MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34,-96.91 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -96.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 981 228 22.2 18.7 81 3.5 19.8 184 11 297.0 299.5 293.6 337.2 13.93 2 950 505 22.5 19.0 81 3.5 20.1 195 33 300.0 302.7 295.0 343.1 14.71 3 900 976 21.9 15.7 68 6.2 17.7 213 38 304.0 306.4 294.6 341.3 12.53 4 850 1470 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.6 231 30 306.2 308.2 293.8 338.0 10.55 5 800 1990 16.6 10.1 66 6.5 12.4 250 18 308.8 310.6 293.9 338.5 9.75 6 750 2537 13.8 0.4 40 13.4 6.5 234 16 311.6 312.6 291.2 328.0 5.26 7 700 3115 10.1 -0.8 47 10.9 4.3 204 19 313.6 314.6 291.7 329.9 5.14 8 650 3725 4.5 0.6 76 3.9 2.4 229 18 314.1 315.2 292.6 333.5 6.17 9 600 4371 -0.5 -3.2 82 2.6 -1.9 235 21 315.5 316.5 292.2 331.6 5.05 10 550 5061 -5.5 -9.6 73 4.1 -7.2 231 25 317.5 318.2 291.3 328.5 3.36 11 500 5799 -11.5 -12.8 90 1.3 -12.0 226 28 319.1 319.6 291.3 328.5 2.86 12 450 6603 -13.9 -39.1 10 25.2 -18.4 240 34 325.8 325.8 290.8 326.9 0.29 13 400 7488 -19.9 -44.9 9 25.0 -23.3 240 41 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.17 14 350 8460 -28.2 -48.9 12 20.7 -30.2 248 46 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 15 300 9548 -36.3 -50.4 22 14.1 -37.3 256 59 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 16 250 10786 -46.1 -55.8 33 9.7 -46.5 255 65 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.08 17 200 12243 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.2 250 76 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14060 -62.9 -80.3 8 17.5 -63.0 249 65 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16504 -71.6 -86.1 10 14.5 -71.7 246 36 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.82 m Freezing level: 605.24 mb = 4302.88 m = 14116.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.69 mb = 4084.02 m = 13398.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.66 mb = 674.78 m = 2213.81 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 10.46 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.86 mb = 2470.98 m = 8106.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.34 C = 97.42 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.65 C K Index: 31.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 889.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 248.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.35 mb = 1295.70 m = 4250.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.35 mb = 3694.80 m = 12121.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.35 mb = 11264.19 m = 36955.56 ft B at Equ Level: 879.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.35 mb = 13962.13 m = 45806.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.7 neg: -4.3 tot: 237.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 38.84 Bulk Shear: 22.91 m/s