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: 33.53,-94.66 Latitude: 33.53 Longitude: -94.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 997 107 27.0 20.9 70 6.0 22.7 216 10 300.4 303.3 295.9 346.8 15.84 2 950 531 22.0 20.0 88 2.0 20.6 216 16 299.5 302.4 295.6 345.2 15.65 3 900 1000 20.5 14.8 70 5.7 16.7 241 25 302.7 304.9 293.8 337.8 11.87 4 850 1492 16.8 12.8 77 4.0 14.2 253 25 303.7 305.7 293.4 336.4 10.99 5 800 2005 12.9 11.2 89 1.7 11.8 247 28 304.9 306.9 293.4 336.3 10.50 6 750 2545 9.2 7.3 88 1.8 8.0 239 32 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.5 8.60 7 700 3114 6.1 -0.2 64 6.3 2.8 235 33 309.2 310.2 290.6 325.9 5.40 8 650 3719 4.1 -8.2 40 12.3 -1.4 233 36 313.6 314.2 289.9 323.7 3.16 9 600 4364 -0.4 -5.3 70 4.8 -2.7 231 41 315.6 316.4 291.6 329.4 4.31 10 550 5055 -5.5 -8.3 81 2.8 -6.7 228 44 317.5 318.3 291.6 329.6 3.73 11 500 5794 -10.9 -13.2 83 2.3 -11.8 240 49 319.7 320.3 291.4 328.9 2.76 12 450 6596 -15.6 -29.6 29 14.0 -18.7 245 51 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.3 0.73 13 400 7475 -21.1 -41.7 14 20.6 -24.1 242 58 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.25 14 350 8445 -29.0 -43.3 24 14.4 -30.6 242 63 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.24 15 300 9527 -37.6 -51.8 21 14.2 -38.5 244 73 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 16 250 10762 -45.3 -62.4 13 17.1 -45.8 251 77 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.03 17 200 12227 -51.7 -75.0 4 23.3 -52.1 266 71 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14051 -61.0 -82.0 5 21.0 -61.2 266 63 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16504 -71.7 -86.4 9 14.7 -71.8 258 38 389.2 389.2 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.23 m Freezing level: 604.78 mb = 4302.72 m = 14116.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.43 mb = 3515.20 m = 11532.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.51 mb = 870.88 m = 2857.19 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 23.07 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.45 mb = 1426.65 m = 4680.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1449.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.67 mb = 1060.82 m = 3480.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.67 mb = 1707.03 m = 5600.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.67 mb = 11347.76 m = 37229.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1442.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.67 mb = 14979.28 m = 49144.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.4 neg: -0.6 tot: 74.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 23.88 Bulk Shear: 60.72 m/s