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: 31.64,-94.87 Latitude: 31.64 Longitude: -94.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 997 103 27.3 21.9 72 5.4 23.4 156 7 300.7 303.8 296.7 350.2 16.84 2 950 526 24.7 19.7 74 5.0 21.2 176 18 302.3 305.1 296.1 347.8 15.40 3 900 998 20.4 18.8 91 1.6 19.2 183 18 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.8 15.32 4 850 1490 16.9 16.0 94 0.9 16.3 206 17 303.9 306.4 295.3 344.2 13.57 5 800 2005 13.9 11.2 84 2.7 12.1 250 23 306.0 307.9 293.7 337.5 10.50 6 750 2547 10.7 3.5 61 7.2 6.6 247 33 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.3 6.57 7 700 3121 10.2 -6.7 30 16.9 2.2 245 32 313.8 314.4 290.1 324.4 3.30 8 650 3733 6.2 -5.4 43 11.7 0.6 242 37 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.6 3.92 9 600 4382 1.1 -7.7 52 8.8 -2.9 240 38 317.4 318.0 291.4 328.9 3.57 10 550 5075 -4.3 -17.5 35 13.1 -8.9 241 39 319.0 319.3 290.2 324.9 1.77 11 500 5819 -7.9 -41.6 5 33.7 -14.2 245 42 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.20 12 450 6629 -12.9 -43.3 6 30.5 -17.9 245 51 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.18 13 400 7517 -19.1 -44.9 8 25.8 -22.7 243 57 330.2 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.17 14 350 8494 -26.7 -45.5 15 18.8 -28.8 244 61 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 15 300 9588 -35.1 -52.9 15 17.8 -36.4 246 68 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.09 16 250 10834 -43.2 -64.9 7 21.7 -43.9 256 70 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12308 -51.6 -71.3 8 19.6 -52.0 269 65 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14122 -63.2 -80.7 8 17.5 -63.4 268 58 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.2 0.00 19 100 16550 -72.3 -86.0 11 13.7 -72.4 262 32 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.07 m Freezing level: 590.09 mb = 4519.72 m = 14828.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.39 mb = 3841.57 m = 12603.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.84 mb = 788.57 m = 2587.14 ft T: 22.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 23.41 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.37 mb = 1226.91 m = 4025.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 23.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1430.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.97 mb = 1084.67 m = 3558.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.97 mb = 1329.59 m = 4362.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.97 mb = 11800.68 m = 38715.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1427.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.97 mb = 15663.01 m = 51387.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.2 neg: -3.8 tot: 152.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 14.24 Bulk Shear: 100.43 m/s