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: 34.54,-95.5 Latitude: 34.54 Longitude: -95.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 978 267 22.8 21.2 91 1.5 21.7 236 5 297.8 300.8 295.6 345.5 16.43 2 950 520 20.4 19.9 97 0.5 20.1 236 11 297.9 300.7 295.0 343.0 15.55 3 900 985 17.1 16.6 97 0.5 16.8 252 22 299.1 301.6 293.8 337.9 13.31 4 850 1472 14.4 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 275 22 301.2 303.4 293.3 335.9 11.79 5 800 1983 11.6 10.9 96 0.7 11.2 293 20 303.5 305.4 292.8 334.1 10.29 6 750 2521 8.4 8.0 98 0.4 8.2 256 16 305.7 307.3 292.4 332.8 9.02 7 700 3089 5.3 5.2 99 0.2 5.2 221 20 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.6 7.93 8 650 3691 2.0 0.9 93 1.1 1.4 211 28 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.7 6.29 9 600 4334 -1.7 -4.8 79 3.1 -3.1 219 40 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.4 4.46 10 550 5021 -6.0 -6.7 95 0.7 -6.4 220 50 316.9 317.8 291.8 330.5 4.20 11 500 5761 -10.8 -14.6 74 3.8 -12.2 225 52 319.9 320.3 291.2 328.0 2.46 12 450 6563 -16.2 -22.7 57 6.6 -18.0 230 58 322.9 323.2 291.0 327.6 1.37 13 400 7439 -21.6 -27.8 57 6.2 -22.9 233 62 326.9 327.1 291.8 330.4 0.98 14 350 8409 -28.2 -31.4 74 3.2 -28.7 238 59 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.6 0.79 15 300 9495 -37.6 -40.7 73 3.0 -37.9 241 51 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.37 16 250 10722 -46.3 -53.8 42 7.5 -46.6 241 75 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.10 17 200 12195 -50.1 -77.0 3 26.9 -50.5 259 69 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14027 -60.6 -82.1 4 21.5 -60.8 261 59 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16494 -70.0 -86.4 7 16.4 -70.1 248 33 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.64 m Freezing level: 623.11 mb = 4036.70 m = 13243.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.85 mb = 3880.47 m = 12731.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.54 mb = 460.40 m = 1510.49 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 17.10 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.99 mb = 824.42 m = 2704.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.67 C = 74.61 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.61 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 38.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1233.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.10 mb = 804.65 m = 2639.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.10 mb = 851.61 m = 2793.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.10 mb = 11155.93 m = 36600.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1217.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.10 mb = 14271.25 m = 46821.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.7 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 260.7 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.1 neg: -3.1 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 23.16 Bulk Shear: 53.25 m/s