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: 33.07,-94.75 Latitude: 33.07 Longitude: -94.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 996 109 22.5 22.2 98 0.3 22.3 290 8 296.0 299.1 295.6 345.3 17.13 2 950 521 20.3 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 292 18 297.7 300.6 295.1 343.3 15.71 3 900 988 17.9 17.6 98 0.3 17.7 288 18 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.4 14.19 4 850 1477 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 280 17 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.2 13.05 5 800 1990 13.1 12.8 98 0.3 12.9 272 16 305.1 307.2 294.3 340.0 11.67 6 750 2532 10.3 10.0 98 0.2 10.1 266 16 307.7 309.7 294.1 339.1 10.36 7 700 3105 7.6 7.4 98 0.2 7.5 263 16 310.9 312.7 294.1 339.4 9.27 8 650 3714 4.4 4.2 98 0.2 4.3 257 18 314.0 315.5 294.0 338.8 7.97 9 600 4362 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 251 20 316.8 318.1 293.7 337.6 6.54 10 550 5057 -3.2 -3.5 98 0.3 -3.3 245 22 320.3 321.4 293.8 337.8 5.40 11 500 5806 -7.4 -7.8 97 0.4 -7.5 241 26 324.1 324.9 293.9 338.2 4.26 12 450 6620 -11.7 -12.5 94 0.7 -12.1 238 30 328.5 329.1 294.2 339.6 3.26 13 400 7513 -17.3 -18.5 90 1.2 -17.7 237 35 332.5 333.0 294.4 340.3 2.23 14 350 8500 -24.2 -26.1 85 1.8 -24.7 240 41 336.1 336.3 294.5 340.8 1.30 15 300 9604 -33.3 -35.8 79 2.4 -33.7 240 49 338.4 338.5 294.5 340.7 0.60 16 250 10855 -44.3 -47.5 71 3.2 -44.5 239 60 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.21 17 200 12311 -53.4 -60.5 42 7.1 -53.6 264 61 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.06 18 150 14128 -62.7 -79.7 8 17.0 -62.9 265 49 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16574 -71.6 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.7 260 35 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.29 m Freezing level: 591.79 mb = 4475.95 m = 14684.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.27 mb = 4438.55 m = 14561.98 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.65 mb = 148.35 m = 486.70 ft T: 22.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 6.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.67 mb = 624.89 m = 2050.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.75 C = 76.55 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 38.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 480.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.17 mb = 592.77 m = 1944.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.17 mb = 731.20 m = 2398.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.17 mb = 11479.81 m = 37662.95 ft B at Equ Level: 470.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.17 mb = 13832.85 m = 45382.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -7.3 tot: -7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 36.99 Bulk Shear: 12.98 m/s