MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.96,-97.05 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 989 174 24.2 20.7 81 3.5 21.7 188 11 298.3 301.2 295.3 344.0 15.70 2 950 523 21.4 20.1 92 1.4 20.5 195 26 298.9 301.8 295.4 344.8 15.74 3 900 992 20.1 18.8 92 1.3 19.2 213 31 302.2 305.1 296.1 347.5 15.32 4 850 1484 17.2 14.3 83 2.9 15.3 221 26 304.2 306.4 294.4 340.4 12.15 5 800 2000 16.6 -0.6 31 17.2 7.5 232 17 308.9 309.7 289.7 323.1 4.57 6 750 2548 14.2 0.7 40 13.5 6.8 205 11 312.0 313.0 291.4 328.9 5.38 7 700 3126 10.4 -3.6 37 14.0 3.3 197 8 313.9 314.7 290.9 327.2 4.17 8 650 3737 5.8 -12.0 26 17.8 -1.6 213 8 315.6 316.0 289.8 323.3 2.35 9 600 4385 0.6 -8.4 51 8.9 -3.4 232 16 316.8 317.4 291.1 327.8 3.39 10 550 5076 -5.5 -7.8 84 2.3 -6.5 235 24 317.6 318.3 291.7 330.1 3.87 11 500 5816 -10.4 -24.4 31 14.1 -14.2 240 28 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.1 1.06 12 450 6621 -13.6 -43.6 6 29.9 -18.4 247 32 326.1 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.18 13 400 7507 -18.9 -46.3 7 27.4 -22.7 246 37 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.15 14 350 8485 -26.9 -50.0 9 23.2 -29.2 251 41 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 15 300 9577 -35.9 -50.7 20 14.8 -37.0 261 50 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.12 16 250 10818 -45.1 -58.1 22 13.0 -45.6 261 55 339.0 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.06 17 200 12276 -53.4 -69.8 12 16.4 -53.7 255 65 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14084 -63.5 -80.8 8 17.3 -63.6 254 56 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16519 -72.2 -86.1 11 13.9 -72.2 249 36 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.56 m Freezing level: 595.36 mb = 4448.92 m = 14596.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.47 mb = 3530.57 m = 11583.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.12 mb = 622.92 m = 2043.67 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 24.41 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.88 mb = 1265.51 m = 4151.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.68 C K Index: 27.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1261.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.76 mb = 860.31 m = 2822.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.76 mb = 3502.18 m = 11489.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.76 mb = 11995.38 m = 39354.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1248.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.76 mb = 15485.96 m = 50806.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.7 neg: -32.3 tot: 90.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 94.73 Bulk Shear: 13.32 m/s