MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.09,-95.08 Latitude: 32.09 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 995 127 25.3 22.4 84 2.9 23.2 134 5 298.9 302.0 296.5 349.6 17.39 2 950 534 24.1 20.5 80 3.6 21.5 160 15 301.6 304.6 296.4 349.2 16.13 3 900 1006 20.2 18.7 91 1.5 19.2 180 15 302.3 305.2 296.1 347.4 15.25 4 850 1498 17.8 15.9 89 1.8 16.5 244 16 304.8 307.3 295.6 345.1 13.51 5 800 2015 14.5 11.1 80 3.4 12.3 256 25 306.6 308.5 293.8 338.0 10.41 6 750 2558 12.0 2.2 51 9.9 6.6 276 28 309.6 310.8 291.2 328.1 5.97 7 700 3133 7.6 5.4 86 2.2 6.3 275 34 310.9 312.4 293.2 335.7 8.04 8 650 3739 3.4 0.7 82 2.7 2.0 262 34 312.8 314.0 292.3 332.3 6.21 9 600 4384 -0.3 -4.3 75 3.9 -2.3 251 37 315.7 316.6 291.9 330.6 4.64 10 550 5074 -5.7 -13.4 55 7.6 -8.7 245 40 317.3 317.8 290.4 325.5 2.48 11 500 5813 -10.0 -33.4 13 23.4 -15.0 251 45 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.5 0.46 12 450 6618 -14.5 -44.2 6 29.7 -19.1 259 48 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.6 0.17 13 400 7499 -20.6 -47.6 7 27.0 -23.9 260 51 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.13 14 350 8471 -27.8 -57.2 4 29.4 -30.1 257 56 331.2 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.05 15 300 9562 -35.1 -62.3 5 27.2 -36.5 265 57 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 16 250 10811 -42.9 -66.4 6 23.5 -43.7 267 56 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 17 200 12286 -51.0 -72.7 6 21.7 -51.5 270 71 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14105 -62.6 -80.9 7 18.4 -62.7 267 60 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16541 -72.5 -86.9 10 14.4 -72.6 268 32 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.37 m Freezing level: 604.56 mb = 4325.54 m = 14191.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.85 mb = 4031.42 m = 13226.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.44 mb = 493.23 m = 1618.20 ft T: 24.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 21.47 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1206.25 m = 3957.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.52 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -6.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.69 C Showalter Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.76 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 41.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1840.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.12 mb = 946.55 m = 3105.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.12 mb = 1689.93 m = 5544.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.12 mb = 11928.57 m = 39135.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1826.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.08 Bulk Rich Number: 12.85 Bulk Shear: 143.21 m/s