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: 33.04,-95.62 Latitude: 33.04 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 100 SFC 994 150 23.5 22.1 92 1.3 22.5 169 2 297.1 300.2 295.8 346.6 17.11 2 950 550 23.5 20.9 85 2.6 21.7 214 16 301.1 304.1 296.6 350.0 16.63 3 900 1022 21.1 17.3 79 3.8 18.5 270 16 303.3 305.8 295.4 344.6 13.93 4 850 1514 16.9 15.0 89 1.9 15.6 274 20 303.8 306.2 294.7 341.7 12.73 5 800 2029 13.0 12.1 94 0.9 12.4 277 22 305.0 307.1 293.9 338.4 11.16 6 750 2569 9.4 8.4 93 1.1 8.8 287 27 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.7 9.23 7 700 3138 5.4 3.0 84 2.4 4.0 287 29 308.4 309.7 291.5 329.2 6.78 8 650 3741 2.5 -3.7 64 6.1 -0.5 290 30 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.9 4.49 9 600 4384 0.3 -13.2 36 13.5 -5.0 299 31 316.5 316.9 290.0 324.1 2.30 10 550 5075 -5.2 -23.8 22 18.6 -10.6 306 33 317.9 318.1 289.2 321.4 1.02 11 500 5815 -9.9 -42.6 5 32.7 -15.5 298 43 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.6 0.18 12 450 6616 -16.4 -46.0 6 29.6 -20.4 296 42 322.6 322.7 289.7 323.2 0.14 13 400 7492 -21.3 -51.4 5 30.1 -24.6 290 45 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.08 14 350 8462 -28.8 -57.7 4 28.9 -30.9 281 55 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.04 15 300 9549 -36.3 -57.8 9 21.5 -37.5 283 55 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 16 250 10791 -44.0 -67.0 6 23.0 -44.7 272 50 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 17 200 12258 -52.7 -72.5 7 19.8 -53.1 270 51 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14074 -62.0 -80.9 6 18.9 -62.1 261 52 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16523 -70.3 -86.7 7 16.4 -70.4 271 42 391.9 391.9 304.0 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.29 m Freezing level: 597.29 mb = 4421.84 m = 14507.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.59 mb = 3671.19 m = 12044.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.66 mb = 316.09 m = 1037.03 ft T: 23.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 28.61 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1284.04 m = 4212.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.54 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 39.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2048.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.30 mb = 951.61 m = 3122.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.30 mb = 1491.19 m = 4892.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.30 mb = 11865.36 m = 38927.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2048.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.6 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 319.6 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 201.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.26 Bulk Rich Number: 21.13 Bulk Shear: 96.98 m/s