MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.94,-94.54 Latitude: 32.94 Longitude: -94.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 996 105 25.4 22.2 83 3.1 23.1 155 5 298.9 302.0 296.4 349.1 17.20 2 950 517 24.2 19.7 76 4.5 21.1 195 23 301.8 304.6 296.0 347.2 15.41 3 900 988 19.9 18.3 91 1.6 18.8 196 25 302.1 304.8 295.7 346.1 14.91 4 850 1480 17.0 14.9 88 2.1 15.6 227 28 304.0 306.3 294.7 341.6 12.66 5 800 1995 13.3 8.9 75 4.4 10.6 242 35 305.3 307.0 292.3 332.3 8.98 6 750 2535 11.5 -3.3 35 14.8 4.2 245 36 309.1 309.9 289.2 321.6 3.99 7 700 3109 8.2 1.6 63 6.5 4.5 254 41 311.5 312.7 291.9 330.7 6.15 8 650 3716 3.4 0.8 83 2.6 2.0 250 45 312.8 314.0 292.3 332.3 6.24 9 600 4360 -1.1 -4.6 77 3.5 -2.8 245 48 314.9 315.7 291.5 329.3 4.53 10 550 5048 -5.9 -19.7 33 13.7 -10.3 240 47 317.0 317.3 289.3 322.0 1.46 11 500 5786 -10.6 -30.2 18 19.7 -15.1 238 49 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.4 0.62 12 450 6590 -14.8 -33.8 18 19.0 -18.6 245 51 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.4 0.49 13 400 7472 -19.8 -34.0 27 14.3 -22.4 252 49 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.3 0.54 14 350 8450 -26.4 -45.6 15 19.2 -28.6 258 51 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.19 15 300 9544 -34.5 -60.9 5 26.4 -36.0 261 47 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.03 16 250 10793 -43.5 -67.7 5 24.1 -44.3 264 44 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 17 200 12263 -52.0 -71.8 8 19.8 -52.4 263 65 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14082 -63.1 -79.1 10 16.0 -63.2 251 55 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16525 -70.7 -86.0 9 15.4 -70.7 258 34 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.26 m Freezing level: 612.11 mb = 4203.98 m = 13792.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.42 mb = 3974.78 m = 13040.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.32 mb = 504.98 m = 1656.73 ft T: 24.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 27.48 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1188.56 m = 3899.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.48 C K Index: 35.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1598.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.19 mb = 986.54 m = 3236.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.19 mb = 1528.14 m = 5013.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.19 mb = 11780.66 m = 38649.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1591.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.19 mb = 15673.12 m = 51420.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 339.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 339.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.98 Bulk Shear: 123.15 m/s