MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 29.39,-98.56 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 986 216 23.7 22.0 90 1.7 22.5 176 5 298.1 301.2 296.2 348.0 17.16 2 950 536 20.8 20.5 99 0.2 20.6 182 10 298.3 301.2 295.6 345.4 16.23 3 900 1003 19.6 16.0 80 3.6 17.2 196 12 301.7 304.1 294.2 339.4 12.80 4 850 1495 17.0 14.6 86 2.4 15.4 186 14 303.9 306.2 294.5 340.8 12.39 5 800 2011 15.1 11.5 79 3.6 12.7 192 18 307.2 309.2 294.2 339.5 10.70 6 750 2558 15.6 -14.0 12 29.5 3.2 222 14 313.5 313.8 288.5 319.2 1.73 7 700 3138 12.0 -7.0 26 19.0 2.9 234 13 315.7 316.4 290.6 326.2 3.22 8 650 3753 7.0 -4.0 46 10.9 1.5 234 10 316.8 317.7 292.0 330.9 4.38 9 600 4404 2.1 -9.8 41 11.9 -3.1 239 8 318.6 319.2 291.3 328.6 3.04 10 550 5100 -3.3 -14.8 40 11.6 -7.7 242 14 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.20 11 500 5845 -7.7 -27.8 18 20.1 -13.0 259 20 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.4 0.78 12 450 6660 -10.9 -49.9 2 38.9 -16.8 262 22 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.09 13 400 7553 -17.4 -46.7 6 29.2 -21.6 260 25 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.14 14 350 8537 -25.4 -50.2 8 24.8 -28.0 265 28 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 15 300 9634 -34.7 -52.8 14 18.2 -36.0 265 34 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.09 16 250 10882 -43.7 -61.8 12 18.1 -44.4 261 44 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 17 200 12348 -53.3 -70.6 10 17.3 -53.7 261 46 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14148 -65.0 -78.6 14 13.6 -65.0 259 39 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16555 -74.9 -86.5 15 11.7 -74.9 244 27 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.61 m Freezing level: 580.20 mb = 4679.59 m = 15352.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.76 mb = 3958.65 m = 12987.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.65 mb = 429.62 m = 1409.51 ft T: 21.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 21.57 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1328.48 m = 4358.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 20.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 469.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 219.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.38 mb = 894.64 m = 2935.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.38 mb = 4317.84 m = 14165.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.38 mb = 11249.54 m = 36907.48 ft B at Equ Level: 467.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.38 mb = 13887.44 m = 45561.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 52.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 42.56 Bulk Shear: 11.04 m/s