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: 32.96,-94.27 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -94.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 1000 91 25.2 20.7 76 4.5 22.1 185 8 298.4 301.2 295.2 343.7 15.58 2 950 536 20.2 19.5 96 0.7 19.7 190 16 297.7 300.4 294.7 341.6 15.15 3 900 1003 18.9 17.7 92 1.3 18.1 215 27 301.0 303.6 295.0 343.0 14.28 4 850 1494 17.0 11.4 69 5.6 13.4 218 23 304.0 305.8 292.7 333.8 10.01 5 800 2008 13.2 11.4 89 1.8 12.0 212 22 305.2 307.2 293.6 337.0 10.63 6 750 2548 9.6 9.2 97 0.4 9.4 222 20 307.0 308.9 293.5 336.7 9.82 7 700 3119 6.7 6.3 97 0.4 6.4 211 20 309.9 311.5 293.3 336.1 8.56 8 650 3726 4.0 1.5 84 2.5 2.6 213 26 313.4 314.7 292.8 334.0 6.56 9 600 4373 0.2 -5.8 64 6.0 -2.6 211 27 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.6 4.13 10 550 5064 -5.2 -9.9 70 4.7 -7.2 218 31 317.9 318.5 291.3 328.6 3.28 11 500 5803 -10.7 -19.5 49 8.7 -13.5 228 39 319.9 320.3 290.4 325.5 1.64 12 450 6611 -12.7 -41.7 7 29.0 -17.7 234 45 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.22 13 400 7499 -18.9 -46.2 7 27.4 -22.6 235 52 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.15 14 350 8476 -26.8 -51.2 8 24.3 -29.2 240 56 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 15 300 9568 -35.8 -52.2 17 16.4 -36.9 244 64 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.10 16 250 10808 -45.0 -58.0 22 13.0 -45.5 249 73 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.06 17 200 12277 -51.2 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.7 254 78 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14095 -62.8 -80.9 7 18.1 -62.9 251 60 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16528 -72.2 -86.2 10 14.0 -72.3 258 37 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.69 m Freezing level: 598.43 mb = 4394.33 m = 14416.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.23 mb = 4039.89 m = 13254.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.22 mb = 662.00 m = 2171.90 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 11.53 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1222.23 m = 4009.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.49 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 38.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 876.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.67 mb = 769.44 m = 2524.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.67 mb = 1906.34 m = 6254.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.67 mb = 11085.62 m = 36369.69 ft B at Equ Level: 875.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.67 mb = 14108.21 m = 46286.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.9 neg: -16.5 tot: 76.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 28.19 Bulk Shear: 31.07 m/s