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: 33.07,-96.70 Latitude: 33.07 Longitude: -96.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 182 30.8 18.2 47 12.6 22.0 228 7 305.1 307.6 295.6 345.4 13.48 2 950 519 26.1 17.2 58 8.9 20.0 225 9 303.7 306.2 295.0 342.7 13.13 3 900 993 21.5 16.2 72 5.3 17.9 223 10 303.7 306.1 294.8 342.2 12.96 4 850 1485 16.9 14.0 83 2.9 15.0 226 13 303.9 306.1 294.1 339.3 11.90 5 800 2000 13.7 8.5 71 5.2 10.6 237 17 305.8 307.4 292.3 332.2 8.77 6 750 2541 10.9 4.9 66 6.0 7.5 251 27 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.7 7.27 7 700 3113 6.7 2.8 76 3.9 4.5 256 38 309.9 311.1 291.9 330.5 6.69 8 650 3717 2.3 0.1 86 2.2 1.1 251 46 311.5 312.7 291.7 330.0 5.94 9 600 4359 -2.1 -4.1 87 1.9 -3.1 245 49 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.6 4.72 10 550 5045 -6.9 -9.3 83 2.4 -7.9 238 50 315.9 316.6 290.9 327.0 3.44 11 500 5781 -12.0 -12.6 95 0.6 -12.2 237 52 318.4 319.0 291.1 327.9 2.90 12 450 6579 -16.8 -23.0 58 6.2 -18.4 243 58 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.7 1.33 13 400 7456 -21.3 -45.8 9 24.5 -24.4 254 59 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.16 14 350 8426 -28.8 -55.4 6 26.5 -30.9 257 62 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.06 15 300 9513 -35.5 -61.3 5 25.7 -36.9 259 62 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.03 16 250 10764 -41.6 -67.4 4 25.8 -42.5 270 56 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 17 200 12245 -51.2 -75.2 4 24.0 -51.6 271 62 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14070 -61.6 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 267 51 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16518 -70.9 -87.2 7 16.3 -71.0 268 33 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.16 m Freezing level: 624.25 mb = 4047.58 m = 13279.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.57 mb = 3884.51 m = 12744.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.48 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.72 mb = 1762.03 m = 5780.88 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 18.37 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1819.30 m = 5968.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 25.98 C K Index: 39.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1294.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.09 mb = 1676.05 m = 5498.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.09 mb = 2040.82 m = 6695.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.09 mb = 10599.06 m = 34773.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1282.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.09 mb = 14657.37 m = 48087.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 14.62 Bulk Shear: 88.51 m/s