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: 34.25,-96.89 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 257 23.9 21.5 86 2.4 22.2 232 10 298.9 301.9 296.1 347.6 16.72 2 950 519 21.3 20.6 96 0.7 20.8 232 14 298.8 301.8 295.8 346.3 16.30 3 900 986 17.9 17.7 99 0.1 17.8 243 23 299.9 302.5 294.8 341.9 14.33 4 850 1474 14.3 12.6 89 1.8 13.2 275 22 301.2 303.2 292.6 333.1 10.84 5 800 1984 11.5 7.1 74 4.4 8.9 266 21 303.4 304.9 290.9 327.2 7.95 6 750 2522 8.8 8.1 95 0.7 8.3 229 23 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.5 9.07 7 700 3091 5.9 5.6 98 0.3 5.7 216 29 309.0 310.5 292.8 334.0 8.18 8 650 3695 2.3 1.9 97 0.4 2.1 213 38 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.6 6.76 9 600 4338 -1.7 -2.4 95 0.7 -2.0 212 45 314.1 315.2 292.0 331.1 5.36 10 550 5026 -5.7 -6.1 97 0.4 -5.9 215 51 317.3 318.2 292.1 331.5 4.41 11 500 5766 -10.8 -12.8 85 2.0 -11.5 221 52 319.9 320.5 291.5 329.4 2.87 12 450 6568 -16.1 -26.0 42 9.9 -18.6 225 54 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.5 1.02 13 400 7444 -22.0 -28.9 53 7.0 -23.4 231 56 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.6 0.87 14 350 8411 -29.9 -33.3 72 3.4 -30.4 239 59 328.4 328.6 291.9 330.8 0.66 15 300 9488 -38.1 -46.3 42 8.2 -38.8 242 77 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.4 0.20 16 250 10728 -42.6 -67.6 5 25.0 -43.4 246 77 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.8 0.02 17 200 12211 -50.9 -72.7 6 21.7 -51.4 260 73 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14038 -60.4 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.6 264 58 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.00 19 100 16503 -70.0 -87.1 7 17.0 -70.1 268 34 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.36 m Freezing level: 621.21 mb = 4064.81 m = 13335.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.76 mb = 4012.77 m = 13165.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.14 mb = 563.21 m = 1847.79 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 20.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.31 mb = 830.97 m = 2726.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.29 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.98 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 37.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1688.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.69 mb = 808.51 m = 2652.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.69 mb = 855.68 m = 2807.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.69 mb = 10897.92 m = 35753.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1680.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.69 mb = 15210.33 m = 49902.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.5 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.6 neg: -8.3 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 29.61 Bulk Shear: 57.05 m/s