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: 33.04,-97.45 Latitude: 33.04 Longitude: -97.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 982 234 27.8 17.4 53 10.4 20.6 241 3 302.5 304.9 294.4 340.5 12.83 2 950 527 27.7 16.4 50 11.3 19.9 234 10 305.3 307.6 294.9 342.4 12.43 3 900 1002 23.1 15.4 62 7.7 17.9 234 13 305.3 307.6 294.8 342.3 12.34 4 850 1497 18.3 14.5 78 3.8 15.8 235 15 305.4 307.7 294.8 342.3 12.34 5 800 2014 14.1 10.3 78 3.7 11.7 243 18 306.1 308.0 293.3 336.0 9.91 6 750 2555 9.5 6.9 84 2.6 7.9 261 22 306.9 308.5 292.3 332.2 8.34 7 700 3123 5.2 -1.1 63 6.4 2.0 275 30 308.3 309.2 289.9 323.9 5.03 8 650 3725 2.6 -28.5 8 31.2 -5.9 281 31 311.9 312.0 286.7 313.9 0.56 9 600 4368 0.0 -35.2 5 35.2 -8.2 291 29 316.1 316.2 287.8 317.3 0.32 10 550 5059 -4.5 -27.0 15 22.5 -10.6 313 35 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.4 0.76 11 500 5799 -10.6 -42.8 5 32.2 -15.9 307 41 320.1 320.2 289.0 320.8 0.17 12 450 6601 -16.2 -48.7 4 32.5 -20.4 303 42 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.3 0.10 13 400 7475 -22.0 -55.7 3 33.7 -25.2 290 46 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.6 0.05 14 350 8445 -28.0 -56.0 5 28.0 -30.2 285 57 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.06 15 300 9534 -35.9 -55.9 11 19.9 -37.1 282 60 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 16 250 10777 -43.5 -65.9 7 22.4 -44.3 279 57 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 17 200 12251 -51.3 -74.7 5 23.4 -51.7 274 56 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14077 -61.4 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 271 45 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16525 -71.0 -86.6 8 15.6 -71.1 270 40 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.01 m Freezing level: 599.93 mb = 4368.68 m = 14332.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.28 mb = 3272.02 m = 10734.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.13 mb = 1556.49 m = 5106.53 ft T: 17.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 28.43 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 2061.15 m = 6762.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.62 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1086.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.86 mb = 1899.05 m = 6230.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.86 mb = 2270.84 m = 7450.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.86 mb = 10887.50 m = 35719.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1077.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.86 mb = 14245.89 m = 46737.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.3 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 314.3 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 17.38 Bulk Shear: 62.51 m/s