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: 32.13,-95.89 Latitude: 32.13 Longitude: -95.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 995 122 23.2 22.1 94 1.0 22.5 20 2 296.8 299.8 295.8 346.2 17.11 2 950 527 24.2 18.3 70 5.8 20.1 284 9 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.3 14.11 3 900 998 21.0 16.6 76 4.4 17.9 265 12 303.1 305.6 294.9 342.5 13.29 4 850 1491 17.3 14.5 84 2.8 15.4 254 14 304.2 306.5 294.6 340.9 12.30 5 800 2007 14.3 11.1 81 3.2 12.2 235 23 306.4 308.3 293.7 337.7 10.40 6 750 2550 11.5 6.2 70 5.3 8.3 244 29 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.4 7.94 7 700 3123 7.7 2.6 70 5.2 4.8 259 34 311.0 312.3 292.1 331.5 6.59 8 650 3730 3.8 -1.3 69 5.2 1.1 247 40 313.3 314.3 291.7 330.1 5.34 9 600 4375 -0.1 -10.8 44 10.7 -4.6 241 42 316.0 316.5 290.3 325.1 2.79 10 550 5065 -5.4 -20.7 29 15.3 -10.2 234 40 317.7 318.0 289.5 322.3 1.34 11 500 5805 -10.3 -27.8 22 17.5 -14.6 234 41 320.5 320.6 289.8 323.2 0.77 12 450 6608 -14.8 -37.6 12 22.8 -18.9 239 47 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.9 0.33 13 400 7490 -19.7 -52.7 4 33.0 -23.4 245 47 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.07 14 350 8469 -26.0 -59.4 3 33.4 -28.6 251 50 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.04 15 300 9563 -34.9 -65.0 3 30.1 -36.3 261 47 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.02 16 250 10812 -42.8 -63.2 9 20.4 -43.5 261 51 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 17 200 12289 -50.9 -74.4 5 23.5 -51.3 271 52 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14111 -62.6 -80.2 8 17.6 -62.8 265 48 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16546 -72.4 -86.6 10 14.3 -72.4 264 32 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.47 m Freezing level: 601.20 mb = 4359.95 m = 14304.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.03 mb = 3854.92 m = 12647.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.44 mb = 249.63 m = 818.98 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 23.92 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1553.62 m = 5097.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 962.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.38 mb = 1129.83 m = 3706.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.38 mb = 2645.95 m = 8680.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.38 mb = 10774.69 m = 35349.59 ft B at Equ Level: 962.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.38 mb = 14466.38 m = 47461.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.4 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.1 neg: -19.1 tot: 96.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 10.60 Bulk Shear: 90.89 m/s