MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 30.84,-95.65 Latitude: 30.84 Longitude: -95.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 76 31.5 20.6 53 10.9 23.6 146 8 304.6 307.4 296.8 350.7 15.45 1 1000 81 30.5 20.4 55 10.1 23.3 145 7 303.7 306.5 296.4 349.0 15.25 2 950 538 25.7 19.4 68 6.3 21.2 148 9 303.3 306.1 296.2 348.1 15.11 3 900 1011 21.1 18.5 85 2.6 19.3 149 9 303.3 306.0 296.2 348.0 15.08 4 850 1503 16.8 16.2 97 0.5 16.4 168 10 303.7 306.2 295.4 344.7 13.80 5 800 2018 13.4 11.2 87 2.1 12.0 196 13 305.4 307.3 293.6 337.0 10.53 6 750 2559 10.1 4.3 67 5.8 6.8 215 20 307.6 308.9 291.4 328.8 6.95 7 700 3134 10.7 -10.6 21 21.3 1.4 219 8 314.4 314.8 289.5 322.3 2.44 8 650 3747 6.3 -4.3 46 10.6 1.0 239 8 316.1 316.9 291.6 329.8 4.26 9 600 4395 0.3 -9.0 50 9.3 -3.7 241 10 316.5 317.1 290.9 327.0 3.23 10 550 5087 -3.0 -24.6 17 21.6 -9.4 270 11 320.5 320.7 289.9 323.8 0.95 11 500 5836 -7.0 -35.1 9 28.1 -13.2 260 14 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.9 0.39 12 450 6648 -13.0 -35.2 14 22.2 -17.5 261 16 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.42 13 400 7534 -19.4 -36.1 21 16.7 -22.4 261 20 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.5 0.44 14 350 8512 -25.5 -59.2 3 33.8 -28.2 262 30 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.04 15 300 9612 -33.6 -56.7 8 23.1 -35.1 262 42 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 16 250 10866 -42.8 -64.1 8 21.4 -43.5 256 48 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 17 200 12337 -52.6 -69.6 11 16.9 -52.9 253 48 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14140 -64.6 -79.3 12 14.7 -64.7 255 41 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.00 19 100 16551 -74.0 -85.4 16 11.4 -74.0 261 19 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.48 m Freezing level: 595.16 mb = 4461.94 m = 14638.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.30 mb = 3881.26 m = 12733.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.16 mb = 1451.18 m = 4761.03 ft T: 17.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 28.34 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1369.74 m = 4493.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 18.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1273.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.15 mb = 1341.20 m = 4400.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.15 mb = 1391.08 m = 4563.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 701.15 mb = 3119.95 m = 10235.92 ft B at Equ Level: 83.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.15 mb = 15922.45 m = 52238.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.6 neg: -10.6 tot: 50.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 70.88 Bulk Shear: 17.96 m/s