MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 26.23,-97.81 Latitude: 26.23 Longitude: -97.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 13 28.9 24.3 76 4.6 25.5 47 11 300.8 304.4 298.2 357.3 19.20 1 1000 137 27.2 23.9 82 3.3 24.7 47 13 300.3 303.8 297.9 356.0 18.95 2 950 592 23.7 22.2 92 1.5 22.6 40 14 301.2 304.6 297.6 354.4 18.06 3 900 1064 20.6 20.3 98 0.4 20.4 27 11 302.8 305.9 297.2 352.7 16.86 4 850 1557 18.0 17.8 99 0.2 17.8 20 9 305.0 307.8 296.7 350.5 15.24 5 800 2075 14.8 14.4 98 0.3 14.6 38 5 306.9 309.3 295.8 346.2 13.05 6 750 2619 11.1 10.0 93 1.1 10.4 7 2 308.6 310.5 294.3 340.0 10.33 7 700 3192 7.2 3.6 78 3.6 5.2 321 7 310.4 311.8 292.3 332.4 7.10 8 650 3801 6.3 -10.6 29 16.9 -1.0 34 10 316.1 316.6 290.2 324.7 2.62 9 600 4454 4.5 -32.6 5 37.2 -5.5 75 18 321.4 321.4 289.6 322.9 0.41 10 550 5154 -0.7 -39.1 4 38.4 -9.2 47 20 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.24 11 500 5908 -5.6 -47.9 2 42.3 -12.9 25 15 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.7 0.10 12 450 6721 -12.8 -42.6 6 29.8 -17.8 4 11 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.20 13 400 7609 -18.2 -46.6 6 28.3 -22.1 307 24 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 14 350 8591 -25.5 -46.2 13 20.7 -27.9 326 34 334.4 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.17 15 300 9689 -34.0 -55.0 10 20.9 -35.5 307 37 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.07 16 250 10940 -43.7 -61.9 12 18.2 -44.4 299 41 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 17 200 12402 -54.1 -69.6 13 15.5 -54.4 294 44 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14196 -65.9 -77.6 18 11.7 -66.0 294 28 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16593 -75.5 -85.1 21 9.7 -75.5 329 12 381.9 381.9 302.6 381.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.71 m Freezing level: 556.75 mb = 5059.62 m = 16599.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.93 mb = 3700.86 m = 12141.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.90 % Est. max temperature: 32.40 C = 90.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.14 mb = 599.54 m = 1966.97 ft T: 23.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.69 C/km ThetaE index: 34.48 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.90 mb = 863.20 m = 2831.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.72 C Showalter Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 37.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2472.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.63 mb = 734.03 m = 2408.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.63 mb = 970.69 m = 3184.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.63 mb = 14210.46 m = 46621.68 ft B at Equ Level: 2446.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 39.6 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 69.6 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -24.4 tot: -16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 5194.54 Bulk Shear: 0.48 m/s