MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.18,-94.01 Latitude: 32.18 Longitude: -94.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 84 23.8 22.5 93 1.2 22.9 222 9 296.9 300.0 296.0 347.3 17.45 1 1000 86 23.8 22.5 92 1.3 22.9 223 8 297.0 300.1 296.1 347.4 17.43 2 950 535 21.9 21.0 95 0.9 21.3 221 32 299.5 302.5 296.3 348.4 16.75 3 900 1005 20.5 18.8 90 1.7 19.3 258 35 302.6 305.5 296.2 348.1 15.35 4 850 1497 16.8 15.1 90 1.7 15.7 282 39 303.7 306.1 294.8 341.8 12.81 5 800 2012 12.8 11.8 93 1.0 12.1 289 41 304.8 306.8 293.7 337.5 10.92 6 750 2550 8.7 5.3 79 3.5 6.7 297 43 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.6 7.44 7 700 3118 5.8 -3.1 53 8.9 1.4 297 38 308.9 309.7 289.5 322.5 4.35 8 650 3722 3.3 -5.7 52 8.9 -0.9 284 31 312.7 313.4 290.2 324.9 3.86 9 600 4367 0.1 -23.3 15 23.5 -7.1 273 31 316.3 316.5 288.6 319.6 0.97 10 550 5057 -4.6 -33.4 8 28.9 -11.2 266 32 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.41 11 500 5800 -8.8 -50.1 2 41.3 -14.9 274 37 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.7 0.08 12 450 6607 -13.7 -53.5 2 39.8 -18.7 280 42 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.2 0.06 13 400 7490 -20.6 -48.8 6 28.3 -23.9 282 50 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.11 14 350 8462 -27.6 -51.9 8 24.3 -29.8 278 51 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.09 15 300 9555 -34.7 -45.6 32 10.9 -35.7 268 52 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.22 16 250 10801 -44.6 -57.3 23 12.7 -45.2 264 41 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.07 17 200 12268 -51.5 -69.9 9 18.4 -51.9 266 64 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14088 -62.3 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.4 259 58 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16538 -72.0 -86.4 10 14.3 -72.1 264 36 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.54 m Freezing level: 598.53 mb = 4387.02 m = 14392.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.58 mb = 3480.03 m = 11417.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.14 mb = 234.88 m = 770.59 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 25.93 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.11 mb = 1090.47 m = 3577.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -5.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.29 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 31.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1855.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.15 mb = 690.28 m = 2264.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.15 mb = 1414.99 m = 4642.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.15 mb = 12005.33 m = 39387.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1840.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.15 mb = 16064.50 m = 52704.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.9 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 306.9 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 444.6 neg: -5.5 tot: 439.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.86 Bulk Rich Number: 17.03 Bulk Shear: 108.97 m/s