306.0 307.6 292.3 332.3 8.72 6 750 2549 12.7 -1.4 38 14.1 5.4 233 23 310.4 311.2 290.2 324.8 4.61 7 700 3125 9.5 -1.5 46 11.0 3.8 241 25 313.1 314.0 291.3 328.5 4.91 8 650 3735 5.4 -4.5 49 9.9 0.5 243 27 315.1 315.9 291.3 328.6 4.22 9 600 4383 0.4 -4.9 68 5.3 -2.1 245 32 316.6 317.4 291.9 330.8 4.43 10 550 5075 -5.4 -8.1 82 2.6 -6.6 245 37 317.6 318.4 291.7 329.9 3.78 11 500 5814 -10.5 -26.1 27 15.5 -14.6 245 37 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.4 0.91 12 450 6618 -14.4 -39.7 10 25.3 -18.7 247 43 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.2 0.27 13 400 7501 -20.0 -45.8 8 25.9 -23.4 248 52 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.16 14 350 8475 -27.7 -49.9 10 22.2 -29.8 250 58 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.11 15 300 9563 -36.3 -53.4 16 17.1 -37.4 251 65 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.09 16 250 10799 -46.7 -54.4 41 7.7 -47.0 253 77 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.09 17 200 12249 -54.1 -67.3 18 13.2 -54.3 255 84 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14067 -61.0 -81.0 5 20.0 -61.2 257 72 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16512 -72.2 -86.6 10 14.4 -72.3 260 36 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.29 m Freezing level: 596.73 mb = 4428.50 m = 14529.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.85 mb = 3862.83 m = 12673.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.79 mb = 1205.18 m = 3953.96 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 25.75 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1401.29 m = 4597.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.89 C = 85.81 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.62 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 30.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1637.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.31 mb = 1209.82 m = 3969.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.31 mb = 1660.16 m = 5446.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.31 mb = 2401.35 m = 7878.36 ft B at Equ Level: 11.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.31 mb = 15758.18 m = 51699.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.0 neg: -19.7 tot: 126.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 26.15 Bulk Shear: 62.63 m/s