MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 27.81,-96.34 Latitude: 27.81 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 -0 27.0 24.4 86 2.6 25.1 212 8 299.2 302.7 297.8 355.8 19.36 1 1000 96 25.9 23.7 88 2.2 24.3 212 8 299.1 302.5 297.5 354.0 18.80 2 950 547 22.1 21.5 97 0.6 21.7 197 10 299.6 302.8 296.7 350.1 17.28 3 900 1016 18.9 17.7 93 1.2 18.1 186 15 301.0 303.6 295.1 343.1 14.30 4 850 1505 15.6 12.3 80 3.3 13.5 176 14 302.5 304.5 292.8 334.0 10.63 5 800 2020 16.3 -0.3 32 16.6 7.5 164 14 308.5 309.4 289.7 323.1 4.69 6 750 2567 14.9 -2.0 31 17.0 6.1 174 6 312.8 313.6 290.7 326.7 4.40 7 700 3147 11.1 -1.6 41 12.7 4.4 237 5 314.8 315.7 291.8 330.3 4.88 8 650 3761 7.3 -14.1 20 21.4 -1.4 242 7 317.2 317.6 289.9 323.8 1.97 9 600 4413 3.2 -22.8 13 26.0 -5.4 226 10 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.3 1.02 10 550 5111 -1.3 -21.6 20 20.3 -7.9 252 8 322.6 322.8 290.8 326.9 1.24 11 500 5863 -5.7 -24.7 21 19.0 -11.3 258 15 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.8 1.03 12 450 6680 -10.8 -34.9 12 24.1 -16.0 268 23 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.3 0.44 13 400 7574 -17.1 -49.9 4 32.8 -21.4 264 17 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.10 14 350 8558 -24.9 -52.4 6 27.5 -27.6 256 18 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.09 15 300 9660 -33.4 -59.1 6 25.7 -35.0 257 27 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.04 16 250 10915 -42.3 -64.8 7 22.5 -43.2 262 41 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 17 200 12385 -53.5 -69.5 12 16.0 -53.8 259 48 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14180 -66.2 -77.8 18 11.6 -66.2 257 37 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16575 -75.7 -85.2 21 9.5 -75.7 268 22 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.85 m Freezing level: 564.35 mb = 4910.37 m = 16109.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.95 mb = 3609.86 m = 11843.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.99 C = 85.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.35 mb = 324.43 m = 1064.39 ft T: 23.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 32.70 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.04 mb = 638.75 m = 2095.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.35 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 20.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1241.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.74 mb = 604.66 m = 1983.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.74 mb = 743.62 m = 2439.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 808.74 mb = 1927.38 m = 6323.35 ft B at Equ Level: 52.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -52.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -30.2 tot: -28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7116.56 Bulk Shear: 0.17 m/s