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: 34.15,-95.14 Latitude: 34.15 Longitude: -95.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 989 174 23.4 20.9 86 2.6 21.6 152 2 297.5 300.4 295.1 343.5 15.89 2 950 526 22.0 19.8 87 2.2 20.5 170 13 299.5 302.4 295.5 344.9 15.52 3 900 995 19.3 19.0 99 0.2 19.1 204 19 301.4 304.2 296.0 347.2 15.58 4 850 1485 16.7 11.0 69 5.7 13.1 237 28 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.6 9.74 5 800 2001 14.3 8.3 67 6.1 10.6 261 33 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.4 8.59 6 750 2542 9.9 2.8 61 7.1 5.9 274 32 307.3 308.4 290.7 326.4 6.25 7 700 3110 4.9 1.4 78 3.6 3.0 276 38 308.0 309.1 290.7 326.5 6.04 8 650 3710 0.5 -7.0 57 7.5 -2.8 269 44 309.5 310.2 288.9 320.5 3.49 9 600 4347 -3.0 -34.7 7 31.7 -10.0 258 47 312.6 312.7 286.7 313.8 0.34 10 550 5030 -7.4 -45.4 3 38.0 -13.6 254 50 315.3 315.3 287.3 315.7 0.12 11 500 5764 -12.0 -44.7 5 32.7 -17.0 259 46 318.4 318.4 288.4 318.9 0.14 12 450 6562 -16.7 -40.3 11 23.6 -20.4 263 42 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.25 13 400 7436 -22.4 -43.8 12 21.4 -25.2 257 49 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.20 14 350 8405 -27.3 -59.6 3 32.3 -29.7 260 59 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.04 15 300 9499 -35.2 -62.7 4 27.5 -36.6 268 59 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 16 250 10745 -43.0 -65.4 7 22.4 -43.7 272 55 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.02 17 200 12221 -51.2 -73.0 6 21.8 -51.5 258 55 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14047 -61.1 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.3 259 46 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16501 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.5 269 41 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.61 m Freezing level: 643.14 mb = 3797.12 m = 12457.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.07 mb = 3415.54 m = 11205.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.20 mb = 496.92 m = 1630.29 ft T: 22.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 20.80 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1069.98 m = 3510.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.33 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 36.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1756.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.55 mb = 837.21 m = 2746.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.55 mb = 1984.25 m = 6509.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.55 mb = 11252.25 m = 36916.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1747.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.55 mb = 15319.95 m = 50261.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 353.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.67 Bulk Rich Number: 9.64 Bulk Shear: 182.29 m/s