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: 33.27,-95.62 Latitude: 33.27 Longitude: -95.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 993 142 26.4 20.2 69 6.2 22.1 151 5 300.2 303.0 295.4 344.8 15.22 2 950 529 25.5 18.8 66 6.7 20.8 184 12 303.1 305.8 295.8 346.1 14.52 3 900 1002 21.2 17.4 79 3.8 18.6 212 15 303.3 305.9 295.5 345.0 14.04 4 850 1494 16.5 16.2 98 0.3 16.3 223 17 303.4 306.0 295.3 344.3 13.75 5 800 2008 13.2 11.7 91 1.4 12.3 241 24 305.2 307.2 293.8 337.8 10.89 6 750 2549 10.1 5.9 75 4.2 7.6 269 31 307.6 309.0 292.0 331.3 7.80 7 700 3119 5.7 3.4 85 2.3 4.4 277 38 308.8 310.2 291.8 330.3 7.01 8 650 3721 1.8 -9.3 43 11.2 -2.9 266 46 311.0 311.6 288.8 320.3 2.90 9 600 4361 -2.0 -23.4 18 21.4 -8.4 256 48 313.8 313.9 287.8 317.0 0.97 10 550 5047 -6.1 -32.7 10 26.6 -12.2 253 49 316.8 316.9 288.2 318.4 0.44 11 500 5785 -10.3 -42.4 5 32.1 -15.7 270 42 320.5 320.5 289.1 321.2 0.18 12 450 6587 -15.8 -41.6 9 25.7 -19.9 273 40 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.22 13 400 7463 -22.1 -47.5 8 25.3 -25.1 263 50 326.2 326.3 290.8 326.7 0.13 14 350 8434 -26.7 -55.2 5 28.5 -29.2 271 53 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.06 15 300 9529 -35.1 -57.7 8 22.6 -36.4 274 56 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 16 250 10775 -43.2 -69.5 4 26.4 -43.9 272 49 341.9 341.9 294.8 341.9 0.01 17 200 12247 -51.6 -73.3 6 21.7 -52.0 267 56 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14071 -61.8 -80.1 7 18.3 -61.9 264 45 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16519 -70.6 -86.9 7 16.3 -70.7 273 37 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.09 m Freezing level: 626.44 mb = 4022.59 m = 13197.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.87 mb = 3476.62 m = 11406.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.89 C = 85.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.32 mb = 930.80 m = 3053.76 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 29.09 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.74 mb = 1425.95 m = 4678.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.59 C Showalter Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 26.47 C K Index: 40.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 470.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1588.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.47 mb = 1318.74 m = 4326.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.47 mb = 1569.49 m = 5149.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.47 mb = 11254.94 m = 36925.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1585.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.47 mb = 15294.99 m = 50179.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 249.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 10.99 Bulk Shear: 144.55 m/s