MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.71,-96.81 Latitude: 32.71 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 992 156 23.5 21.6 89 1.9 22.2 199 10 297.3 300.4 295.6 345.5 16.63 2 950 535 20.2 20.1 99 0.1 20.1 207 24 297.6 300.5 295.1 343.3 15.74 3 900 1003 20.2 15.9 76 4.3 17.3 216 28 302.3 304.7 294.3 339.9 12.71 4 850 1495 17.6 12.3 71 5.3 14.2 227 20 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.5 10.66 5 800 2010 13.5 9.5 77 3.9 11.0 236 19 305.5 307.3 292.7 333.7 9.39 6 750 2551 10.5 1.8 55 8.7 5.8 221 12 308.0 309.1 290.5 325.9 5.82 7 700 3123 8.5 -0.1 55 8.5 3.9 218 17 311.8 312.9 291.4 328.9 5.44 8 650 3732 4.7 -1.5 64 6.2 1.5 209 20 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.0 5.28 9 600 4379 -0.3 -5.2 70 4.9 -2.6 207 25 315.8 316.6 291.6 329.6 4.33 10 550 5069 -6.0 -8.3 84 2.3 -7.0 215 34 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.1 3.72 11 500 5807 -10.3 -22.4 36 12.2 -13.8 224 38 320.5 320.8 290.2 324.9 1.26 12 450 6615 -12.9 -40.5 8 27.6 -17.8 235 45 327.0 327.1 291.1 328.0 0.25 13 400 7502 -19.5 -46.8 7 27.2 -23.1 238 51 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.14 14 350 8477 -27.1 -50.5 9 23.4 -29.4 244 58 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 15 300 9569 -35.9 -50.9 20 15.0 -37.0 246 66 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.12 16 250 10807 -45.2 -57.0 26 11.7 -45.7 250 74 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.07 17 200 12277 -50.8 -75.6 4 24.8 -51.2 254 81 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14096 -62.5 -81.3 6 18.8 -62.6 245 59 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16533 -71.7 -85.6 11 14.0 -71.8 255 32 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.95 m Freezing level: 603.01 mb = 4339.87 m = 14238.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.90 mb = 3960.49 m = 12993.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.54 mb = 394.21 m = 1293.31 ft T: 21.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 19.61 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.07 mb = 1524.62 m = 5001.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.52 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 31.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 912.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.76 mb = 843.37 m = 2766.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.76 mb = 1991.80 m = 6534.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.76 mb = 11305.84 m = 37092.19 ft B at Equ Level: 899.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.76 mb = 14021.99 m = 46003.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.9 neg: -16.9 tot: 71.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 142.97 Bulk Shear: 6.38 m/s