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: 34.23,-96.43 Latitude: 34.23 Longitude: -96.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 72 SFC 984 213 24.3 21.3 83 3.0 22.2 219 11 298.8 301.8 295.9 346.6 16.41 2 950 519 21.1 20.0 94 1.0 20.4 221 16 298.6 301.4 295.3 344.3 15.71 3 900 986 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.3 234 26 299.4 302.0 294.3 340.1 13.90 4 850 1473 15.1 13.0 87 2.2 13.7 261 28 302.0 304.0 293.0 334.8 11.11 5 800 1985 12.3 10.3 88 2.0 11.0 252 26 304.2 306.1 292.7 333.8 9.89 6 750 2524 8.9 8.2 95 0.8 8.5 229 23 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.8 9.12 7 700 3093 5.8 5.2 96 0.5 5.5 212 27 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.2 7.97 8 650 3697 2.3 0.8 89 1.6 1.5 206 36 311.6 312.8 292.0 331.0 6.23 9 600 4340 -1.2 -4.1 81 2.9 -2.6 206 46 314.7 315.6 291.6 329.7 4.71 10 550 5029 -5.9 -8.2 84 2.3 -6.9 212 53 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.2 3.75 11 500 5769 -9.7 -14.4 68 4.7 -11.4 223 51 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.6 2.51 12 450 6575 -15.0 -23.8 47 8.7 -17.4 231 52 324.4 324.6 291.3 328.7 1.25 13 400 7452 -22.0 -40.1 18 18.1 -24.6 235 58 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.29 14 350 8419 -29.7 -40.3 35 10.7 -31.0 238 65 328.8 328.8 291.7 330.0 0.32 15 300 9498 -38.1 -47.5 37 9.4 -38.8 238 79 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.17 16 250 10734 -43.6 -65.3 7 21.6 -44.3 245 78 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 17 200 12212 -51.2 -72.4 6 21.2 -51.7 258 78 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14038 -60.7 -81.7 5 21.0 -60.9 258 64 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16504 -70.4 -86.7 7 16.4 -70.5 267 31 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.29 m Freezing level: 617.10 mb = 4119.79 m = 13516.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.90 mb = 3923.54 m = 12872.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.07 mb = 591.70 m = 1941.24 ft T: 20.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 17.40 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.36 mb = 811.56 m = 2662.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.27 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.75 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1413.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.78 mb = 798.28 m = 2618.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.78 mb = 845.30 m = 2773.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.78 mb = 10873.86 m = 35674.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1409.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.78 mb = 14689.15 m = 48192.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.8 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 250.8 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 3.8 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 26.07 Bulk Shear: 54.23 m/s