MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.43,-94.15 Latitude: 31.43 Longitude: -94.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 1000 88 25.5 22.0 81 3.5 23.0 182 8 298.6 301.7 296.1 347.8 16.88 2 950 538 22.4 20.7 90 1.7 21.2 188 25 299.9 302.9 296.1 347.9 16.40 3 900 1008 20.0 17.6 86 2.5 18.4 210 26 302.2 304.8 295.3 344.1 14.20 4 850 1500 17.8 16.4 92 1.4 16.8 229 24 304.8 307.4 295.8 346.3 13.93 5 800 2018 15.0 13.4 90 1.7 14.0 237 22 307.2 309.5 295.3 343.9 12.16 6 750 2562 12.2 5.0 61 7.2 8.0 267 22 309.8 311.2 292.3 332.2 7.30 7 700 3137 7.9 4.2 78 3.6 5.8 277 24 311.2 312.6 292.9 334.2 7.43 8 650 3744 3.4 0.4 81 3.0 1.8 271 27 312.8 313.9 292.2 331.8 6.07 9 600 4388 -0.6 -7.4 60 6.8 -3.7 263 30 315.4 316.1 290.9 327.1 3.65 10 550 5077 -5.1 -17.1 38 12.0 -9.3 255 35 318.0 318.4 290.0 324.1 1.82 11 500 5820 -9.0 -15.9 57 6.9 -11.5 268 37 322.0 322.5 291.6 329.5 2.20 12 450 6627 -14.0 -25.7 36 11.7 -17.0 265 42 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.4 1.05 13 400 7511 -19.9 -32.1 33 12.2 -22.4 262 47 329.1 329.2 292.1 331.4 0.65 14 350 8486 -26.8 -38.5 32 11.6 -28.5 264 49 332.6 332.6 292.8 334.1 0.39 15 300 9580 -35.0 -51.3 17 16.3 -36.2 264 52 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.11 16 250 10831 -41.8 -63.2 8 21.4 -42.6 264 63 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.03 17 200 12316 -50.4 -73.8 5 23.4 -50.9 267 68 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14131 -63.6 -78.0 12 14.5 -63.7 265 53 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16559 -72.8 -85.6 13 12.8 -72.8 258 34 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.80 m Freezing level: 607.97 mb = 4285.44 m = 14059.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.69 mb = 3948.50 m = 12954.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.07 mb = 528.24 m = 1733.03 ft T: 22.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 14.11 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1235.04 m = 4051.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.39 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 39.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1366.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.19 mb = 833.82 m = 2735.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.19 mb = 2415.41 m = 7924.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.19 mb = 11294.31 m = 37054.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1358.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.19 mb = 15310.10 m = 50229.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 206.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 15.91 Bulk Shear: 85.93 m/s