MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.57,-98.44 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 966 358 24.0 16.7 64 7.3 19.1 166 11 300.1 302.4 293.5 336.7 12.48 2 950 501 25.5 16.4 57 9.1 19.3 172 25 303.1 305.4 294.3 339.9 12.42 3 900 976 23.3 14.6 58 8.6 17.5 190 33 305.5 307.7 294.4 340.6 11.72 4 850 1472 19.2 13.2 68 6.0 15.3 203 30 306.3 308.4 294.4 340.2 11.30 5 800 1990 16.3 8.2 59 8.1 11.3 222 25 308.5 310.2 293.0 334.6 8.55 6 750 2538 13.9 7.3 64 6.6 9.9 236 23 311.7 313.3 293.9 338.2 8.59 7 700 3116 9.5 2.9 63 6.6 5.7 243 27 313.0 314.3 292.8 334.0 6.75 8 650 3725 4.1 1.3 82 2.7 2.6 246 29 313.6 314.8 292.8 334.0 6.51 9 600 4371 -0.1 -8.6 53 8.5 -3.8 251 34 316.0 316.6 290.7 326.7 3.32 10 550 5062 -4.5 -22.0 24 17.5 -9.9 248 34 318.7 318.9 289.6 322.8 1.19 11 500 5804 -9.4 -34.8 11 25.4 -14.7 242 33 321.6 321.6 289.7 323.0 0.40 12 450 6609 -14.4 -42.7 7 28.3 -18.9 247 36 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.20 13 400 7492 -19.6 -46.0 8 26.4 -23.1 250 37 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.15 14 350 8466 -27.7 -46.7 15 19.0 -29.7 259 43 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.16 15 300 9554 -36.9 -49.6 26 12.7 -37.9 259 55 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.14 16 250 10787 -46.8 -55.7 35 8.9 -47.1 262 63 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 17 200 12242 -52.6 -71.4 9 18.8 -52.9 260 73 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14064 -61.9 -82.0 5 20.1 -62.0 249 64 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16510 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 251 33 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.61 m Freezing level: 601.56 mb = 4350.73 m = 14273.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.85 mb = 3979.18 m = 13054.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.28 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.72 mb = 1293.02 m = 4242.13 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 15.46 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.44 mb = 2840.03 m = 9317.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.11 C = 97.01 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 35.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 653.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.53 mb = 1899.79 m = 6232.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.53 mb = 3680.53 m = 12075.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.53 mb = 11231.19 m = 36847.29 ft B at Equ Level: 644.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.53 mb = 13516.99 m = 44346.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 254.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 7.43 Bulk Shear: 88.03 m/s