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: 33.30,-94.22 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 999 89 29.1 20.3 59 8.7 22.8 199 9 302.3 305.0 296.0 347.2 15.21 2 950 536 23.5 19.0 76 4.5 20.4 201 12 301.0 303.7 295.3 344.3 14.72 3 900 1006 19.2 17.3 89 1.9 17.9 212 15 301.3 303.9 294.9 342.4 13.95 4 850 1496 17.0 10.1 63 7.0 12.7 213 23 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.3 9.14 5 800 2011 13.6 10.3 80 3.4 11.5 217 28 305.7 307.5 293.2 335.4 9.87 6 750 2552 10.9 3.6 61 7.3 6.8 230 28 308.4 309.7 291.3 328.7 6.62 7 700 3125 9.3 -13.8 18 23.2 0.0 230 26 312.8 313.2 288.4 319.0 1.88 8 650 3735 5.4 -5.5 45 10.9 0.1 239 29 315.1 315.8 291.0 327.6 3.89 9 600 4383 0.7 -7.9 53 8.6 -3.1 245 32 317.0 317.6 291.3 328.4 3.52 10 550 5075 -5.4 -8.4 79 3.0 -6.7 243 36 317.7 318.4 291.6 329.7 3.70 11 500 5815 -10.3 -21.2 41 10.8 -13.6 243 39 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.3 1.41 12 450 6619 -14.2 -40.1 9 25.8 -18.7 248 40 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.3 0.26 13 400 7503 -19.7 -45.5 8 25.8 -23.2 249 48 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.16 14 350 8478 -27.3 -50.3 9 23.1 -29.5 249 55 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 15 300 9568 -36.1 -53.5 15 17.4 -37.2 251 62 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.09 16 250 10804 -46.7 -53.3 47 6.6 -47.0 253 71 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.11 17 200 12253 -54.6 -67.4 19 12.8 -54.9 252 82 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14068 -61.2 -79.5 7 18.3 -61.4 256 70 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16507 -71.8 -86.8 9 15.0 -71.9 252 38 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.83 m Freezing level: 594.05 mb = 4465.53 m = 14650.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.91 mb = 3761.26 m = 12339.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.90 mb = 1190.01 m = 3904.19 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 16.38 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1449.22 m = 4754.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.55 C = 86.98 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 14.29 Risk: None Sweat Index: 293.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1285.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.16 mb = 1158.31 m = 3800.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.16 mb = 1810.10 m = 5938.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.16 mb = 3017.22 m = 9898.91 ft B at Equ Level: 21.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.16 mb = 14967.54 m = 49105.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.2 neg: -4.4 tot: 105.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 26.12 Bulk Shear: 49.22 m/s