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: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 964 376 25.6 14.6 51 11.0 18.3 186 14 301.9 303.9 292.8 334.1 10.90 2 950 504 23.0 14.0 57 9.0 17.1 188 17 300.5 302.4 292.2 331.6 10.60 3 900 972 19.3 10.9 58 8.4 14.0 210 22 301.4 303.1 291.3 328.4 9.12 4 850 1462 17.9 0.3 31 17.6 8.6 262 21 304.9 305.7 288.4 319.0 4.61 5 800 1976 13.8 3.6 50 10.2 8.1 274 21 305.9 307.0 290.2 324.8 6.22 6 750 2516 9.6 -3.8 38 13.5 3.1 279 29 307.0 307.8 288.4 319.0 3.84 7 700 3083 5.4 -8.6 35 14.1 -0.6 268 37 308.5 309.0 287.9 317.5 2.84 8 650 3683 0.9 -19.2 21 20.2 -5.7 265 37 310.0 310.3 286.8 314.3 1.29 9 600 4320 -3.4 -32.2 9 28.8 -10.1 261 35 312.2 312.3 286.6 313.7 0.43 10 550 5000 -8.8 -36.3 9 27.5 -14.1 256 35 313.6 313.7 287.0 314.8 0.31 11 500 5729 -13.9 -42.4 7 28.5 -18.2 250 35 316.1 316.1 287.7 316.8 0.18 12 450 6523 -17.7 -50.2 4 32.5 -21.5 253 34 321.0 321.1 289.2 321.4 0.09 13 400 7395 -22.8 -51.6 5 28.7 -25.7 273 30 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.08 14 350 8361 -28.8 -55.1 6 26.3 -30.9 281 29 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.06 15 300 9452 -34.3 -62.6 4 28.4 -35.8 296 40 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.03 16 250 10706 -41.4 -68.3 4 26.9 -42.3 282 48 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 17 200 12195 -49.2 -74.3 4 25.0 -49.7 281 58 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14025 -61.3 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.5 273 56 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16488 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 267 40 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.71 m Freezing level: 639.18 mb = 3820.80 m = 12535.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.33 mb = 2985.87 m = 9796.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.95 mb = 1756.78 m = 5763.64 ft T: 15.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 15.09 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.00 mb = 2794.53 m = 9168.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.51 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: 3.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.79 C Cross Totals Index: 14.23 C K Index: 18.05 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 116.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.49 mb = 2076.05 m = 6811.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.49 mb = 4117.18 m = 13507.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 435.49 mb = 6765.82 m = 22197.29 ft B at Equ Level: 115.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 345.49 mb = 8452.44 m = 27730.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 287.8 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.8 neg: -10.7 tot: 119.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.19 Bulk Shear: 98.18 m/s