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: 32.08,-94.78 Latitude: 32.08 Longitude: -94.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 126 23.6 22.5 93 1.1 22.8 141 5 297.3 300.4 296.1 347.9 17.49 2 950 525 23.9 20.1 79 3.9 21.2 182 15 301.5 304.4 296.1 347.8 15.73 3 900 996 20.1 18.5 90 1.6 19.0 192 17 302.2 305.0 295.9 346.7 15.04 4 850 1488 16.9 15.9 94 1.0 16.2 206 17 303.8 306.3 295.3 343.9 13.48 5 800 2003 13.4 11.9 90 1.5 12.4 234 19 305.4 307.5 293.9 338.4 10.98 6 750 2544 9.6 5.4 75 4.2 7.1 243 31 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.8 7.50 7 700 3115 8.8 -5.7 35 14.5 1.9 239 33 312.2 312.9 289.8 323.5 3.56 8 650 3725 5.7 -5.7 43 11.5 0.3 237 39 315.4 316.2 291.1 327.8 3.84 9 600 4374 0.9 -5.1 64 6.0 -2.0 234 43 317.1 318.0 292.0 331.2 4.36 10 550 5066 -4.5 -13.7 48 9.3 -8.0 236 43 318.8 319.2 290.8 326.8 2.40 11 500 5810 -8.0 -32.6 12 24.5 -13.7 241 46 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.1 0.50 12 450 6620 -13.0 -43.4 6 30.4 -18.0 242 54 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.18 13 400 7506 -19.4 -48.2 6 28.8 -23.0 241 60 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.12 14 350 8482 -26.7 -49.0 10 22.4 -29.0 243 62 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 15 300 9576 -35.3 -53.6 14 18.3 -36.5 247 68 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 16 250 10821 -43.4 -63.7 9 20.3 -44.1 256 68 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 17 200 12294 -51.5 -72.5 6 21.0 -51.9 268 62 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14110 -63.2 -81.9 6 18.7 -63.4 266 58 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.2 0.00 19 100 16542 -72.2 -86.1 11 13.9 -72.3 262 33 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.00 m Freezing level: 591.70 mb = 4488.67 m = 14726.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.29 mb = 3796.79 m = 12456.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.16 mb = 268.13 m = 879.68 ft T: 23.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 24.34 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1154.60 m = 3788.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 26.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1417.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.62 mb = 913.21 m = 2996.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.62 mb = 1451.54 m = 4762.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.62 mb = 11859.51 m = 38908.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1403.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.62 mb = 15776.35 m = 51759.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.4 neg: -1.8 tot: 153.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 14.36 Bulk Shear: 98.71 m/s