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: 32.40,-94.71 Latitude: 32.40 Longitude: -94.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 997 105 25.2 22.0 82 3.2 22.9 181 6 298.7 301.8 296.2 348.1 16.98 2 950 527 23.4 20.0 81 3.4 21.0 193 16 301.0 303.8 296.0 347.1 15.70 3 900 997 20.0 17.9 88 2.0 18.6 201 16 302.1 304.7 295.5 345.0 14.53 4 850 1488 16.6 15.6 94 1.0 16.0 218 19 303.5 306.0 295.0 342.9 13.27 5 800 2003 13.2 12.0 92 1.3 12.4 240 25 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.3 11.05 6 750 2543 9.2 5.7 79 3.4 7.2 244 31 306.5 307.9 291.6 329.8 7.68 7 700 3113 7.5 -4.2 43 11.7 1.8 241 33 310.7 311.5 289.8 323.3 3.99 8 650 3721 5.1 -6.4 43 11.6 -0.3 239 38 314.8 315.5 290.7 326.4 3.63 9 600 4368 0.4 -5.6 64 6.0 -2.4 232 44 316.6 317.4 291.7 330.1 4.20 10 550 5059 -4.9 -15.2 44 10.3 -8.7 233 43 318.3 318.7 290.4 325.5 2.14 11 500 5802 -8.7 -27.5 20 18.8 -13.6 238 43 322.5 322.6 290.3 325.3 0.80 12 450 6611 -13.4 -29.8 24 16.4 -17.2 238 50 326.4 326.6 291.5 329.0 0.72 13 400 7497 -19.5 -37.4 19 17.9 -22.6 239 56 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.38 14 350 8473 -26.6 -44.9 16 18.3 -28.7 244 58 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.20 15 300 9567 -35.1 -47.3 28 12.1 -36.2 250 65 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.18 16 250 10813 -43.5 -58.5 17 15.1 -44.1 257 66 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.06 17 200 12285 -51.5 -74.6 5 23.2 -51.9 268 59 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14101 -63.2 -79.8 9 16.6 -63.4 265 54 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16537 -72.0 -86.5 10 14.4 -72.1 261 33 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.49 m Freezing level: 596.13 mb = 4421.96 m = 14507.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.66 mb = 3637.48 m = 11933.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.61 mb = 511.65 m = 1678.61 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 24.83 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.62 mb = 1164.81 m = 3821.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 29.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1393.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.18 mb = 937.67 m = 3076.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.18 mb = 1376.12 m = 4514.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.18 mb = 11621.04 m = 38126.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1385.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.18 mb = 15382.92 m = 50468.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 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: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 17.10 Bulk Shear: 81.52 m/s