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: 34.54,-95.08 Latitude: 34.54 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 973 316 21.5 20.9 97 0.6 21.1 195 9 297.0 300.0 295.3 344.0 16.25 2 950 519 20.2 20.0 99 0.1 20.1 200 19 297.6 300.5 295.1 343.2 15.72 3 900 986 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 222 38 300.1 302.7 294.8 342.1 14.34 4 850 1475 15.5 14.1 92 1.4 14.6 238 39 302.4 304.6 293.8 338.0 12.03 5 800 1987 11.9 11.0 95 0.9 11.3 232 36 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.7 10.36 6 750 2526 8.6 7.6 94 0.9 8.0 225 31 305.9 307.5 292.4 332.4 8.79 7 700 3093 5.1 3.8 91 1.4 4.4 208 29 308.2 309.5 291.7 330.1 7.17 8 650 3696 2.1 -0.5 83 2.6 0.7 200 35 311.3 312.4 291.4 329.0 5.67 9 600 4338 -1.6 -4.4 81 2.8 -2.9 197 41 314.3 315.2 291.4 329.0 4.61 10 550 5026 -5.7 -7.9 84 2.2 -6.7 206 49 317.3 318.1 291.6 329.7 3.83 11 500 5768 -9.1 -11.9 80 2.8 -10.2 221 52 321.9 322.5 292.3 332.1 3.06 12 450 6575 -14.6 -32.7 20 18.1 -18.4 234 52 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.9 0.54 13 400 7454 -21.2 -42.4 13 21.2 -24.2 236 60 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.23 14 350 8423 -28.8 -47.3 15 18.5 -30.6 237 66 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.15 15 300 9508 -37.4 -46.6 38 9.3 -38.1 239 77 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 16 250 10740 -45.5 -59.4 20 13.9 -46.0 244 84 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12207 -51.2 -73.8 5 22.6 -51.5 253 81 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14036 -60.7 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.8 255 74 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16502 -70.6 -87.6 6 17.0 -70.7 259 35 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.32 m Freezing level: 621.51 mb = 4061.58 m = 13325.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3819.34 m = 12530.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.92 mb = 384.30 m = 1260.80 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 15.03 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 889.11 m = 2916.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.06 C = 75.31 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.26 C Showalter Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1325.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.32 mb = 821.48 m = 2695.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.32 mb = 1155.89 m = 3792.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.32 mb = 11222.29 m = 36818.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1316.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.32 mb = 14355.83 m = 47098.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.2 neg: -47.5 tot: 144.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 29.01 Bulk Shear: 45.69 m/s