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: 32.42,-95.02 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -95.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 995 123 25.4 22.0 81 3.4 22.9 239 2 299.0 302.1 296.3 348.5 16.96 2 950 526 23.7 20.0 80 3.7 21.1 234 10 301.2 304.1 296.0 347.3 15.66 3 900 997 19.9 18.6 92 1.3 19.0 226 12 302.0 304.8 295.9 346.6 15.12 4 850 1488 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 219 15 303.7 306.3 295.6 345.5 14.10 5 800 2004 13.4 13.1 98 0.3 13.2 234 19 305.4 307.7 294.6 341.1 11.91 6 750 2544 9.6 7.9 89 1.7 8.6 250 22 307.0 308.7 292.8 334.1 8.97 7 700 3115 7.2 1.5 67 5.7 4.1 256 26 310.5 311.6 291.6 329.4 6.12 8 650 3721 3.7 -0.3 75 4.0 1.6 247 29 313.1 314.2 292.0 331.2 5.77 9 600 4367 -0.4 -2.0 89 1.6 -1.2 236 35 315.7 316.7 292.6 333.1 5.51 10 550 5058 -5.1 -6.5 90 1.4 -5.7 233 39 318.0 318.9 292.2 331.9 4.29 11 500 5800 -9.7 -13.6 74 3.8 -11.2 235 40 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.1 2.68 12 450 6606 -14.3 -18.7 69 4.4 -15.7 238 43 325.3 325.6 292.2 331.9 1.94 13 400 7491 -19.2 -22.4 76 3.2 -20.1 240 48 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.7 1.59 14 350 8470 -25.8 -29.8 69 3.9 -26.6 245 53 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.3 0.93 15 300 9569 -34.0 -38.0 67 4.0 -34.6 252 60 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.3 0.48 16 250 10819 -43.9 -48.6 59 4.7 -44.2 258 65 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.19 17 200 12286 -51.6 -72.6 6 21.1 -52.0 271 57 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14104 -62.7 -79.9 8 17.1 -62.9 266 50 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16543 -71.9 -86.5 10 14.6 -72.0 262 33 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.63 m Freezing level: 604.90 mb = 4303.55 m = 14119.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.75 mb = 4079.68 m = 13384.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.57 mb = 557.59 m = 1829.34 ft T: 23.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 19.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.35 mb = 1137.94 m = 3733.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.86 C = 83.96 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.46 C Cross Totals Index: 26.32 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1531.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.82 mb = 950.38 m = 3118.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.82 mb = 1389.58 m = 4558.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.82 mb = 11664.66 m = 38269.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1529.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.82 mb = 15980.04 m = 52427.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 32.44 Bulk Shear: 47.20 m/s