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: 32.19,-97.75 Latitude: 32.19 Longitude: -97.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 980 261 26.5 20.1 68 6.4 21.9 206 11 301.4 304.2 295.8 346.4 15.31 2 950 529 23.0 19.5 80 3.6 20.5 207 14 300.5 303.3 295.5 344.9 15.14 3 900 999 20.8 14.9 69 5.9 16.8 233 25 302.9 305.1 293.9 338.2 11.89 4 850 1491 17.2 12.9 76 4.3 14.4 245 22 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.2 11.06 5 800 2006 13.3 10.1 81 3.2 11.3 255 18 305.3 307.2 293.0 334.6 9.76 6 750 2547 10.9 7.2 78 3.7 8.6 231 15 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.3 8.53 7 700 3120 8.1 3.1 70 5.1 5.3 233 22 311.5 312.8 292.4 332.7 6.84 8 650 3728 3.9 0.8 80 3.1 2.2 229 29 313.3 314.5 292.5 332.9 6.24 9 600 4373 -0.7 -2.5 88 1.7 -1.6 221 37 315.3 316.3 292.3 332.1 5.32 10 550 5062 -5.6 -15.9 44 10.3 -9.2 227 38 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.2 2.01 11 500 5802 -10.2 -33.0 14 22.8 -15.1 234 41 320.7 320.7 289.5 322.4 0.48 12 450 6607 -14.4 -40.2 9 25.9 -18.8 236 51 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.1 0.25 13 400 7489 -19.8 -46.2 8 26.5 -23.2 236 61 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.15 14 350 8465 -26.9 -42.9 21 16.0 -28.9 242 69 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.5 0.25 15 300 9558 -35.5 -49.7 22 14.2 -36.6 245 76 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 16 250 10802 -43.8 -61.1 13 17.3 -44.4 252 80 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 17 200 12274 -51.8 -73.8 5 22.0 -52.2 253 77 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14091 -62.2 -79.6 8 17.4 -62.3 255 64 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16530 -72.0 -86.5 10 14.5 -72.0 260 28 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.78 m Freezing level: 608.12 mb = 4268.26 m = 14003.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.28 mb = 4092.03 m = 13425.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.11 mb = 1065.01 m = 3494.09 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 13.75 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.88 mb = 1694.22 m = 5558.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.71 C = 85.48 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 35.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 799.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.36 mb = 1346.67 m = 4418.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.36 mb = 2012.36 m = 6602.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.36 mb = 10819.37 m = 35496.18 ft B at Equ Level: 795.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.36 mb = 13708.81 m = 44975.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.1 neg: -5.6 tot: 83.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 25.67 Bulk Shear: 31.14 m/s