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: 31.85,-97.45 Latitude: 31.85 Longitude: -97.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 985 208 30.4 20.2 55 10.2 23.1 214 12 304.8 307.7 296.8 350.6 15.34 2 950 530 25.0 19.3 71 5.7 21.0 215 14 302.6 305.4 296.0 347.0 15.01 3 900 1002 20.3 18.1 87 2.2 18.8 217 15 302.5 305.2 295.7 345.9 14.70 4 850 1493 16.6 13.9 84 2.7 14.8 236 20 303.6 305.7 294.0 338.8 11.84 5 800 2008 13.1 9.9 81 3.2 11.1 244 17 305.1 306.9 292.7 333.9 9.59 6 750 2548 11.1 3.4 59 7.6 6.8 241 18 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.7 6.55 7 700 3122 8.9 0.6 56 8.3 4.4 237 22 312.3 313.4 291.7 330.1 5.70 8 650 3731 4.3 -1.2 68 5.4 1.4 232 27 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.8 5.41 9 600 4377 -0.0 -7.3 58 7.2 -3.3 221 34 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.0 3.69 10 550 5067 -5.3 -17.1 39 11.8 -9.4 224 40 317.8 318.1 289.9 323.9 1.82 11 500 5808 -9.1 -36.6 9 27.5 -14.7 233 42 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.2 0.33 12 450 6615 -13.8 -40.9 8 27.1 -18.4 239 51 325.9 325.9 290.8 326.8 0.24 13 400 7499 -19.5 -45.6 8 26.2 -23.0 240 61 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 14 350 8476 -26.8 -42.9 20 16.1 -28.7 247 69 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.25 15 300 9569 -35.6 -50.5 20 14.9 -36.7 250 75 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.12 16 250 10815 -42.7 -63.4 9 20.7 -43.5 258 78 342.5 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 17 200 12296 -51.0 -73.0 6 22.0 -51.4 264 75 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14110 -63.4 -78.7 11 15.3 -63.5 259 57 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16538 -72.4 -85.9 11 13.4 -72.5 253 29 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.89 m Freezing level: 600.56 mb = 4369.71 m = 14336.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.98 mb = 3919.42 m = 12858.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.53 mb = 1488.13 m = 4882.26 ft T: 16.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 21.93 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.96 mb = 1353.37 m = 4440.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1433.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.00 mb = 1313.34 m = 4308.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.00 mb = 1463.18 m = 4800.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.00 mb = 11573.85 m = 37971.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1422.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.00 mb = 15806.17 m = 51856.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.6 neg: -4.7 tot: 31.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 55.26 Bulk Shear: 25.93 m/s