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: 33.20,-97.06 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -97.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 988 188 22.5 21.1 92 1.4 21.6 200 12 296.7 299.6 295.1 343.4 16.18 2 950 529 19.7 19.6 99 0.1 19.7 208 25 297.2 300.0 294.7 341.5 15.32 3 900 998 20.7 16.3 76 4.4 17.7 228 32 302.8 305.2 294.7 341.5 13.08 4 850 1490 17.6 12.7 73 5.0 14.4 235 27 304.6 306.6 293.6 337.1 10.89 5 800 2006 14.1 8.8 71 5.2 10.9 249 24 306.2 307.8 292.6 333.2 8.95 6 750 2547 9.9 8.9 94 1.0 9.3 226 15 307.3 309.1 293.4 336.3 9.60 7 700 3118 6.5 4.6 87 2.0 5.4 206 14 309.7 311.2 292.6 333.1 7.61 8 650 3724 3.7 0.2 78 3.5 1.8 200 22 313.2 314.3 292.2 332.0 6.00 9 600 4368 -1.0 -4.1 79 3.2 -2.5 202 30 315.0 315.9 291.7 330.0 4.70 10 550 5057 -6.0 -8.7 81 2.7 -7.2 213 39 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.6 3.60 11 500 5796 -9.9 -27.1 23 17.2 -14.3 225 39 321.0 321.1 289.9 323.9 0.83 12 450 6603 -13.6 -40.3 9 26.7 -18.3 235 47 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.25 13 400 7487 -20.3 -44.1 10 23.8 -23.5 237 55 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.19 14 350 8460 -27.7 -49.2 11 21.5 -29.8 242 64 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.12 15 300 9549 -36.2 -50.2 22 14.0 -37.2 243 73 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 16 250 10785 -45.6 -56.8 27 11.2 -46.0 247 81 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.07 17 200 12255 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 252 86 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14079 -61.7 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.8 248 68 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16526 -71.0 -86.9 8 15.8 -71.1 261 30 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.70 m Freezing level: 610.26 mb = 4236.11 m = 13897.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.83 mb = 3990.50 m = 13092.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.37 mb = 363.42 m = 1192.29 ft T: 21.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.43 mb = 1586.46 m = 5204.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 38.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 975.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.21 mb = 890.50 m = 2921.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.21 mb = 2259.12 m = 7411.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.21 mb = 11159.08 m = 36610.72 ft B at Equ Level: 968.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.21 mb = 14233.76 m = 46698.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.5 neg: -8.2 tot: 105.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 117.92 Bulk Shear: 8.27 m/s