MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.38,-96.39 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -96.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 984 211 27.6 20.9 67 6.7 22.8 212 16 302.1 305.1 296.5 349.6 16.06 2 950 520 22.9 19.9 83 3.0 20.8 215 21 300.4 303.2 295.7 345.9 15.54 3 900 989 18.5 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 226 26 300.6 303.3 295.3 344.2 14.85 4 850 1479 16.7 10.1 65 6.7 12.6 255 36 303.7 305.3 292.0 330.9 9.14 5 800 1993 14.6 1.3 40 13.3 7.4 259 27 306.7 307.7 289.6 322.8 5.25 6 750 2535 10.9 -1.6 42 12.5 4.5 259 22 308.4 309.2 289.5 322.4 4.54 7 700 3105 6.0 0.9 69 5.2 3.3 241 17 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.2 5.83 8 650 3707 1.4 0.5 94 0.9 0.9 221 22 310.6 311.7 291.6 329.5 6.12 9 600 4348 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.4 214 33 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.3 5.31 10 550 5035 -6.5 -7.2 95 0.7 -6.8 222 44 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.4 4.05 11 500 5773 -11.2 -13.1 86 1.9 -11.9 230 48 319.4 319.9 291.3 328.6 2.79 12 450 6573 -16.4 -18.9 81 2.5 -17.1 237 51 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.2 1.91 13 400 7449 -22.4 -29.3 53 7.0 -23.8 239 59 325.9 326.1 291.4 328.9 0.84 14 350 8415 -29.6 -34.8 61 5.2 -30.4 241 64 328.8 328.9 292.0 330.9 0.57 15 300 9496 -38.3 -43.1 61 4.8 -38.7 242 75 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.28 16 250 10722 -47.4 -56.5 34 9.1 -47.7 243 88 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12182 -51.4 -76.1 4 24.7 -51.8 253 78 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14017 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.4 259 68 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16492 -70.1 -86.5 7 16.4 -70.2 258 28 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.34 m Freezing level: 630.43 mb = 3957.99 m = 12985.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.98 mb = 3881.69 m = 12735.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.33 mb = 1052.58 m = 3453.32 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 27.12 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.37 mb = 975.63 m = 3200.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.95 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -6.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.28 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 32.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2074.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.57 mb = 1002.39 m = 3288.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.57 mb = 1050.22 m = 3445.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 863.57 mb = 1342.94 m = 4405.93 ft B at Equ Level: 6.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.57 mb = 15714.69 m = 51556.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.9 neg: -4.2 tot: 115.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 87.33 Bulk Shear: 23.76 m/s