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: 33.56,-94.60 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -94.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 997 107 28.0 20.7 65 7.3 22.8 197 11 301.4 304.2 296.0 347.2 15.58 2 950 533 21.9 19.8 87 2.2 20.4 200 16 299.4 302.3 295.4 344.5 15.44 3 900 1001 19.2 16.9 87 2.3 17.7 224 21 301.3 303.8 294.6 341.3 13.60 4 850 1492 17.1 8.4 57 8.6 11.8 224 25 304.0 305.5 291.3 328.6 8.18 5 800 2006 13.0 11.9 93 1.1 12.3 223 27 305.1 307.1 293.9 338.1 11.03 6 750 2546 9.5 6.0 79 3.5 7.5 219 26 306.9 308.4 291.9 330.7 7.86 7 700 3117 8.3 -1.7 50 9.9 3.1 216 26 311.6 312.6 290.8 326.8 4.84 8 650 3726 4.8 -2.0 61 6.8 1.3 223 28 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.5 5.08 9 600 4373 -0.0 -4.6 71 4.6 -2.3 226 33 316.1 317.0 291.9 330.6 4.52 10 550 5063 -5.8 -8.9 79 3.1 -7.1 225 36 317.2 317.9 291.3 328.7 3.54 11 500 5802 -10.4 -24.1 31 13.8 -14.2 226 39 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.1 1.08 12 450 6607 -14.0 -39.0 10 25.0 -18.4 235 40 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.7 0.29 13 400 7491 -19.8 -44.8 9 25.0 -23.2 236 48 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.18 14 350 8466 -27.1 -50.8 9 23.7 -29.3 237 56 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 15 300 9557 -36.0 -51.6 19 15.6 -37.1 240 63 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.11 16 250 10795 -45.6 -56.8 27 11.2 -46.1 246 70 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.07 17 200 12258 -52.4 -72.1 8 19.7 -52.7 249 80 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14073 -62.4 -80.5 7 18.1 -62.6 247 65 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16515 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 255 35 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.65 m Freezing level: 600.05 mb = 4371.95 m = 14343.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.69 mb = 3956.75 m = 12981.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.06 mb = 1029.35 m = 3377.11 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 18.68 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1323.89 m = 4343.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 25.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1243.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.99 mb = 991.73 m = 3253.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.99 mb = 1734.82 m = 5691.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.99 mb = 11457.06 m = 37588.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1242.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.99 mb = 15123.42 m = 49616.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.1 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 252.1 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.5 neg: -9.9 tot: 47.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 35.12 Bulk Shear: 35.39 m/s