MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.37,-94.41 Latitude: 30.37 Longitude: -94.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 23 30.1 24.2 71 5.9 25.7 155 8 302.6 306.2 298.6 359.5 19.20 1 1000 91 28.3 23.7 76 4.7 24.9 156 9 301.5 304.9 298.1 356.8 18.75 2 950 546 23.7 22.6 94 1.0 22.9 161 14 301.2 304.6 297.8 355.7 18.51 3 900 1017 20.0 19.4 96 0.6 19.5 178 21 302.1 305.0 296.4 349.0 15.90 4 850 1508 16.9 14.2 84 2.7 15.1 193 19 303.8 306.1 294.3 339.7 12.06 5 800 2024 14.6 8.4 66 6.2 10.8 184 16 306.7 308.3 292.5 333.0 8.67 6 750 2567 11.6 7.9 78 3.7 9.3 199 15 309.2 310.9 293.4 336.6 8.95 7 700 3141 8.6 -1.0 51 9.7 3.6 208 14 312.0 313.0 291.1 328.0 5.07 8 650 3752 5.8 -10.0 31 15.8 -1.1 214 13 315.6 316.1 290.1 324.5 2.75 9 600 4400 1.4 -17.7 23 19.1 -5.5 227 18 317.8 318.1 289.7 323.1 1.58 10 550 5095 -2.3 -23.7 18 21.4 -8.9 227 19 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.0 1.03 11 500 5845 -6.9 -25.1 22 18.2 -12.2 230 23 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.1 1.00 12 450 6657 -10.7 -45.2 4 34.5 -16.5 244 28 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.15 13 400 7552 -17.6 -48.4 5 30.7 -21.8 248 31 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.12 14 350 8534 -25.6 -49.6 9 24.0 -28.1 247 33 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.12 15 300 9631 -34.7 -54.3 12 19.5 -36.1 257 39 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 16 250 10876 -44.3 -60.8 14 16.5 -45.0 262 43 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12343 -52.6 -72.3 8 19.7 -53.0 263 50 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14149 -64.6 -78.8 13 14.2 -64.7 259 41 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16564 -74.0 -85.1 17 11.1 -74.1 259 26 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.02 m Freezing level: 580.85 mb = 4666.18 m = 15308.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.66 mb = 3605.12 m = 11827.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.15 mb = 776.67 m = 2548.09 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 26.56 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.98 mb = 768.93 m = 2522.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.29 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 28.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2493.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.97 mb = 750.19 m = 2461.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.97 mb = 797.27 m = 2615.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.97 mb = 13628.44 m = 44712.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2478.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.8 neg: -12.8 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 123.35 Bulk Shear: 20.22 m/s