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: 33.1,-94.53 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 106 24.7 22.0 85 2.8 22.8 153 6 298.3 301.4 296.1 347.6 16.94 2 950 515 23.8 20.3 81 3.5 21.3 191 22 301.3 304.3 296.3 348.5 16.02 3 900 986 19.8 18.3 91 1.5 18.8 198 26 301.9 304.6 295.7 345.7 14.84 4 850 1478 16.9 14.7 87 2.2 15.4 225 30 303.8 306.2 294.6 341.0 12.49 5 800 1992 13.2 9.2 77 4.0 10.7 240 34 305.2 306.9 292.4 332.8 9.18 6 750 2533 11.3 -2.6 38 13.9 4.4 245 36 308.9 309.7 289.4 322.1 4.22 7 700 3106 7.8 3.2 73 4.6 5.2 253 43 311.1 312.4 292.4 332.5 6.92 8 650 3713 3.1 1.2 87 2.0 2.1 250 47 312.5 313.7 292.4 332.6 6.43 9 600 4356 -1.3 -4.1 81 2.8 -2.7 244 50 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.5 4.69 10 550 5044 -6.0 -18.0 38 12.0 -9.9 239 49 317.0 317.3 289.6 322.7 1.69 11 500 5782 -10.6 -29.6 19 19.0 -15.1 238 50 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.4 0.66 12 450 6586 -14.9 -29.5 28 14.6 -18.2 244 52 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.2 0.74 13 400 7468 -19.8 -27.9 49 8.1 -21.7 252 48 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.7 0.96 14 350 8445 -26.5 -40.6 25 14.1 -28.4 259 51 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.32 15 300 9540 -34.4 -52.2 15 17.7 -35.7 262 45 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.10 16 250 10788 -43.8 -57.3 21 13.6 -44.3 264 41 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.07 17 200 12257 -52.2 -72.5 7 20.3 -52.5 263 65 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14077 -63.0 -79.6 9 16.6 -63.1 249 54 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16524 -70.4 -86.4 8 16.0 -70.5 259 33 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.33 m Freezing level: 614.70 mb = 4167.08 m = 13671.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.19 mb = 3987.19 m = 13081.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.54 mb = 455.28 m = 1493.68 ft T: 23.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 26.44 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1102.90 m = 3618.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 37.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1677.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.96 mb = 909.79 m = 2984.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.96 mb = 1347.75 m = 4421.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.96 mb = 11843.70 m = 38856.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1670.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.96 mb = 15788.57 m = 51799.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 363.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 363.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.30 Bulk Rich Number: 11.83 Bulk Shear: 141.76 m/s