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: 33.20,-97.00 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -97.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 988 185 27.6 18.5 57 9.2 21.2 276 3 301.9 304.4 294.8 342.1 13.66 2 950 529 26.9 16.8 54 10.1 19.9 240 9 304.5 306.9 294.9 342.6 12.76 3 900 1003 22.4 15.7 66 6.8 17.8 232 14 304.6 307.0 294.8 342.1 12.55 4 850 1497 17.7 14.9 83 2.8 15.8 229 16 304.7 307.1 294.9 342.4 12.62 5 800 2013 13.9 9.4 75 4.4 11.1 249 18 305.9 307.7 292.8 334.0 9.31 6 750 2554 9.8 5.9 77 3.9 7.5 269 22 307.2 308.6 291.9 330.8 7.77 7 700 3123 5.2 -2.3 59 7.4 1.5 275 32 308.2 309.1 289.5 322.6 4.63 8 650 3723 2.2 -27.4 9 29.6 -6.1 275 33 311.4 311.5 286.6 313.5 0.62 9 600 4364 -1.1 -34.5 6 33.4 -8.8 277 32 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.1 0.34 10 550 5053 -5.1 -29.3 13 24.3 -11.2 304 35 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.2 0.61 11 500 5792 -10.9 -34.6 12 23.6 -15.7 307 41 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.41 12 450 6593 -16.2 -51.9 3 35.7 -20.4 294 41 322.9 322.9 289.7 323.2 0.07 13 400 7468 -22.1 -51.7 5 29.6 -25.1 283 48 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.08 14 350 8438 -27.6 -58.7 4 31.0 -30.0 282 57 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.04 15 300 9528 -35.6 -57.1 9 21.4 -36.9 280 61 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.06 16 250 10773 -43.7 -67.0 6 23.4 -44.4 278 58 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.2 0.02 17 200 12247 -51.3 -74.1 5 22.8 -51.7 273 56 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14073 -61.4 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 269 43 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16522 -70.9 -86.6 8 15.7 -71.0 271 40 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.53 m Freezing level: 616.45 mb = 4153.30 m = 13626.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.18 mb = 3237.05 m = 10620.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.77 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.25 mb = 1353.68 m = 4441.15 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 28.84 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.15 mb = 1947.85 m = 6390.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.23 C Showalter Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.65 C Cross Totals Index: 25.82 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 507.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1154.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.86 mb = 1742.40 m = 5716.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.86 mb = 2215.98 m = 7270.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.86 mb = 10749.40 m = 35266.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1154.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.86 mb = 14452.49 m = 47415.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.2 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 310.2 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 158.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 19.01 Bulk Shear: 60.76 m/s