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: 33.43,-94.45 Latitude: 33.43 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 998 97 23.3 22.2 94 1.1 22.5 271 8 296.6 299.7 295.8 346.1 17.15 2 950 526 20.9 19.8 94 1.0 20.1 280 23 298.3 301.2 295.1 343.4 15.49 3 900 993 18.1 17.3 96 0.7 17.6 276 24 300.1 302.7 294.6 341.0 13.97 4 850 1481 15.5 15.0 97 0.5 15.2 267 23 302.4 304.8 294.3 340.0 12.71 5 800 1995 12.9 12.5 97 0.4 12.6 261 24 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.0 11.42 6 750 2535 9.8 9.2 95 0.7 9.4 258 22 307.3 309.1 293.5 336.8 9.76 7 700 3106 6.0 4.7 91 1.3 5.2 253 21 309.1 310.6 292.4 332.6 7.65 8 650 3710 2.3 -0.9 80 3.2 0.6 246 22 311.5 312.6 291.3 328.8 5.52 9 600 4351 -1.6 -3.6 86 2.0 -2.6 234 29 314.3 315.3 291.7 329.8 4.89 10 550 5040 -5.8 -7.1 90 1.3 -6.4 227 34 317.3 318.1 291.8 330.4 4.08 11 500 5781 -9.9 -13.0 78 3.1 -11.1 228 36 321.0 321.5 291.8 330.4 2.82 12 450 6586 -14.8 -17.9 77 3.1 -15.8 229 40 324.7 325.1 292.2 331.8 2.08 13 400 7469 -20.0 -22.2 82 2.2 -20.6 231 47 329.0 329.3 293.0 334.7 1.61 14 350 8446 -26.3 -29.3 76 3.0 -26.9 237 54 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.8 0.97 15 300 9543 -34.3 -37.8 70 3.5 -34.8 238 64 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.9 0.49 16 250 10791 -44.0 -48.3 62 4.3 -44.3 245 72 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.19 17 200 12262 -51.0 -76.8 3 25.8 -51.4 268 59 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14080 -63.1 -78.1 11 15.0 -63.2 267 48 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16530 -71.1 -86.7 8 15.6 -71.1 262 35 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.12 m Freezing level: 620.40 mb = 4089.59 m = 13417.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.43 mb = 3828.53 m = 12560.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.84 mb = 229.76 m = 753.80 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 17.39 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 781.78 m = 2564.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.00 C = 78.79 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.71 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 39.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1103.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.52 mb = 667.85 m = 2191.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.52 mb = 997.40 m = 3272.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.52 mb = 11073.77 m = 36330.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1100.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.52 mb = 14518.26 m = 47631.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -17.0 tot: -16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 38.94 Bulk Shear: 28.34 m/s