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: 34.05,-98.20 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -98.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 975 282 23.7 18.3 72 5.4 20.0 180 5 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.1 13.73 2 950 507 25.1 17.6 63 7.5 19.9 201 13 302.6 305.1 294.9 342.4 13.45 3 900 979 22.0 14.5 63 7.5 17.0 231 21 304.1 306.3 294.0 338.7 11.61 4 850 1474 19.4 6.4 43 13.0 11.7 270 25 306.4 307.8 291.2 328.0 7.10 5 800 1990 14.9 1.6 40 13.3 7.6 282 28 307.0 308.0 289.8 323.5 5.37 6 750 2531 9.8 -0.2 50 9.9 4.6 279 30 307.2 308.1 289.6 322.7 5.04 7 700 3099 4.4 -1.8 64 6.2 1.3 279 31 307.3 308.2 289.4 322.2 4.80 8 650 3697 0.6 -12.8 36 13.4 -4.6 294 33 309.6 310.1 287.6 316.7 2.20 9 600 4336 -2.1 -25.7 15 23.6 -8.7 298 37 313.7 313.8 287.5 316.4 0.79 10 550 5021 -6.6 -25.6 20 19.0 -11.7 298 38 316.3 316.5 288.5 319.3 0.87 11 500 5757 -11.7 -38.4 9 26.7 -16.5 294 41 318.8 318.8 288.7 319.8 0.28 12 450 6554 -17.2 -55.0 2 37.7 -21.2 287 42 321.6 321.6 289.3 321.8 0.05 13 400 7427 -22.2 -51.8 5 29.6 -25.2 284 47 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.08 14 350 8397 -28.2 -52.4 8 24.2 -30.3 281 55 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.09 15 300 9488 -34.2 -60.9 5 26.8 -35.7 280 58 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.03 16 250 10742 -42.2 -65.6 6 23.4 -43.0 282 60 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 17 200 12227 -49.6 -74.6 4 25.0 -50.1 268 58 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14054 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 258 46 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16507 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 258 37 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.87 m Freezing level: 638.88 mb = 3838.86 m = 12594.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.83 mb = 3228.45 m = 10591.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.68 mb = 972.79 m = 3191.54 ft T: 22.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 26.04 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.03 mb = 2180.85 m = 7154.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.07 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.08 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.06 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 904.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.26 mb = 1704.75 m = 5592.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.26 mb = 2506.21 m = 8222.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.26 mb = 9434.47 m = 30952.62 ft B at Equ Level: 903.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.26 mb = 13175.16 m = 43225.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.0 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 315.0 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 274.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 6.94 Bulk Shear: 130.34 m/s