MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 30.32,-96.04 Latitude: 30.32 Longitude: -96.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 81 31.7 18.9 47 12.8 22.6 161 6 304.6 307.2 295.7 345.9 13.84 1 1000 99 29.6 18.8 52 10.8 22.0 161 6 302.7 305.3 295.1 343.5 13.78 2 950 553 24.4 17.8 67 6.6 19.8 164 7 301.9 304.4 294.8 342.0 13.60 3 900 1023 19.7 16.8 84 2.8 17.8 167 8 301.8 304.3 294.7 341.7 13.54 4 850 1513 15.7 13.9 89 1.9 14.5 184 16 302.6 304.8 293.7 337.6 11.81 5 800 2026 12.5 8.6 77 3.9 10.2 195 21 304.5 306.1 292.0 330.9 8.82 6 750 2566 12.3 -10.5 19 22.8 2.5 215 17 310.0 310.4 287.9 317.4 2.29 7 700 3142 11.2 -8.0 25 19.2 2.2 229 5 314.9 315.4 290.1 324.5 2.99 8 650 3756 6.6 -7.9 35 14.5 -0.1 248 10 316.4 317.1 290.9 327.0 3.24 9 600 4405 0.6 -8.1 52 8.7 -3.3 259 10 316.9 317.5 291.2 328.1 3.47 10 550 5097 -3.3 -21.9 22 18.6 -9.2 253 12 320.1 320.4 290.0 324.3 1.20 11 500 5845 -7.1 -31.3 13 24.2 -13.0 231 16 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.4 0.56 12 450 6656 -12.9 -35.4 13 22.5 -17.5 231 17 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.42 13 400 7544 -18.0 -34.4 22 16.4 -21.2 242 21 331.5 331.7 292.6 333.5 0.52 14 350 8526 -25.5 -36.7 34 11.3 -27.2 260 26 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.2 0.47 15 300 9626 -34.0 -45.5 30 11.5 -35.1 257 33 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.22 16 250 10879 -42.8 -67.7 5 24.9 -43.6 258 45 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 17 200 12348 -52.7 -68.2 14 15.5 -53.1 243 41 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14149 -64.4 -76.7 17 12.3 -64.5 246 36 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16566 -73.8 -86.3 13 12.5 -73.9 265 16 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.83 m Freezing level: 591.88 mb = 4516.98 m = 14819.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.08 mb = 3729.31 m = 12235.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.29 mb = 1681.24 m = 5515.81 ft T: 14.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 28.57 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1458.39 m = 4784.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.77 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 17.52 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 373.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.90 mb = 1404.14 m = 4606.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.90 mb = 1554.25 m = 5099.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 775.90 mb = 2281.91 m = 7486.49 ft B at Equ Level: 18.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 725.90 mb = 2838.65 m = 9313.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.4 neg: -8.8 tot: 62.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 30.34 Bulk Shear: 12.32 m/s