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: 33.48,-94.66 Latitude: 33.48 Longitude: -94.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 996 105 29.5 20.3 58 9.1 22.9 203 7 303.0 305.8 296.2 348.1 15.25 2 950 525 24.6 19.0 71 5.6 20.7 209 11 302.2 304.9 295.7 345.7 14.75 3 900 996 20.0 18.1 89 1.9 18.7 213 13 302.1 304.8 295.7 345.6 14.72 4 850 1487 16.2 15.9 98 0.2 16.0 234 19 303.1 305.6 295.1 343.2 13.53 5 800 2001 12.6 11.9 96 0.7 12.1 251 25 304.5 306.6 293.7 337.3 10.98 6 750 2540 9.0 6.3 83 2.7 7.4 237 30 306.3 307.8 291.9 330.6 8.02 7 700 3109 5.9 0.9 70 5.0 3.2 225 38 309.0 310.1 290.9 327.0 5.82 8 650 3715 4.7 -6.6 44 11.3 -0.6 224 38 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.7 3.58 9 600 4362 0.2 -4.9 69 5.0 -2.3 225 41 316.3 317.1 291.9 330.5 4.43 10 550 5052 -6.0 -8.3 84 2.2 -7.0 224 44 316.9 317.6 291.4 328.9 3.72 11 500 5789 -11.0 -23.0 36 12.0 -14.3 226 46 319.7 319.9 289.9 323.8 1.20 12 450 6593 -14.7 -38.8 11 24.1 -19.0 231 49 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.30 13 400 7474 -20.4 -45.2 9 24.9 -23.7 233 59 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.17 14 350 8447 -27.8 -44.3 19 16.5 -29.7 236 66 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.21 15 300 9535 -36.6 -46.7 35 10.1 -37.4 237 74 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.19 16 250 10772 -45.0 -59.1 19 14.2 -45.5 241 81 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.05 17 200 12242 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 254 77 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14062 -61.7 -83.0 4 21.3 -61.9 257 70 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16513 -71.3 -86.9 8 15.6 -71.3 255 36 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.72 m Freezing level: 598.77 mb = 4378.56 m = 14365.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.55 mb = 3620.46 m = 11878.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.61 mb = 1261.87 m = 4139.96 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 22.44 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1284.49 m = 4214.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.70 C Showalter Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 26.91 C K Index: 38.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1738.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.36 mb = 1234.83 m = 4051.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.36 mb = 1383.28 m = 4538.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.36 mb = 11603.24 m = 38067.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1732.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.36 mb = 15917.24 m = 52221.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -3.4 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 24.43 Bulk Shear: 71.16 m/s