MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.60,-96.46 Latitude: 32.60 Longitude: -96.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 998 125 23.5 22.0 91 1.5 22.5 39 3 296.8 299.9 295.7 345.8 16.93 2 950 559 26.7 16.3 53 10.4 19.6 315 8 304.3 306.6 294.6 341.2 12.37 3 900 1033 22.8 12.9 54 9.9 16.3 317 13 305.0 307.0 293.4 336.4 10.46 4 850 1527 18.2 11.5 65 6.7 13.8 310 14 305.2 307.0 293.2 335.3 10.05 5 800 2043 13.5 9.6 77 3.9 11.1 308 14 305.5 307.3 292.8 334.0 9.45 6 750 2582 8.5 6.2 86 2.3 7.2 304 14 305.8 307.3 291.7 329.9 7.97 7 700 3149 5.3 -8.9 35 14.2 -0.7 311 15 308.4 308.9 287.8 317.2 2.78 8 650 3753 4.7 -28.7 7 33.3 -4.8 324 19 314.3 314.4 287.5 316.2 0.55 9 600 4400 1.1 -35.7 4 36.8 -7.7 328 28 317.4 317.4 288.2 318.5 0.30 10 550 5093 -3.8 -39.3 4 35.5 -11.1 318 31 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.4 0.23 11 500 5835 -10.0 -42.6 5 32.6 -15.6 326 38 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.5 0.18 12 450 6637 -15.8 -44.6 6 28.8 -20.0 328 47 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.16 13 400 7511 -22.8 -51.9 5 29.2 -25.6 315 50 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.08 14 350 8476 -29.8 -64.6 2 34.8 -31.7 304 40 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.02 15 300 9553 -38.4 -64.0 5 25.6 -39.4 291 47 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.3 0.02 16 250 10788 -44.7 -65.0 9 20.4 -45.3 284 55 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.02 17 200 12258 -52.2 -73.9 6 21.8 -52.5 275 50 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14080 -61.4 -80.9 6 19.5 -61.6 273 61 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16528 -71.2 -86.5 8 15.3 -71.2 273 47 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.74 m Freezing level: 589.16 mb = 4550.14 m = 14928.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.69 mb = 3094.18 m = 10151.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.16 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.74 mb = 313.73 m = 1029.27 ft T: 24.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 29.58 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1935.57 m = 6350.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 25.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1094.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.09 mb = 1606.87 m = 5271.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.09 mb = 2178.73 m = 7147.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.09 mb = 10865.11 m = 35646.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1092.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.09 mb = 14198.21 m = 46581.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.8 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 349.8 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.6 neg: -2.7 tot: 30.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 38.54 Bulk Shear: 28.40 m/s