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,-94.48 Latitude: 32.18 Longitude: -94.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 998 98 23.5 22.8 96 0.7 23.0 209 6 296.8 300.0 296.2 348.1 17.74 2 950 531 21.9 21.3 96 0.6 21.5 214 28 299.4 302.5 296.4 349.1 17.02 3 900 1001 20.8 19.3 91 1.6 19.7 246 29 303.0 305.9 296.6 349.8 15.80 4 850 1495 17.3 16.6 96 0.7 16.8 279 27 304.3 306.9 295.8 346.5 14.17 5 800 2011 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 288 29 305.9 308.2 295.0 342.9 12.34 6 750 2552 9.9 9.7 99 0.2 9.8 294 31 307.3 309.2 293.8 338.0 10.14 7 700 3123 6.0 5.0 93 1.0 5.5 297 34 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.2 7.86 8 650 3728 3.1 -0.2 79 3.3 1.4 291 35 312.5 313.6 291.9 330.7 5.82 9 600 4373 -0.3 -4.5 73 4.2 -2.3 284 36 315.8 316.7 291.8 330.4 4.58 10 550 5063 -4.9 -12.0 58 7.1 -7.7 279 36 318.3 318.8 291.0 327.4 2.78 11 500 5806 -9.3 -16.7 55 7.5 -11.9 290 39 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.7 2.07 12 450 6613 -14.0 -24.9 40 10.8 -16.9 298 42 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.6 1.13 13 400 7495 -20.8 -40.8 15 20.1 -23.7 292 52 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.27 14 350 8465 -28.6 -55.2 6 26.6 -30.6 289 56 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.06 15 300 9553 -34.8 -47.5 26 12.7 -35.9 271 53 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.17 16 250 10800 -44.9 -51.4 48 6.5 -45.2 259 51 339.3 339.4 294.3 339.9 0.13 17 200 12264 -51.8 -71.6 7 19.9 -52.1 266 65 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14084 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.9 262 59 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16541 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 264 33 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.57 m Freezing level: 604.09 mb = 4320.07 m = 14173.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.48 mb = 3960.59 m = 12993.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.23 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.10 mb = 186.91 m = 613.21 ft T: 23.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 22.39 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1106.92 m = 3631.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.92 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.29 C Showalter Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 42.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2094.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.91 mb = 669.99 m = 2198.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.91 mb = 1495.54 m = 4906.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.91 mb = 12267.00 m = 40245.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2075.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.9 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 310.9 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 330.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 330.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.08 Bulk Rich Number: 17.32 Bulk Shear: 120.92 m/s