MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.96,-96.61 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -96.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 167 27.0 19.1 62 7.9 21.5 266 8 301.0 303.6 295.0 342.8 14.21 2 950 530 23.8 17.8 69 6.0 19.6 258 14 301.4 303.9 294.7 341.5 13.64 3 900 1000 19.3 16.5 84 2.9 17.4 257 16 301.4 303.9 294.4 340.4 13.22 4 850 1489 14.9 13.9 94 1.0 14.3 260 19 301.8 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.86 5 800 2000 11.5 11.0 97 0.5 11.2 261 19 303.4 305.4 292.9 334.3 10.36 6 750 2539 8.8 8.7 99 0.2 8.8 243 20 306.2 307.9 293.0 334.6 9.44 7 700 3108 5.8 5.5 98 0.3 5.6 228 21 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.7 8.11 8 650 3711 2.2 1.6 96 0.6 1.8 229 29 311.4 312.7 292.2 331.9 6.61 9 600 4354 -1.7 -2.4 94 0.8 -2.1 225 40 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.0 5.34 10 550 5042 -5.6 -5.9 98 0.3 -5.7 224 49 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.0 4.50 11 500 5783 -10.4 -13.3 79 2.9 -11.5 226 50 320.4 320.9 291.6 329.5 2.75 12 450 6585 -16.7 -25.6 46 8.9 -18.9 232 51 322.2 322.4 290.6 325.9 1.06 13 400 7460 -21.6 -28.9 52 7.3 -23.2 233 63 326.9 327.0 291.7 330.0 0.88 14 350 8430 -28.0 -29.4 88 1.4 -28.3 240 69 331.0 331.2 292.9 334.5 0.96 15 300 9520 -36.2 -38.5 79 2.3 -36.5 247 71 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.0 0.46 16 250 10762 -42.7 -65.2 7 22.5 -43.5 250 73 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 17 200 12246 -49.9 -76.9 3 27.0 -50.4 270 66 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14074 -62.1 -80.4 7 18.3 -62.3 265 54 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16519 -71.2 -86.9 8 15.6 -71.3 259 28 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.84 m Freezing level: 621.64 mb = 4075.58 m = 13371.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.44 mb = 4007.60 m = 13148.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.90 mb = 1164.38 m = 3820.11 ft T: 17.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 8.47 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1335.31 m = 4380.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.66 C = 81.80 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1091.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.00 mb = 1290.28 m = 4233.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.00 mb = 1439.06 m = 4721.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.00 mb = 10365.07 m = 34005.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1089.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.00 mb = 13865.51 m = 45489.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 21.18 Bulk Shear: 51.54 m/s