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: 33.66,-97 Latitude: 33.66 Longitude: -97.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 982 232 25.6 20.9 76 4.6 22.2 220 11 300.3 303.2 296.0 347.4 16.07 2 950 520 22.8 19.9 84 2.9 20.8 221 18 300.3 303.1 295.7 345.9 15.56 3 900 988 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.3 229 25 300.8 303.5 295.3 343.9 14.69 4 850 1478 16.3 12.7 79 3.6 14.0 257 31 303.2 305.3 293.3 335.7 10.95 5 800 1992 12.4 10.7 89 1.8 11.3 254 28 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.7 10.15 6 750 2531 9.1 8.9 99 0.2 9.0 236 23 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.4 9.61 7 700 3100 5.8 5.6 99 0.2 5.7 218 27 309.0 310.5 292.8 334.0 8.19 8 650 3704 2.4 1.9 97 0.5 2.2 213 34 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.8 6.79 9 600 4347 -1.4 -3.1 88 1.7 -2.2 211 41 314.5 315.5 291.9 330.7 5.09 10 550 5036 -5.6 -7.0 90 1.4 -6.2 213 47 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.7 4.10 11 500 5777 -10.1 -13.0 80 2.9 -11.2 225 47 320.7 321.3 291.7 330.1 2.82 12 450 6580 -16.1 -28.2 35 12.1 -18.8 233 53 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.0 0.84 13 400 7455 -22.2 -40.8 17 18.6 -24.8 236 61 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.27 14 350 8421 -29.5 -41.6 30 12.1 -30.9 239 71 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.29 15 300 9504 -36.8 -53.2 17 16.5 -37.8 239 81 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.09 16 250 10749 -42.2 -68.9 4 26.7 -43.0 249 72 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.4 0.01 17 200 12232 -51.1 -75.0 4 23.9 -51.5 259 71 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14058 -61.3 -81.1 6 19.8 -61.5 260 60 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16513 -70.4 -86.8 7 16.4 -70.5 271 23 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.50 m Freezing level: 618.06 mb = 4114.86 m = 13500.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.11 mb = 4017.72 m = 13181.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.77 mb = 818.83 m = 2686.41 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 12.64 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1033.17 m = 3389.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.29 C = 79.32 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.32 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 38.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1655.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.08 mb = 977.98 m = 3208.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.08 mb = 1219.31 m = 4000.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.08 mb = 10854.16 m = 35610.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1653.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.08 mb = 15109.62 m = 49571.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.2 neg: -7.6 tot: 74.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 40.93 Bulk Shear: 40.45 m/s