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: 33.77,-94.48 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -94.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 995 107 27.9 21.0 66 6.8 22.9 189 9 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.4 15.96 2 950 512 23.1 19.4 79 3.8 20.5 195 15 300.7 303.4 295.5 344.8 15.06 3 900 981 18.7 17.7 94 1.0 18.0 205 18 300.7 303.4 295.0 342.6 14.27 4 850 1471 16.4 13.2 81 3.2 14.3 237 27 303.3 305.4 293.6 337.0 11.32 5 800 1985 13.1 10.2 82 2.9 11.3 241 27 305.1 307.0 293.0 334.6 9.83 6 750 2525 9.7 7.7 88 1.9 8.5 232 33 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.8 8.85 7 700 3096 6.7 4.6 87 2.1 5.5 224 41 309.9 311.4 292.6 333.4 7.65 8 650 3703 4.2 -0.2 73 4.4 1.8 223 44 313.7 314.8 292.3 332.0 5.81 9 600 4349 0.0 -6.3 62 6.3 -2.9 224 48 316.2 316.9 291.4 329.0 3.99 10 550 5040 -5.6 -10.7 67 5.1 -7.7 225 51 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.4 3.07 11 500 5780 -9.3 -29.9 17 20.6 -14.2 230 51 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.0 0.64 12 450 6586 -14.5 -36.1 14 21.6 -18.6 234 53 325.0 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.39 13 400 7467 -20.8 -45.0 10 24.2 -23.9 234 62 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.17 14 350 8438 -28.3 -46.6 16 18.2 -30.2 238 67 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.17 15 300 9524 -37.0 -53.8 16 16.8 -38.0 240 73 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.08 16 250 10763 -43.3 -68.0 5 24.7 -44.0 249 70 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.8 0.02 17 200 12242 -51.8 -73.2 6 21.3 -52.2 262 66 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14062 -62.3 -80.1 8 17.7 -62.5 259 59 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16509 -71.4 -86.7 9 15.3 -71.5 253 36 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.08 m Freezing level: 599.75 mb = 4352.94 m = 14281.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.66 mb = 3946.76 m = 12948.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.05 mb = 971.21 m = 3186.36 ft T: 18.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 24.45 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1056.02 m = 3464.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.58 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1412.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.08 mb = 1018.70 m = 3342.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.08 mb = 1261.15 m = 4137.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.08 mb = 11284.91 m = 37023.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1404.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.08 mb = 15354.61 m = 50375.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.9 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 255.9 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 14.51 Bulk Shear: 97.36 m/s