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: 33.53,-94.87 Latitude: 33.53 Longitude: -94.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 996 112 23.1 20.1 84 2.9 21.0 297 10 296.5 299.2 294.3 339.9 15.05 2 950 526 19.9 17.5 86 2.4 18.3 299 24 297.4 299.8 293.3 336.1 13.38 3 900 992 18.7 13.2 71 5.5 15.1 279 25 300.7 302.7 292.3 332.1 10.66 4 850 1481 16.2 11.1 72 5.0 13.0 266 29 303.1 304.9 292.3 332.3 9.83 5 800 1994 12.9 8.9 77 4.0 10.4 259 31 304.9 306.6 292.2 331.9 8.99 6 750 2533 9.1 5.8 80 3.3 7.2 258 32 306.5 307.9 291.7 329.8 7.72 7 700 3102 5.6 4.0 90 1.6 4.6 260 37 308.6 310.0 292.0 331.0 7.30 8 650 3706 2.1 1.0 92 1.1 1.5 254 41 311.3 312.5 292.0 331.0 6.33 9 600 4347 -1.8 -2.1 98 0.3 -2.0 247 46 314.0 315.0 292.0 331.2 5.46 10 550 5035 -6.1 -7.6 89 1.6 -6.8 241 52 316.9 317.6 291.6 329.5 3.91 11 500 5774 -10.6 -13.8 77 3.2 -11.8 237 53 320.1 320.6 291.4 328.8 2.63 12 450 6578 -15.1 -17.4 82 2.3 -15.8 231 54 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.7 2.17 13 400 7461 -19.6 -23.1 74 3.5 -20.6 226 56 329.5 329.8 293.0 334.7 1.48 14 350 8438 -26.2 -31.0 64 4.8 -27.2 223 60 333.4 333.5 293.4 336.4 0.82 15 300 9536 -34.0 -39.3 59 5.3 -34.7 223 66 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.0 0.42 16 250 10788 -43.4 -52.6 36 9.2 -43.9 237 63 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.12 17 200 12261 -51.2 -76.4 3 25.2 -51.6 263 57 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14079 -63.0 -78.5 11 15.4 -63.1 265 46 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16524 -70.5 -86.9 7 16.4 -70.6 267 35 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.71 m Freezing level: 623.33 mb = 4047.81 m = 13280.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.53 mb = 3974.87 m = 13040.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.53 mb = 484.70 m = 1590.19 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 7.82 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.05 mb = 1671.73 m = 5484.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 250.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.56 mb = 986.60 m = 3236.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.56 mb = 2582.27 m = 8471.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 405.56 mb = 7357.37 m = 24138.06 ft B at Equ Level: 250.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.56 mb = 10636.70 m = 34896.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.1 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 283.1 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 4.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.8 neg: -27.7 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.38 Bulk Shear: 105.26 m/s