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: 29.57,-98.56 Latitude: 29.57 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 88 SFC 976 303 23.6 22.0 91 1.6 22.5 175 5 298.8 302.0 296.5 349.3 17.32 2 950 535 21.3 20.9 98 0.4 21.1 181 9 298.8 301.8 296.0 347.2 16.61 3 900 1003 19.2 16.9 86 2.4 17.6 196 13 301.3 303.8 294.6 341.2 13.54 4 850 1494 16.9 14.2 84 2.6 15.1 187 16 303.8 306.0 294.3 339.7 12.08 5 800 2010 14.9 10.0 72 4.9 11.8 199 19 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.2 9.67 6 750 2557 16.0 -14.5 11 30.5 3.3 224 15 314.0 314.3 288.6 319.5 1.66 7 700 3138 11.9 -6.3 27 18.2 3.1 238 13 315.6 316.3 290.7 326.6 3.41 8 650 3752 6.9 -2.9 50 9.7 1.8 233 11 316.7 317.6 292.3 332.0 4.76 9 600 4403 2.0 -9.4 42 11.4 -3.0 236 10 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.7 3.13 10 550 5099 -3.4 -14.3 43 10.9 -7.6 239 15 320.0 320.5 291.0 327.7 2.29 11 500 5844 -7.6 -31.8 12 24.2 -13.4 254 19 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.53 12 450 6659 -11.0 -46.9 3 35.9 -16.7 260 24 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.12 13 400 7551 -17.6 -44.6 8 27.0 -21.6 259 26 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.8 0.18 14 350 8535 -25.5 -50.3 8 24.8 -28.0 263 30 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 15 300 9632 -34.7 -52.9 14 18.2 -36.0 264 36 336.4 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.09 16 250 10878 -43.9 -61.3 13 17.4 -44.6 261 45 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 17 200 12344 -53.2 -70.9 10 17.7 -53.5 261 46 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14146 -64.9 -79.2 12 14.3 -65.0 259 39 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16553 -74.7 -86.6 14 11.9 -74.7 245 27 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.58 m Freezing level: 581.36 mb = 4662.56 m = 15296.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.12 mb = 3991.94 m = 13096.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.19 mb = 497.09 m = 1630.84 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 29.83 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1237.70 m = 4060.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 20.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 602.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.27 mb = 952.80 m = 3125.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.27 mb = 4133.07 m = 13559.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.27 mb = 11418.37 m = 37461.37 ft B at Equ Level: 600.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.27 mb = 14543.80 m = 47715.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 58.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 48.50 Bulk Shear: 12.42 m/s