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: 32.73,-95.11 Latitude: 32.73 Longitude: -95.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 995 126 22.6 22.4 99 0.2 22.5 210 4 296.2 299.3 295.8 346.2 17.36 2 950 530 23.6 20.8 84 2.8 21.6 236 26 301.1 304.2 296.5 349.7 16.49 3 900 1002 22.3 15.9 67 6.4 17.9 280 25 304.5 306.9 294.9 342.4 12.72 4 850 1496 17.8 15.2 84 2.7 16.1 291 30 304.8 307.2 295.1 343.3 12.88 5 800 2012 13.7 9.5 76 4.2 11.1 298 31 305.8 307.5 292.8 333.9 9.35 6 750 2552 8.9 5.2 78 3.7 6.8 300 32 306.3 307.6 291.4 328.8 7.44 7 700 3119 4.1 0.0 75 4.0 2.0 292 32 307.0 308.0 289.9 323.8 5.48 8 650 3718 1.9 -13.5 31 15.4 -4.0 290 33 311.1 311.5 288.1 317.8 2.08 9 600 4360 -0.2 -30.0 8 29.8 -8.0 286 34 315.9 316.0 288.0 317.7 0.53 10 550 5052 -3.6 -46.5 2 43.0 -11.2 316 40 319.8 319.9 288.8 320.2 0.11 11 500 5796 -9.0 -42.8 5 33.7 -14.9 330 52 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.18 12 450 6603 -13.8 -53.5 2 39.8 -18.7 302 47 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.06 13 400 7485 -20.9 -54.9 3 34.0 -24.3 296 53 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.06 14 350 8455 -28.5 -50.7 10 22.2 -30.4 293 59 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 15 300 9541 -36.3 -60.2 7 23.9 -37.5 275 44 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.04 16 250 10784 -44.7 -63.7 10 18.9 -45.4 265 45 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.03 17 200 12248 -52.7 -71.1 9 18.4 -53.0 262 58 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14065 -61.6 -82.2 5 20.7 -61.7 263 65 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16522 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.5 273 40 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.21 m Freezing level: 604.84 mb = 4298.30 m = 14101.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.66 mb = 3309.68 m = 10858.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.36 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.75 mb = 153.20 m = 502.61 ft T: 22.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 25.56 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.03 mb = 1465.73 m = 4808.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -5.62 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 38.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1806.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.90 mb = 1003.35 m = 3291.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.90 mb = 1751.50 m = 5746.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.90 mb = 11776.33 m = 38635.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1804.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.90 mb = 15680.25 m = 51443.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.0 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 329.0 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.7 neg: -11.5 tot: 306.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.55 Bulk Rich Number: 14.84 Bulk Shear: 121.71 m/s