MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.41,-95.22 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -95.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 101 23.8 23.1 96 0.7 23.3 126 3 297.0 300.2 296.5 349.3 18.11 1 1000 105 24.0 23.3 96 0.7 23.5 127 3 297.2 300.5 296.7 350.3 18.33 2 950 554 23.7 19.2 76 4.5 20.5 227 16 301.2 303.9 295.5 344.9 14.85 3 900 1027 21.6 17.5 78 4.1 18.8 291 13 303.7 306.3 295.7 345.7 14.11 4 850 1520 17.7 14.6 82 3.0 15.6 299 20 304.6 306.9 294.7 341.7 12.41 5 800 2036 13.7 9.1 74 4.6 10.9 308 29 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.3 9.12 6 750 2576 8.9 6.2 83 2.7 7.3 311 31 306.2 307.7 291.8 330.3 7.95 7 700 3142 4.3 -1.5 66 5.8 1.4 314 31 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.4 4.90 8 650 3743 2.6 -18.3 20 20.9 -4.6 311 27 312.0 312.2 287.6 316.6 1.39 9 600 4387 0.7 -32.4 6 33.2 -7.7 320 24 317.0 317.0 288.2 318.5 0.42 10 550 5080 -3.1 -44.3 2 41.1 -10.9 322 28 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.9 0.14 11 500 5826 -8.3 -47.3 3 39.0 -14.6 335 36 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.3 0.11 12 450 6634 -13.6 -50.8 3 37.2 -18.6 305 37 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.08 13 400 7517 -20.4 -51.6 4 31.1 -23.9 303 39 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.08 14 350 8489 -27.9 -56.7 5 28.8 -30.2 292 40 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.3 0.05 15 300 9577 -36.1 -59.1 8 22.9 -37.4 273 38 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.04 16 250 10819 -44.9 -64.2 10 19.3 -45.4 273 42 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.03 17 200 12286 -52.1 -71.8 8 19.7 -52.4 271 50 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14101 -62.3 -81.3 6 19.0 -62.4 262 54 362.7 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16550 -71.0 -87.3 7 16.3 -71.1 278 28 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.13 m Freezing level: 590.54 mb = 4518.28 m = 14823.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.19 mb = 3280.20 m = 10761.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.64 mb = 187.15 m = 614.01 ft T: 23.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.71 C/km ThetaE index: 29.10 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1449.08 m = 4754.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.52 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -5.30 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 34.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1625.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.50 mb = 992.77 m = 3257.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.50 mb = 1841.36 m = 6041.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.50 mb = 11704.17 m = 38399.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1623.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.50 mb = 15524.94 m = 50934.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.0 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 343.0 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 252.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.41 Bulk Rich Number: 16.05 Bulk Shear: 101.29 m/s