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: 31.82,-95.32 Latitude: 31.82 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 100 SFC 997 125 24.2 22.6 91 1.6 23.0 121 3 297.6 300.8 296.3 348.4 17.53 2 950 552 24.8 20.6 77 4.2 21.8 185 17 302.3 305.3 296.7 350.3 16.24 3 900 1025 21.7 18.5 82 3.2 19.5 228 16 303.9 306.7 296.3 348.6 15.04 4 850 1519 17.8 15.4 86 2.5 16.2 250 21 304.8 307.2 295.2 343.7 13.03 5 800 2035 14.0 13.0 94 1.0 13.3 257 25 306.0 308.2 294.7 341.6 11.84 6 750 2577 10.1 8.5 90 1.6 9.1 285 28 307.6 309.3 293.3 335.9 9.34 7 700 3147 6.0 2.6 79 3.4 4.1 294 32 309.2 310.4 291.6 329.5 6.62 8 650 3751 2.7 -5.1 56 7.8 -1.0 285 32 312.1 312.8 290.2 324.8 4.03 9 600 4395 0.4 -21.4 18 21.8 -6.7 282 30 316.6 316.8 288.9 320.5 1.15 10 550 5087 -3.8 -31.4 10 27.6 -10.6 304 29 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.3 0.50 11 500 5830 -9.4 -38.0 8 28.7 -14.9 291 30 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.29 12 450 6636 -14.7 -49.0 4 34.3 -19.3 289 36 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.10 13 400 7517 -20.3 -54.7 3 34.4 -23.8 284 43 328.6 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.06 14 350 8492 -27.0 -57.6 4 30.6 -29.4 284 44 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.05 15 300 9583 -36.1 -56.5 10 20.4 -37.3 277 47 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 16 250 10824 -44.1 -66.1 7 22.0 -44.8 271 52 340.4 340.5 294.4 340.5 0.02 17 200 12295 -51.5 -73.4 6 21.9 -51.9 271 67 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14110 -62.6 -81.6 6 19.0 -62.7 266 60 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16548 -71.6 -86.6 9 15.0 -71.7 271 32 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.30 m Freezing level: 595.28 mb = 4460.35 m = 14633.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.58 mb = 3631.49 m = 11914.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.35 mb = 328.72 m = 1078.47 ft T: 24.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 29.82 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.04 mb = 1367.53 m = 4486.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.42 C Showalter Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 39.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2059.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.47 mb = 1010.72 m = 3315.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.47 mb = 1655.74 m = 5432.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.47 mb = 12085.35 m = 39649.63 ft B at Equ Level: 2050.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 309.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.24 Bulk Rich Number: 17.23 Bulk Shear: 119.51 m/s