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: 33.04,-94.06 Latitude: 33.04 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 999 81 26.6 21.2 72 5.4 22.8 172 7 299.9 302.8 296.0 346.9 16.08 2 950 522 22.1 20.2 89 1.9 20.8 177 12 299.6 302.5 295.7 346.0 15.88 3 900 990 19.4 17.6 89 1.9 18.2 215 22 301.5 304.1 295.1 343.3 14.19 4 850 1481 16.7 14.0 84 2.8 14.9 225 24 303.7 305.9 294.1 339.0 11.87 5 800 1996 13.6 10.6 82 3.0 11.7 217 28 305.7 307.5 293.3 335.9 10.07 6 750 2537 10.5 9.2 92 1.3 9.7 222 31 308.0 309.8 293.7 337.7 9.79 7 700 3109 6.9 6.7 99 0.2 6.8 228 33 310.1 311.7 293.6 337.1 8.83 8 650 3716 4.1 1.6 84 2.5 2.7 229 34 313.6 314.9 292.9 334.4 6.65 9 600 4363 0.2 -4.5 71 4.7 -2.1 228 37 316.3 317.2 292.0 331.0 4.57 10 550 5054 -4.9 -8.2 78 3.3 -6.4 228 40 318.2 319.0 291.8 330.4 3.74 11 500 5796 -9.4 -15.8 60 6.4 -11.7 230 46 321.5 322.0 291.5 329.0 2.23 12 450 6605 -13.7 -26.4 33 12.8 -16.9 237 50 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.5 0.98 13 400 7489 -19.9 -34.7 26 14.8 -22.7 237 58 329.1 329.2 292.0 330.9 0.50 14 350 8463 -27.7 -42.9 22 15.3 -29.5 240 65 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.25 15 300 9551 -36.7 -47.5 32 10.7 -37.6 242 72 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.18 16 250 10791 -43.3 -62.9 10 19.6 -44.1 251 76 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.03 17 200 12268 -51.1 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.5 260 73 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14086 -63.1 -80.4 8 17.4 -63.2 259 64 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16521 -72.0 -86.0 11 13.9 -72.1 253 35 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.18 m Freezing level: 598.22 mb = 4387.66 m = 14395.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.75 mb = 4075.39 m = 13370.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.47 C = 86.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.33 mb = 768.60 m = 2521.63 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.98 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1125.71 m = 3693.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.48 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 39.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1365.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.31 mb = 882.19 m = 2894.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.31 mb = 1619.12 m = 5312.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.31 mb = 11450.29 m = 37566.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1352.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.31 mb = 15118.66 m = 49601.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 150.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 15.11 Bulk Shear: 90.39 m/s