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: 32.78,-94.12 Latitude: 32.78 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 73 25.3 20.7 76 4.6 22.1 184 7 298.3 301.1 295.1 343.4 15.53 1 1000 90 24.8 20.5 77 4.3 21.8 184 6 297.9 300.7 294.9 342.5 15.36 2 950 538 20.5 18.9 90 1.7 19.4 188 14 298.0 300.7 294.4 340.4 14.59 3 900 1006 19.0 17.1 88 2.0 17.7 215 26 301.1 303.7 294.7 341.5 13.72 4 850 1496 17.0 11.6 71 5.4 13.6 220 22 303.9 305.8 292.8 334.1 10.14 5 800 2010 12.9 11.9 93 1.0 12.3 212 20 305.0 307.0 293.8 337.9 11.02 6 750 2551 9.8 9.4 97 0.4 9.6 222 18 307.2 309.1 293.6 337.2 9.92 7 700 3121 6.9 6.2 95 0.7 6.5 209 20 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.2 8.51 8 650 3729 4.2 1.4 82 2.7 2.7 214 26 313.7 314.9 292.9 334.2 6.54 9 600 4376 0.2 -5.2 67 5.4 -2.3 211 26 316.4 317.2 291.8 330.3 4.35 10 550 5067 -4.9 -11.2 61 6.3 -7.5 219 29 318.2 318.8 291.1 328.0 2.96 11 500 5807 -10.4 -19.8 46 9.4 -13.3 230 38 320.3 320.7 290.5 325.8 1.59 12 450 6616 -12.4 -41.6 7 29.2 -17.5 234 44 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.22 13 400 7505 -18.7 -48.3 6 29.6 -22.5 236 49 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.12 14 350 8483 -26.7 -51.3 8 24.6 -29.0 240 54 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.10 15 300 9575 -35.6 -52.3 16 16.8 -36.8 245 61 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 16 250 10815 -44.9 -57.8 22 12.9 -45.4 249 69 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.06 17 200 12285 -51.3 -74.5 5 23.2 -51.7 254 76 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14100 -63.0 -81.1 7 18.1 -63.1 251 58 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16532 -72.5 -86.1 11 13.6 -72.6 258 37 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.37 m Freezing level: 597.87 mb = 4405.22 m = 14452.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.33 mb = 4067.51 m = 13344.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.21 mb = 654.84 m = 2148.39 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 12.17 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1433.42 m = 4702.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 621.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.88 mb = 835.25 m = 2740.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.88 mb = 1979.89 m = 6495.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.88 mb = 11005.82 m = 36107.88 ft B at Equ Level: 616.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.88 mb = 13580.62 m = 44555.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.4 neg: -14.6 tot: 73.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 18.45 Bulk Shear: 33.71 m/s