MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.39,-95.47 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -95.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 996 142 22.1 21.8 98 0.3 21.9 193 2 295.6 298.6 295.2 343.7 16.75 2 950 562 24.5 20.2 77 4.3 21.5 218 18 302.0 305.0 296.4 349.0 15.90 3 900 1034 20.7 18.5 87 2.2 19.2 258 18 302.8 305.6 296.1 347.6 15.10 4 850 1526 17.6 12.6 72 5.0 14.4 285 20 304.6 306.6 293.6 337.0 10.85 5 800 2042 14.3 5.7 56 8.6 9.3 313 22 306.3 307.7 291.2 328.2 7.19 6 750 2582 9.2 2.2 62 7.0 5.4 315 23 306.6 307.7 290.3 324.9 6.01 7 700 3148 5.5 -11.4 28 16.9 -1.4 316 23 308.6 309.0 287.3 315.9 2.28 8 650 3753 5.1 -32.2 5 37.3 -4.8 320 24 314.7 314.8 287.5 316.1 0.39 9 600 4401 1.6 -39.2 3 40.8 -7.5 340 30 317.9 318.0 288.3 318.7 0.21 10 550 5093 -4.1 -37.0 6 32.9 -11.1 343 39 319.3 319.3 288.8 320.3 0.29 11 500 5836 -9.5 -40.0 6 30.5 -15.1 331 40 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.24 12 450 6638 -16.2 -42.6 8 26.4 -20.2 331 41 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.6 0.20 13 400 7511 -23.2 -47.4 9 24.2 -25.9 309 39 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.3 0.13 14 350 8474 -29.4 -64.5 2 35.1 -31.4 290 48 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.02 15 300 9557 -36.7 -64.8 4 28.1 -37.9 283 54 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.02 16 250 10797 -44.9 -61.1 15 16.2 -45.4 277 55 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 17 200 12262 -52.4 -73.8 6 21.3 -52.8 278 54 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14078 -62.6 -80.7 7 18.1 -62.7 273 57 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16524 -69.7 -86.9 6 17.2 -69.8 275 40 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.59 m Freezing level: 586.03 mb = 4594.06 m = 15072.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.20 mb = 3029.65 m = 9939.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.41 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.08 mb = 180.09 m = 590.83 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 33.11 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1347.81 m = 4421.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.37 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 22.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2007.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.18 mb = 954.72 m = 3132.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.18 mb = 1798.71 m = 5901.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.18 mb = 11843.21 m = 38855.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2007.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.0 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 350.0 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 239.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.96 Bulk Rich Number: 16.22 Bulk Shear: 123.82 m/s