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: 33.84,-95.71 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 988 151 23.7 22.4 92 1.3 22.8 297 9 297.8 301.0 296.3 348.5 17.47 2 950 496 21.2 20.5 95 0.8 20.7 294 15 298.7 301.7 295.7 345.7 16.14 3 900 964 18.5 18.3 99 0.2 18.4 271 14 300.5 303.3 295.3 344.1 14.86 4 850 1454 16.3 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 249 13 303.2 305.7 295.2 343.8 13.68 5 800 1969 13.8 13.7 99 0.1 13.7 235 16 305.9 308.2 295.1 343.1 12.40 6 750 2512 10.9 10.8 99 0.2 10.9 228 19 308.5 310.5 294.7 341.5 10.90 7 700 3086 8.2 8.0 99 0.2 8.1 226 21 311.6 313.4 294.7 341.4 9.69 8 650 3696 5.0 4.8 99 0.2 4.9 223 25 314.7 316.3 294.5 340.7 8.35 9 600 4345 0.7 0.3 98 0.3 0.5 223 30 316.9 318.2 293.7 337.7 6.55 10 550 5041 -3.5 -3.7 98 0.2 -3.6 223 34 320.0 321.0 293.6 337.1 5.31 11 500 5787 -8.5 -9.2 95 0.7 -8.8 224 40 322.6 323.4 293.1 335.2 3.81 12 450 6596 -13.9 -15.0 91 1.1 -14.3 227 47 325.7 326.2 293.0 334.7 2.64 13 400 7480 -19.6 -21.3 86 1.7 -20.1 234 54 329.5 329.9 293.2 335.7 1.75 14 350 8458 -26.4 -28.9 80 2.5 -26.9 241 62 333.1 333.3 293.5 336.8 1.00 15 300 9554 -35.1 -37.9 75 2.8 -35.4 249 72 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.7 0.48 16 250 10795 -45.5 -50.5 57 5.1 -45.7 257 72 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.15 17 200 12258 -52.4 -71.5 8 19.0 -52.8 265 68 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14079 -62.2 -79.7 8 17.6 -62.3 266 46 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16529 -70.6 -87.5 7 16.9 -70.7 251 27 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.06 m Freezing level: 591.78 mb = 4459.67 m = 14631.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.96 mb = 4426.26 m = 14521.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.65 mb = 317.76 m = 1042.51 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 13.88 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.24 mb = 743.30 m = 2438.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.54 C = 77.97 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.64 C K Index: 40.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1245.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.02 mb = 689.30 m = 2261.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.02 mb = 830.12 m = 2723.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.02 mb = 11813.94 m = 38759.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1234.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.02 mb = 15227.99 m = 49960.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: -15.5 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 20.10 Bulk Shear: 61.93 m/s