MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.36,-96.46 Latitude: 34.36 Longitude: -96.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 225 24.3 20.7 80 3.7 21.8 188 15 298.9 301.8 295.5 345.0 15.80 2 950 522 20.6 19.9 96 0.7 20.1 195 23 298.1 301.0 295.1 343.4 15.60 3 900 990 21.2 14.4 65 6.8 16.7 230 35 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.7 11.55 4 850 1482 17.6 10.5 63 7.1 13.1 235 31 304.6 306.4 292.5 332.8 9.43 5 800 1998 14.5 10.5 76 4.1 12.0 237 21 306.7 308.5 293.5 336.8 9.99 6 750 2541 11.2 7.9 80 3.3 9.2 226 16 308.8 310.5 293.3 336.0 8.94 7 700 3115 7.7 1.0 63 6.6 4.1 220 19 311.0 312.1 291.5 329.3 5.90 8 650 3721 3.7 -4.9 53 8.6 -0.4 206 22 313.1 313.9 290.6 326.1 4.08 9 600 4365 -1.3 -3.1 87 1.8 -2.2 207 27 314.6 315.6 291.9 330.7 5.07 10 550 5053 -6.7 -7.7 93 1.0 -7.1 220 36 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.8 3.91 11 500 5788 -12.4 -15.8 76 3.4 -13.5 230 42 317.9 318.4 290.4 325.3 2.23 12 450 6587 -16.2 -25.0 47 8.8 -18.4 238 47 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.7 1.11 13 400 7464 -21.5 -41.1 15 19.6 -24.3 236 58 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.26 14 350 8434 -28.3 -48.0 13 19.6 -30.3 236 67 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.14 15 300 9520 -36.9 -45.3 41 8.4 -37.6 241 78 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.22 16 250 10752 -46.8 -55.1 39 8.2 -47.1 244 87 336.4 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.09 17 200 12209 -52.4 -71.3 9 18.8 -52.8 248 90 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14037 -59.5 -82.6 3 23.1 -59.7 251 74 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16505 -70.9 -87.2 7 16.3 -70.9 259 31 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.38 m Freezing level: 613.13 mb = 4195.64 m = 13765.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.98 mb = 3658.65 m = 12003.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.04 mb = 686.86 m = 2253.46 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 12.13 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.36 mb = 1805.12 m = 5922.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -6.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 33.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1148.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.31 mb = 1151.08 m = 3776.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.31 mb = 2900.11 m = 9514.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.31 mb = 11344.72 m = 37219.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1137.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.31 mb = 14106.19 m = 46279.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.6 neg: -20.9 tot: 139.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 57.95 Bulk Shear: 19.82 m/s