MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.91,-97.05 Latitude: 33.91 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 982 235 22.9 20.8 88 2.1 21.5 191 15 297.6 300.5 295.3 344.0 15.98 2 950 519 20.0 19.9 99 0.1 19.9 195 25 297.5 300.3 294.9 342.6 15.56 3 900 988 21.4 14.5 65 6.9 16.8 230 35 303.6 305.7 293.9 338.2 11.65 4 850 1481 18.2 12.0 67 6.2 14.2 242 27 305.2 307.2 293.4 336.4 10.40 5 800 1999 15.3 10.2 72 5.1 12.1 258 18 307.5 309.3 293.6 337.2 9.83 6 750 2543 11.5 9.1 85 2.4 10.0 230 13 309.0 310.9 294.0 338.6 9.72 7 700 3117 7.6 3.4 75 4.2 5.2 207 17 310.9 312.2 292.4 332.6 7.01 8 650 3723 3.4 -0.0 78 3.5 1.6 202 25 312.8 314.0 292.0 331.2 5.88 9 600 4367 -1.5 -2.6 92 1.1 -2.0 211 33 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.0 5.27 10 550 5054 -6.3 -8.5 85 2.1 -7.2 220 36 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.67 11 500 5793 -10.9 -13.0 85 2.1 -11.7 233 35 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.1 2.82 12 450 6595 -15.1 -22.6 53 7.5 -17.2 240 41 324.3 324.5 291.5 329.1 1.38 13 400 7476 -20.6 -43.2 11 22.6 -23.7 238 54 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.21 14 350 8449 -27.8 -50.4 10 22.7 -29.9 239 63 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.11 15 300 9538 -36.4 -48.9 26 12.5 -37.3 240 71 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.15 16 250 10773 -46.1 -55.5 34 9.4 -46.5 245 78 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.08 17 200 12234 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.2 248 87 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14056 -61.3 -80.4 6 19.1 -61.5 249 69 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16517 -70.2 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.3 257 24 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.03 m Freezing level: 615.28 mb = 4169.81 m = 13680.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.95 mb = 4000.27 m = 13124.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.59 mb = 495.26 m = 1624.86 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 10.18 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 1988.28 m = 6523.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 922.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.11 mb = 1112.48 m = 3649.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.11 mb = 2973.93 m = 9756.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.11 mb = 11259.31 m = 36939.53 ft B at Equ Level: 908.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.11 mb = 13967.19 m = 45823.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 189.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 57.27 Bulk Shear: 16.10 m/s