MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.37,-97.15 Latitude: 32.37 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 987 215 22.7 21.7 94 1.0 22.0 164 4 296.9 300.0 295.6 345.3 16.75 2 950 554 24.8 20.9 79 3.9 22.0 203 14 302.4 305.4 297.0 351.5 16.63 3 900 1027 21.9 16.9 73 5.0 18.4 244 15 304.0 306.6 295.4 344.4 13.56 4 850 1522 19.3 10.7 57 8.6 13.8 275 14 306.4 308.2 293.1 335.1 9.53 5 800 2040 15.2 7.2 59 8.1 10.4 298 18 307.4 308.9 292.2 331.7 7.98 6 750 2582 10.1 5.2 72 4.9 7.2 300 20 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.1 7.41 7 700 3151 6.3 -8.9 33 15.2 -0.3 304 25 309.5 310.0 288.2 318.3 2.78 8 650 3755 4.4 -30.2 6 34.5 -5.1 312 23 313.9 314.0 287.3 315.6 0.48 9 600 4402 1.4 -29.4 8 30.9 -7.0 329 27 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.7 0.56 10 550 5096 -2.8 -38.1 5 35.4 -10.4 333 39 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.26 11 500 5842 -9.1 -48.7 2 39.6 -15.1 336 46 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.3 0.09 12 450 6644 -16.2 -47.3 5 31.1 -20.4 336 43 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.3 0.12 13 400 7519 -22.5 -53.9 4 31.4 -25.5 334 45 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.0 0.06 14 350 8485 -28.4 -61.7 3 33.4 -30.6 287 53 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.6 0.03 15 300 9568 -37.4 -57.8 10 20.3 -38.5 289 53 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.05 16 250 10805 -44.6 -60.2 16 15.6 -45.2 275 53 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12275 -51.4 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 282 63 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14097 -62.2 -80.5 7 18.3 -62.3 278 53 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16536 -71.1 -86.1 9 15.1 -71.2 274 39 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.02 m Freezing level: 582.90 mb = 4639.09 m = 15219.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.82 mb = 3129.28 m = 10266.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.28 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.11 mb = 342.11 m = 1122.40 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 35.92 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.73 mb = 1748.65 m = 5736.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.55 C = 90.59 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.60 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.37 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 23.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1888.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.91 mb = 1163.73 m = 3817.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.91 mb = 2135.83 m = 7007.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.91 mb = 11925.50 m = 39125.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1872.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.91 mb = 15913.36 m = 52208.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 210.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 14.41 Bulk Shear: 131.00 m/s