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: 34.65,-95.24 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 975 287 23.0 21.0 88 2.0 21.6 195 10 298.3 301.2 295.6 345.5 16.25 2 950 517 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.4 197 18 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.5 16.04 3 900 984 19.7 17.1 85 2.7 17.9 220 36 301.8 304.4 294.8 342.3 13.73 4 850 1476 16.8 13.9 83 2.9 14.8 234 33 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.8 11.80 5 800 1989 12.6 12.2 97 0.4 12.3 236 30 304.5 306.6 293.8 338.0 11.20 6 750 2529 8.9 8.0 94 0.9 8.3 225 27 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.5 9.02 7 700 3097 5.4 0.4 70 5.0 2.8 217 30 308.5 309.5 290.5 325.8 5.62 8 650 3700 3.1 -5.0 55 8.2 -0.7 209 38 312.5 313.3 290.3 325.3 4.04 9 600 4344 -0.7 -6.3 66 5.6 -3.3 208 44 315.3 316.1 291.2 328.0 3.97 10 550 5034 -5.6 -9.9 72 4.3 -7.4 215 50 317.5 318.1 291.2 328.2 3.29 11 500 5773 -10.1 -24.7 29 14.5 -14.1 225 52 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.3 1.03 12 450 6579 -14.5 -38.6 11 24.0 -18.8 234 50 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.1 0.30 13 400 7459 -21.0 -39.9 17 18.9 -23.8 235 56 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.8 0.30 14 350 8429 -28.7 -47.7 14 19.0 -30.6 239 63 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.15 15 300 9512 -37.8 -45.8 43 8.0 -38.4 239 72 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.21 16 250 10741 -46.3 -58.5 24 12.2 -46.7 242 79 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12207 -51.9 -72.6 7 20.7 -52.3 252 82 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14030 -60.8 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.0 252 73 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16496 -70.7 -86.6 8 15.9 -70.8 253 35 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.55 m Freezing level: 609.28 mb = 4224.52 m = 13859.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.55 mb = 3568.91 m = 11708.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.09 mb = 543.46 m = 1782.98 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 20.20 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1344.13 m = 4409.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.28 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1470.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.05 mb = 954.70 m = 3132.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.05 mb = 1697.26 m = 5568.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.05 mb = 11344.31 m = 37218.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1468.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.05 mb = 14992.06 m = 49185.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.4 neg: -13.4 tot: 164.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.49 Bulk Rich Number: 26.21 Bulk Shear: 56.09 m/s