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: 34.93,-95.92 Latitude: 34.93 Longitude: -95.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 982 228 25.6 21.5 78 4.1 22.6 215 12 300.3 303.3 296.4 349.1 16.67 2 950 517 21.3 20.3 94 1.0 20.6 217 17 298.8 301.7 295.6 345.5 16.02 3 900 984 19.1 15.6 80 3.5 16.8 243 32 301.2 303.5 293.8 337.9 12.48 4 850 1475 16.7 8.0 56 8.8 11.4 250 26 303.7 305.1 291.0 327.4 7.92 5 800 1987 12.1 5.8 65 6.3 8.4 251 21 304.0 305.3 290.5 325.7 7.22 6 750 2525 8.7 7.2 90 1.5 7.8 231 18 306.0 307.6 292.2 331.8 8.55 7 700 3093 5.4 5.0 97 0.4 5.2 210 23 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.4 7.84 8 650 3696 1.9 0.9 93 1.0 1.3 200 30 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.6 6.28 9 600 4337 -1.8 -3.0 91 1.2 -2.4 205 41 314.0 315.0 291.7 330.1 5.10 10 550 5025 -6.3 -10.5 72 4.2 -8.0 215 49 316.6 317.2 290.8 326.8 3.13 11 500 5763 -10.6 -15.8 65 5.3 -12.4 225 45 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.23 12 450 6567 -15.6 -22.9 54 7.3 -17.6 230 44 323.6 323.9 291.2 328.3 1.35 13 400 7445 -21.2 -35.6 26 14.4 -23.7 235 60 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.2 0.46 14 350 8415 -28.6 -36.6 46 7.9 -29.7 238 66 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.9 0.48 15 300 9498 -38.0 -43.6 56 5.6 -38.5 240 74 331.8 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.27 16 250 10725 -47.2 -53.9 46 6.8 -47.4 239 86 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.10 17 200 12185 -52.2 -73.9 6 21.8 -52.5 246 88 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14014 -59.4 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 249 71 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16493 -70.2 -86.0 8 15.8 -70.3 264 29 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.59 m Freezing level: 624.70 mb = 4020.27 m = 13189.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.55 mb = 3913.80 m = 12840.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.86 mb = 739.38 m = 2425.74 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 23.39 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1411.85 m = 4631.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.03 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 18.52 C K Index: 34.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1485.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.63 mb = 1016.53 m = 3335.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.63 mb = 1761.54 m = 5779.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.63 mb = 11512.97 m = 37771.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1470.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.63 mb = 14812.75 m = 48597.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.9 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 250.9 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 83.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 47.43 Bulk Shear: 31.32 m/s