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: 30.94,-99.49 Latitude: 30.94 Longitude: -99.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 523 SFC 944 576 28.4 19.0 57 9.5 21.7 222 13 306.5 309.3 296.8 350.9 14.76 3 900 998 22.0 17.8 77 4.3 19.1 226 16 304.2 306.9 296.0 347.0 14.37 4 850 1492 17.2 16.6 96 0.7 16.8 238 20 304.2 306.8 295.8 346.1 14.08 5 800 2008 15.2 13.0 87 2.1 13.8 274 22 307.3 309.6 295.1 343.2 11.88 6 750 2556 13.8 7.8 67 5.9 10.1 246 24 311.5 313.2 294.1 339.0 8.92 7 700 3133 9.1 5.5 78 3.6 7.0 245 28 312.6 314.1 293.7 337.8 8.13 8 650 3742 4.1 -2.1 64 6.2 1.0 242 32 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.6 5.06 9 600 4387 -0.3 -12.6 39 12.2 -5.2 249 37 315.8 316.2 289.9 323.7 2.43 10 550 5076 -4.9 -24.3 20 19.4 -10.5 251 40 318.3 318.5 289.2 321.6 0.97 11 500 5818 -9.3 -35.1 10 25.8 -14.7 250 47 321.7 321.8 289.7 323.1 0.39 12 450 6625 -13.8 -44.0 6 30.2 -18.6 251 56 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.5 0.17 13 400 7510 -18.9 -46.3 7 27.4 -22.7 255 66 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.15 14 350 8489 -26.4 -46.3 13 20.0 -28.6 260 74 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.17 15 300 9583 -34.8 -53.7 13 18.9 -36.1 262 75 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.09 16 250 10834 -42.3 -63.7 8 21.5 -43.0 264 74 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 17 200 12315 -51.1 -75.9 4 24.8 -51.5 264 69 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14125 -64.1 -77.8 14 13.7 -64.2 255 48 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16549 -73.5 -85.2 15 11.8 -73.5 263 23 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.73 m Freezing level: 603.55 mb = 4341.49 m = 14243.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.22 mb = 3839.00 m = 12594.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.11 mb = 1765.56 m = 5792.46 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 29.27 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1665.66 m = 5464.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.14 C = 80.86 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.88 C K Index: 39.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1351.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.46 mb = 1597.93 m = 5242.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.46 mb = 2961.92 m = 9717.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.46 mb = 11549.10 m = 37890.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1344.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.46 mb = 15742.01 m = 51646.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: -2.3 tot: 61.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 25.63 Bulk Shear: 52.72 m/s