MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.59,-97.27 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 989 173 29.5 22.0 64 7.5 24.0 165 8 303.5 306.7 297.5 354.2 17.04 2 950 531 24.5 21.1 81 3.5 22.1 169 9 302.1 305.2 297.0 351.6 16.76 3 900 1003 20.5 19.5 94 1.0 19.8 205 10 302.6 305.6 296.6 350.0 16.01 4 850 1496 17.3 13.5 78 3.8 14.8 241 19 304.3 306.4 294.0 338.6 11.52 5 800 2011 14.9 4.7 50 10.2 9.0 242 16 307.0 308.2 291.0 327.4 6.69 6 750 2556 13.5 -3.7 30 17.2 4.9 252 15 311.3 312.0 289.8 323.6 3.89 7 700 3132 8.9 3.7 70 5.2 5.9 268 21 312.3 313.7 292.9 334.6 7.16 8 650 3740 3.6 2.7 94 0.8 3.1 259 24 313.0 314.4 293.2 335.4 7.19 9 600 4386 -0.3 -5.4 68 5.1 -2.7 242 30 315.8 316.6 291.6 329.4 4.26 10 550 5077 -5.4 -7.3 86 1.9 -6.2 238 38 317.7 318.5 291.9 330.8 4.03 11 500 5816 -10.9 -17.3 59 6.4 -13.0 244 40 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.3 1.96 12 450 6618 -15.4 -33.0 21 17.6 -19.0 249 50 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.7 0.53 13 400 7498 -20.4 -45.6 9 25.2 -23.7 249 63 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.16 14 350 8473 -26.8 -54.8 5 27.9 -29.2 258 67 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.8 0.06 15 300 9568 -34.6 -56.4 9 21.8 -36.0 264 67 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.06 16 250 10817 -43.3 -64.3 8 21.0 -44.0 268 60 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 17 200 12288 -51.3 -73.0 6 21.7 -51.7 270 73 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14106 -62.1 -80.9 6 18.9 -62.2 268 60 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16535 -72.9 -86.3 11 13.4 -72.9 261 31 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.29 m Freezing level: 603.67 mb = 4338.53 m = 14233.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.33 mb = 4078.23 m = 13379.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.98 mb = 1119.20 m = 3671.87 ft T: 19.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 30.60 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.30 mb = 1125.73 m = 3693.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -8.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2217.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.65 mb = 1064.30 m = 3491.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.65 mb = 1210.18 m = 3970.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.65 mb = 12330.32 m = 40453.33 ft B at Equ Level: 2208.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.9 neg: -7.8 tot: 64.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 31.74 Bulk Shear: 69.87 m/s