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: 32.96,-94.85 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 996 111 22.5 22.2 98 0.3 22.3 280 8 296.0 299.1 295.6 345.4 17.18 2 950 523 20.3 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 283 19 297.8 300.6 295.1 343.3 15.71 3 900 990 17.8 17.5 98 0.3 17.7 278 19 299.9 302.5 294.6 341.2 14.14 4 850 1479 15.8 15.5 98 0.3 15.6 269 19 302.7 305.1 294.7 341.5 13.12 5 800 1993 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 262 19 305.2 307.4 294.4 340.5 11.77 6 750 2535 10.6 10.3 98 0.3 10.4 257 20 308.1 310.0 294.3 340.0 10.55 7 700 3109 8.0 7.7 98 0.3 7.8 252 21 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.4 9.45 8 650 3718 4.8 4.5 98 0.2 4.6 249 23 314.4 315.9 294.3 339.9 8.18 9 600 4367 1.0 0.7 97 0.4 0.8 248 23 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.6 6.72 10 550 5063 -3.0 -3.4 97 0.4 -3.2 246 25 320.6 321.6 293.9 338.1 5.43 11 500 5812 -7.3 -7.7 97 0.4 -7.5 244 27 324.1 325.0 293.9 338.3 4.28 12 450 6626 -11.9 -12.8 93 0.9 -12.3 245 29 328.3 328.9 294.1 339.0 3.17 13 400 7518 -17.8 -19.3 88 1.5 -18.3 247 32 331.8 332.2 294.1 339.1 2.07 14 350 8503 -24.7 -26.8 82 2.1 -25.2 250 35 335.5 335.7 294.3 339.9 1.22 15 300 9604 -34.1 -36.8 77 2.7 -34.4 250 41 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.4 0.55 16 250 10852 -44.7 -48.0 70 3.3 -44.9 250 50 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.20 17 200 12307 -54.6 -59.1 57 4.5 -54.7 264 60 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.07 18 150 14121 -62.7 -79.8 8 17.1 -62.9 265 49 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16566 -71.4 -87.0 8 15.5 -71.5 261 34 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.70 m Freezing level: 587.09 mb = 4546.81 m = 14917.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.61 mb = 4506.81 m = 14785.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.42 C = 84.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.79 mb = 140.18 m = 459.92 ft T: 22.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 4.19 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.48 mb = 628.55 m = 2062.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.76 C = 76.57 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 531.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.25 mb = 593.91 m = 1948.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.25 mb = 732.33 m = 2402.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.25 mb = 11474.00 m = 37643.89 ft B at Equ Level: 530.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.25 mb = 13822.99 m = 45350.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -7.3 tot: -4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 35.77 Bulk Shear: 14.86 m/s