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: 34.49,-95.14 Latitude: 34.49 Longitude: -95.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 974 303 21.7 21.0 96 0.6 21.2 194 8 297.0 300.0 295.3 344.2 16.32 2 950 520 20.2 20.1 99 0.1 20.2 199 19 297.7 300.6 295.1 343.5 15.78 3 900 986 18.1 17.8 98 0.3 17.9 222 37 300.1 302.7 294.8 342.2 14.37 4 850 1476 15.5 14.2 92 1.3 14.6 239 39 302.4 304.6 293.8 338.0 12.04 5 800 1988 11.8 11.1 96 0.7 11.4 232 36 303.7 305.7 293.0 334.9 10.45 6 750 2526 8.5 7.7 94 0.8 8.0 226 31 305.8 307.5 292.4 332.4 8.82 7 700 3094 5.1 3.8 91 1.3 4.4 208 29 308.1 309.5 291.7 330.1 7.20 8 650 3696 2.0 -0.5 83 2.6 0.7 200 35 311.3 312.4 291.4 329.0 5.68 9 600 4338 -1.5 -4.3 81 2.8 -2.9 198 41 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.1 4.65 10 550 5027 -5.7 -8.0 84 2.3 -6.7 207 49 317.3 318.1 291.6 329.6 3.81 11 500 5768 -8.8 -12.4 76 3.5 -10.2 222 52 322.3 322.8 292.3 332.1 2.96 12 450 6575 -14.6 -34.5 17 19.9 -18.6 235 52 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.6 0.46 13 400 7455 -21.2 -43.0 12 21.8 -24.2 235 59 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.21 14 350 8424 -28.8 -47.4 15 18.6 -30.6 237 66 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.15 15 300 9508 -37.3 -46.6 37 9.3 -38.1 239 77 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 16 250 10741 -45.4 -60.2 17 14.8 -45.9 244 84 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 17 200 12209 -51.1 -74.0 5 22.9 -51.5 253 80 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14038 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 255 73 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.00 19 100 16503 -70.7 -87.7 6 17.1 -70.7 259 34 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.62 m Freezing level: 621.31 mb = 4064.39 m = 13334.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.89 mb = 3821.59 m = 12537.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.60 mb = 378.61 m = 1242.16 ft T: 21.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 15.26 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 859.96 m = 2821.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.06 C = 75.31 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.34 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 37.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1352.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.17 mb = 804.44 m = 2639.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.17 mb = 1138.31 m = 3734.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.17 mb = 11171.15 m = 36650.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1347.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.17 mb = 14715.53 m = 48278.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.6 neg: -49.3 tot: 144.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.58 Bulk Rich Number: 27.37 Bulk Shear: 49.42 m/s