MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.56,-95.56 Latitude: 31.56 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 996 108 26.6 23.0 81 3.6 24.0 196 4 300.1 303.4 297.3 353.0 18.05 2 950 523 24.7 20.7 78 4.1 21.8 183 14 302.3 305.3 296.8 350.6 16.35 3 900 995 20.7 19.3 92 1.4 19.7 188 14 302.8 305.7 296.5 349.7 15.83 4 850 1488 17.6 17.5 99 0.1 17.5 196 15 304.6 307.4 296.4 349.2 14.94 5 800 2006 15.1 14.9 99 0.1 15.0 225 17 307.2 309.8 296.1 347.9 13.48 6 750 2551 12.0 11.7 98 0.3 11.8 244 24 309.6 311.8 295.5 345.0 11.61 7 700 3127 8.9 8.3 96 0.6 8.5 253 29 312.4 314.2 295.0 342.8 9.87 8 650 3738 5.1 3.2 88 1.9 4.0 253 32 314.7 316.2 293.9 338.1 7.46 9 600 4387 0.6 -1.3 87 1.9 -0.4 249 36 316.8 318.0 293.2 335.4 5.83 10 550 5080 -4.2 -9.1 69 4.9 -6.3 247 38 319.1 319.8 291.9 330.5 3.49 11 500 5823 -9.5 -20.6 40 11.1 -12.9 251 43 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.6 1.48 12 450 6629 -14.2 -36.5 13 22.4 -18.4 250 55 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.37 13 400 7512 -19.8 -49.2 5 29.3 -23.4 249 59 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.11 14 350 8488 -26.5 -58.1 3 31.6 -29.0 250 60 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.04 15 300 9582 -34.9 -58.3 7 23.4 -36.2 251 67 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.05 16 250 10832 -42.6 -65.8 6 23.2 -43.4 260 67 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 17 200 12309 -51.2 -71.1 8 19.9 -51.6 271 63 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14126 -63.1 -82.8 5 19.6 -63.3 268 55 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16555 -72.7 -86.1 11 13.4 -72.8 264 31 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.87 m Freezing level: 593.63 mb = 4474.91 m = 14681.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.44 mb = 4326.83 m = 14195.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.08 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.91 mb = 560.18 m = 1837.83 ft T: 24.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 26.47 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.57 mb = 1144.00 m = 3753.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.81 C = 85.67 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 26.95 C K Index: 43.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1922.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.79 mb = 967.83 m = 3175.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.79 mb = 1409.08 m = 4622.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.79 mb = 12056.29 m = 39554.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1922.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.9 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 271.9 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 135.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 26.83 Bulk Shear: 71.68 m/s