MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.68,-95.32 Latitude: 31.68 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 998 117 24.5 22.6 89 1.9 23.2 119 4 297.8 301.0 296.4 348.8 17.55 2 950 552 24.6 20.7 79 3.9 21.8 180 18 302.1 305.1 296.7 350.5 16.36 3 900 1025 21.7 18.7 83 2.9 19.6 218 15 303.9 306.7 296.5 349.3 15.29 4 850 1519 18.0 15.2 84 2.8 16.1 248 20 305.0 307.4 295.2 343.6 12.90 5 800 2036 14.1 13.2 94 0.9 13.5 254 23 306.2 308.4 294.8 342.3 12.02 6 750 2578 10.3 8.8 91 1.5 9.3 287 27 307.7 309.5 293.4 336.5 9.51 7 700 3149 6.2 3.1 80 3.1 4.5 296 31 309.3 310.6 291.8 330.4 6.83 8 650 3752 2.9 -6.0 52 9.0 -1.2 285 32 312.3 313.0 290.0 324.2 3.75 9 600 4397 0.4 -28.4 9 28.9 -7.5 281 29 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.8 0.61 10 550 5089 -3.8 -33.8 8 30.0 -10.8 303 28 319.6 319.7 289.0 321.1 0.40 11 500 5832 -9.0 -40.5 6 31.4 -14.9 290 29 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.22 12 450 6639 -14.5 -48.9 4 34.3 -19.2 288 36 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.3 0.10 13 400 7519 -20.3 -54.7 3 34.4 -23.9 282 43 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.06 14 350 8495 -27.0 -60.0 3 33.0 -29.4 284 43 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.03 15 300 9586 -36.1 -56.4 11 20.3 -37.3 278 46 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 16 250 10827 -44.0 -67.3 6 23.3 -44.7 271 55 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.02 17 200 12300 -51.5 -73.1 6 21.6 -51.9 271 66 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14114 -62.7 -81.6 6 19.0 -62.8 266 60 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16551 -71.8 -86.8 9 15.0 -71.9 271 33 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.09 m Freezing level: 594.73 mb = 4469.68 m = 14664.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.65 mb = 3619.58 m = 11875.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.15 mb = 357.46 m = 1172.76 ft T: 24.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 31.67 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.14 mb = 1366.44 m = 4483.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.37 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 39.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2072.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.39 mb = 982.19 m = 3222.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.39 mb = 1626.08 m = 5334.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.39 mb = 12319.15 m = 40416.67 ft B at Equ Level: 2054.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 306.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.22 Bulk Rich Number: 16.75 Bulk Shear: 123.75 m/s