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,-98.23 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 356 23.6 20.4 82 3.2 21.3 120 4 299.5 302.4 295.7 345.6 15.79 2 950 525 24.3 19.7 76 4.5 21.1 157 7 301.8 304.6 296.0 347.3 15.42 3 900 998 21.9 17.4 75 4.5 18.8 217 17 304.1 306.7 295.7 345.8 14.01 4 850 1492 17.7 15.4 86 2.4 16.1 232 19 304.7 307.2 295.2 343.6 13.03 5 800 2008 13.9 10.4 79 3.6 11.7 254 20 306.0 307.8 293.3 335.8 9.92 6 750 2549 9.5 7.0 84 2.5 8.0 266 25 306.9 308.5 292.4 332.4 8.41 7 700 3117 5.1 -1.0 64 6.2 2.0 274 32 308.2 309.1 289.9 323.9 5.08 8 650 3719 2.8 -29.2 7 32.1 -5.8 286 32 312.2 312.3 286.7 314.0 0.52 9 600 4361 -1.0 -34.2 6 33.1 -8.8 299 30 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.2 0.35 10 550 5049 -4.6 -36.8 6 32.2 -11.5 319 38 318.6 318.7 288.6 319.7 0.30 11 500 5792 -9.3 -38.9 7 29.6 -14.9 322 46 321.7 321.8 289.6 322.7 0.26 12 450 6596 -14.6 -51.3 3 36.7 -19.3 299 41 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.2 0.08 13 400 7477 -20.4 -52.3 4 31.9 -23.9 291 46 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.08 14 350 8453 -27.0 -56.3 4 29.4 -29.4 290 51 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.05 15 300 9545 -35.3 -60.1 6 24.9 -36.6 287 56 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.04 16 250 10792 -42.9 -65.1 7 22.3 -43.6 282 51 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 17 200 12273 -51.2 -76.0 4 24.7 -51.7 277 50 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14094 -61.8 -80.1 7 18.2 -62.0 278 42 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16543 -71.2 -87.0 8 15.8 -71.3 273 34 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.20 m Freezing level: 613.35 mb = 4189.25 m = 13744.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.19 mb = 3267.19 m = 10719.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.19 mb = 766.20 m = 2513.76 ft T: 23.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 33.28 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1614.12 m = 5295.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.37 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1472.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.85 mb = 1362.33 m = 4469.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.85 mb = 1820.29 m = 5972.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.85 mb = 11408.08 m = 37427.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1463.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.85 mb = 15551.13 m = 51020.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 312.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 9.98 Bulk Shear: 147.62 m/s