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: 30.51,-94.43 Latitude: 30.51 Longitude: -94.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 38 29.7 24.2 72 5.6 25.6 154 7 302.3 305.9 298.5 359.1 19.18 1 1000 91 28.0 23.6 77 4.4 24.7 154 8 301.1 304.5 297.9 356.0 18.63 2 950 546 23.2 22.6 96 0.7 22.8 160 14 300.7 304.1 297.7 354.9 18.42 3 900 1016 20.0 18.7 93 1.2 19.1 185 22 302.1 304.9 296.0 347.2 15.27 4 850 1508 16.7 13.6 82 3.2 14.7 197 19 303.7 305.8 293.9 338.1 11.57 5 800 2023 15.3 6.9 57 8.5 10.3 184 16 307.5 309.0 292.0 331.3 7.81 6 750 2567 11.5 8.3 81 3.2 9.6 201 15 309.1 310.8 293.6 337.2 9.22 7 700 3140 8.7 -1.8 47 10.5 3.3 208 14 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.2 4.79 8 650 3751 5.8 -9.6 32 15.4 -1.0 214 13 315.5 316.1 290.2 324.7 2.83 9 600 4399 1.3 -16.1 26 17.3 -5.2 226 16 317.6 318.0 289.9 323.7 1.82 10 550 5094 -2.4 -21.5 22 19.1 -8.6 226 18 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.6 1.25 11 500 5843 -7.1 -25.1 22 18.1 -12.2 230 24 324.4 324.6 291.1 328.0 0.99 12 450 6655 -10.8 -45.2 4 34.4 -16.6 245 29 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.2 0.15 13 400 7549 -17.7 -49.3 5 31.6 -21.8 248 32 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 14 350 8532 -25.7 -49.7 9 24.1 -28.2 246 34 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.12 15 300 9629 -34.8 -54.3 12 19.5 -36.1 256 40 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 16 250 10874 -44.4 -60.8 14 16.5 -45.0 262 44 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12340 -52.5 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.9 263 51 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14146 -64.5 -79.0 12 14.4 -64.6 259 41 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16563 -74.0 -85.1 17 11.1 -74.0 259 26 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.89 m Freezing level: 582.58 mb = 4641.04 m = 15226.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.41 mb = 3607.46 m = 11835.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.79 mb = 742.02 m = 2434.41 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 27.88 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 766.63 m = 2515.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 26.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2269.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.48 mb = 735.55 m = 2413.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.48 mb = 782.51 m = 2567.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.48 mb = 13197.25 m = 43297.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2263.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.7 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 236.7 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.2 neg: -15.2 tot: 68.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 108.46 Bulk Shear: 20.92 m/s