MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.76,-95.48 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 995 131 25.0 22.0 84 2.9 22.9 194 10 298.6 301.6 296.2 348.0 16.99 2 950 533 21.1 20.3 95 0.8 20.5 198 16 298.6 301.5 295.5 345.1 15.98 3 900 1000 18.4 17.1 92 1.3 17.5 227 30 300.5 303.0 294.6 340.9 13.77 4 850 1490 16.0 14.7 92 1.4 15.1 230 27 302.9 305.2 294.3 339.8 12.44 5 800 2004 13.1 12.0 93 1.2 12.4 229 24 305.1 307.2 293.9 338.3 11.06 6 750 2544 10.0 9.0 93 1.0 9.4 225 27 307.4 309.2 293.5 336.7 9.65 7 700 3116 6.7 6.4 97 0.4 6.5 219 29 309.9 311.6 293.4 336.4 8.63 8 650 3722 3.6 1.1 83 2.5 2.2 215 31 313.1 314.3 292.6 333.1 6.40 9 600 4368 -0.5 -2.7 85 2.2 -1.6 214 33 315.5 316.5 292.3 332.1 5.22 10 550 5058 -5.1 -6.4 91 1.3 -5.7 213 37 318.0 318.9 292.3 332.0 4.31 11 500 5800 -10.0 -13.5 75 3.5 -11.3 217 41 320.8 321.4 291.6 329.8 2.69 12 450 6608 -13.3 -29.2 25 15.9 -17.1 228 47 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.3 0.76 13 400 7493 -19.6 -45.3 8 25.7 -23.1 233 55 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.17 14 350 8469 -27.1 -48.6 11 21.6 -29.3 240 62 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.13 15 300 9561 -35.9 -50.3 21 14.4 -37.0 244 71 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.13 16 250 10801 -44.4 -60.4 15 16.0 -45.0 250 78 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.04 17 200 12274 -51.1 -74.3 5 23.2 -51.5 254 80 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.01 18 150 14094 -62.3 -80.6 7 18.3 -62.4 256 62 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16529 -72.0 -86.0 11 13.9 -72.1 263 34 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.05 m Freezing level: 606.23 mb = 4287.33 m = 14065.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.96 mb = 4090.93 m = 13421.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.47 mb = 501.17 m = 1644.23 ft T: 21.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 18.73 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.84 mb = 858.81 m = 2817.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.31 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.68 C K Index: 40.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1222.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.18 mb = 761.78 m = 2499.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.18 mb = 1094.12 m = 3589.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.18 mb = 11346.71 m = 37226.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1215.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.18 mb = 14945.36 m = 49032.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.8 neg: -8.4 tot: 86.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 28.42 Bulk Shear: 43.01 m/s