MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.36,-100.19 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -100.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 514 SFC 932 681 18.7 14.7 78 3.9 16.1 218 8 297.8 299.8 291.9 330.8 11.37 3 900 983 21.2 13.4 61 7.8 16.1 238 29 303.4 305.4 293.2 335.5 10.79 4 850 1476 18.0 12.7 71 5.3 14.6 245 32 305.0 307.0 293.7 337.7 10.92 5 800 1993 14.4 12.1 86 2.3 12.9 258 27 306.5 308.6 294.3 340.1 11.16 6 750 2536 11.4 9.7 89 1.7 10.3 230 16 308.9 310.9 294.3 339.8 10.14 7 700 3110 7.7 6.0 89 1.7 6.7 202 20 311.0 312.6 293.6 336.9 8.43 8 650 3717 3.7 0.8 81 2.9 2.1 209 28 313.2 314.4 292.4 332.8 6.26 9 600 4363 -0.1 -6.6 61 6.5 -3.1 216 31 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.5 3.88 10 550 5054 -4.3 -23.9 20 19.7 -10.1 229 35 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.5 1.01 11 500 5798 -8.7 -31.8 13 23.2 -14.0 237 39 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.4 0.53 12 450 6606 -13.8 -37.8 11 24.0 -18.3 241 48 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.33 13 400 7488 -20.4 -43.7 11 23.3 -23.6 243 56 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.20 14 350 8462 -27.5 -49.7 10 22.2 -29.6 246 66 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.12 15 300 9552 -36.0 -50.5 21 14.5 -37.0 247 72 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.12 16 250 10791 -44.9 -56.7 26 11.8 -45.4 251 79 339.3 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.07 17 200 12263 -50.5 -75.0 4 24.5 -50.9 255 82 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14079 -63.6 -78.0 12 14.4 -63.7 247 64 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16514 -71.8 -86.2 10 14.4 -71.8 268 35 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.85 m Freezing level: 601.13 mb = 4348.43 m = 14266.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.59 mb = 3974.72 m = 13040.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.16 mb = 1185.24 m = 3888.54 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.57 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.36 mb = 2654.94 m = 8710.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.04 C = 86.08 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 37.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.36 mb = 1935.91 m = 6351.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.36 mb = 4627.29 m = 15181.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 340.36 mb = 8659.40 m = 28409.76 ft B at Equ Level: 53.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.36 mb = 10259.20 m = 33658.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 3.8 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.8 neg: -16.3 tot: 131.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.17 Bulk Shear: 8.83 m/s