MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.19,-99.02 Latitude: 32.19 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 953 506 21.1 19.0 88 2.1 19.7 206 12 298.4 301.1 294.6 341.1 14.70 2 950 532 20.3 19.1 92 1.3 19.5 207 12 297.8 300.5 294.5 340.7 14.77 3 900 997 19.5 17.2 87 2.3 17.9 230 34 301.6 304.1 294.8 342.3 13.83 4 850 1489 17.4 12.6 73 4.8 14.3 243 28 304.4 306.4 293.5 336.7 10.83 5 800 2005 14.5 10.6 77 3.9 12.0 256 21 306.6 308.5 293.6 337.0 10.08 6 750 2548 11.9 7.1 72 4.8 9.0 226 19 309.5 311.1 293.2 335.4 8.47 7 700 3123 8.0 5.9 86 2.2 6.7 217 24 311.4 313.0 293.6 337.1 8.32 8 650 3730 3.7 -2.0 66 5.7 0.8 219 29 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.2 5.09 9 600 4376 -0.4 -9.1 52 8.7 -4.1 215 33 315.7 316.3 290.6 326.1 3.20 10 550 5065 -5.3 -22.6 24 17.2 -10.5 223 35 317.7 318.0 289.2 321.6 1.14 11 500 5806 -9.6 -33.5 12 23.9 -14.7 235 41 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.45 12 450 6612 -14.2 -39.4 10 25.2 -18.6 239 51 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.28 13 400 7494 -20.2 -44.2 10 24.0 -23.5 241 61 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.19 14 350 8469 -27.2 -47.4 13 20.1 -29.3 247 70 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.15 15 300 9559 -36.0 -48.0 28 12.0 -37.0 249 78 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.17 16 250 10800 -43.5 -61.8 12 18.2 -44.2 254 82 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.04 17 200 12280 -50.6 -72.9 5 22.3 -51.1 259 81 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14096 -63.2 -78.5 11 15.3 -63.3 254 62 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16529 -71.7 -86.1 10 14.5 -71.8 268 28 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.02 m Freezing level: 604.39 mb = 4319.16 m = 14170.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.06 mb = 3829.50 m = 12563.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.09 mb = 769.83 m = 2525.67 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 5.58 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.98 mb = 1909.93 m = 6266.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 644.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.65 mb = 1302.40 m = 4272.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.65 mb = 3197.83 m = 10491.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.65 mb = 10438.45 m = 34246.45 ft B at Equ Level: 643.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.65 mb = 13172.04 m = 43214.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.9 neg: -4.5 tot: 133.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 69.85 Bulk Shear: 9.23 m/s