MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.78,-96.64 Latitude: 32.78 Longitude: -96.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 991 146 30.8 18.0 46 12.8 21.9 223 8 304.8 307.2 295.3 344.3 13.24 2 950 521 26.7 17.1 56 9.6 20.1 223 11 304.3 306.7 295.0 343.0 13.00 3 900 995 22.1 16.2 70 5.8 18.1 222 12 304.2 306.6 295.0 343.0 13.01 4 850 1488 17.3 15.3 88 2.0 16.0 222 13 304.2 306.6 295.0 342.8 12.95 5 800 2003 13.3 9.7 78 3.7 11.0 235 17 305.4 307.1 292.7 333.8 9.46 6 750 2544 11.0 4.7 65 6.3 7.3 255 26 308.5 309.9 291.8 330.4 7.15 7 700 3117 7.2 4.8 84 2.5 5.8 260 37 310.5 311.9 292.9 334.2 7.71 8 650 3723 3.1 -0.8 75 3.9 1.1 252 43 312.5 313.6 291.7 330.0 5.57 9 600 4365 -2.6 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.8 243 47 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.2 5.11 10 550 5052 -6.4 -12.3 63 5.9 -8.7 237 48 316.5 317.0 290.4 325.3 2.70 11 500 5788 -11.6 -18.6 56 7.0 -13.8 238 51 318.9 319.2 290.2 324.8 1.76 12 450 6588 -16.2 -36.8 15 20.6 -19.9 245 60 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.36 13 400 7465 -21.0 -53.9 3 32.9 -24.4 254 61 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.06 14 350 8437 -28.5 -53.9 7 25.4 -30.6 256 61 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.07 15 300 9524 -35.8 -61.2 6 25.4 -37.1 258 62 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.03 16 250 10774 -41.7 -68.5 4 26.8 -42.6 267 60 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 17 200 12254 -51.0 -74.2 5 23.2 -51.4 270 65 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14079 -61.9 -80.1 7 18.2 -62.1 266 57 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16522 -71.3 -87.0 8 15.6 -71.4 267 32 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.19 m Freezing level: 622.55 mb = 4075.71 m = 13371.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.11 mb = 3896.48 m = 12783.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.19 mb = 1760.39 m = 5775.49 ft T: 15.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 13.87 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1808.34 m = 5932.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -6.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 26.88 C K Index: 41.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1265.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.54 mb = 1736.20 m = 5696.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.54 mb = 1891.92 m = 6207.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.54 mb = 10491.19 m = 34419.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1262.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.54 mb = 14471.52 m = 47478.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 92.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 16.63 Bulk Shear: 76.08 m/s