MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.21,-95.59 Latitude: 34.21 Longitude: -95.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 990 173 24.7 21.4 82 3.3 22.4 196 10 298.8 301.8 295.9 346.7 16.46 2 950 527 20.4 20.2 99 0.2 20.3 202 18 297.9 300.8 295.3 344.1 15.92 3 900 996 20.5 15.6 74 4.9 17.2 236 33 302.6 304.9 294.2 339.6 12.50 4 850 1487 16.6 13.8 83 2.9 14.8 244 31 303.6 305.7 293.9 338.5 11.74 5 800 2001 12.4 10.6 88 1.9 11.3 248 29 304.4 306.3 292.9 334.5 10.06 6 750 2539 8.6 4.2 74 4.4 6.1 238 25 305.9 307.2 290.8 326.8 6.90 7 700 3107 5.8 -1.2 61 7.0 2.2 221 27 309.0 309.9 290.1 324.5 5.02 8 650 3710 2.7 -3.2 65 5.9 -0.2 215 31 312.0 312.9 290.7 326.6 4.65 9 600 4353 -1.6 -3.9 84 2.3 -2.7 215 39 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.5 4.79 10 550 5040 -6.4 -9.2 81 2.8 -7.6 217 47 316.5 317.1 291.0 327.7 3.47 11 500 5777 -11.7 -15.7 72 4.1 -13.0 220 53 318.8 319.3 290.6 326.3 2.25 12 450 6579 -15.3 -33.2 20 17.9 -19.0 232 56 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.8 0.52 13 400 7457 -21.5 -42.4 13 20.9 -24.4 237 63 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.23 14 350 8426 -28.8 -44.3 21 15.6 -30.4 240 68 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.21 15 300 9510 -37.6 -46.3 40 8.7 -38.2 241 78 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.20 16 250 10742 -45.4 -59.0 20 13.6 -45.9 244 81 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 17 200 12212 -51.3 -75.4 4 24.0 -51.8 259 74 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14039 -60.9 -80.7 6 19.8 -61.0 257 69 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16502 -71.2 -86.8 8 15.6 -71.2 258 35 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.24 m Freezing level: 618.41 mb = 4116.06 m = 13503.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.36 mb = 3655.62 m = 11993.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.41 mb = 587.58 m = 1927.72 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 22.16 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1375.19 m = 4511.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 35.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1507.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.58 mb = 932.56 m = 3059.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.58 mb = 1672.67 m = 5487.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.58 mb = 11246.61 m = 36897.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1500.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.58 mb = 14835.20 m = 48671.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.6 neg: -7.8 tot: 115.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 27.67 Bulk Shear: 54.48 m/s