MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.68,-95.87 Latitude: 31.68 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 997 96 30.6 21.8 60 8.7 24.2 182 9 304.0 307.1 297.5 353.9 16.75 2 950 521 25.4 20.3 74 5.0 21.8 186 11 302.9 305.9 296.7 350.4 16.02 3 900 994 20.8 19.3 91 1.5 19.8 190 12 302.9 305.9 296.6 350.0 15.86 4 850 1486 17.6 16.1 91 1.4 16.6 223 22 304.6 307.1 295.6 345.4 13.71 5 800 2003 14.1 10.8 80 3.3 12.0 226 34 306.2 308.1 293.6 337.0 10.22 6 750 2545 11.1 2.1 53 9.1 6.1 228 31 308.7 309.8 290.8 326.9 5.92 7 700 3120 10.2 -7.8 27 18.0 1.9 242 28 313.8 314.3 289.8 323.5 3.03 8 650 3731 5.2 -4.3 50 9.5 0.5 238 31 314.9 315.7 291.3 328.5 4.28 9 600 4378 0.7 -7.0 56 7.7 -2.9 233 36 316.9 317.6 291.5 329.1 3.76 10 550 5070 -4.9 -13.3 52 8.4 -8.2 236 39 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.4 2.48 11 500 5812 -9.0 -35.3 10 26.2 -14.5 243 43 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.4 0.38 12 450 6619 -13.7 -40.3 9 26.6 -18.3 243 51 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.25 13 400 7505 -19.3 -46.6 7 27.3 -22.9 241 60 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.14 14 350 8482 -26.9 -43.4 19 16.5 -28.9 246 66 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.24 15 300 9574 -35.0 -53.6 13 18.6 -36.3 249 70 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.09 16 250 10824 -42.4 -63.2 8 20.8 -43.2 259 73 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 17 200 12305 -51.2 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.6 264 71 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14118 -63.7 -77.9 13 14.2 -63.8 263 54 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16539 -73.3 -85.4 14 12.2 -73.3 258 31 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.51 m Freezing level: 593.88 mb = 4462.97 m = 14642.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.95 mb = 3831.41 m = 12570.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.47 mb = 1202.34 m = 3944.63 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 30.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.63 mb = 1249.98 m = 4100.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 24.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1934.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.68 mb = 1170.89 m = 3841.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.68 mb = 1318.88 m = 4326.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.68 mb = 12086.94 m = 39654.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1933.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.6 neg: -3.3 tot: 131.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 25.12 Bulk Shear: 77.01 m/s