MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.87,-95.05 Latitude: 31.87 Longitude: -95.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 995 119 28.8 22.3 68 6.5 24.1 204 7 302.5 305.6 297.4 353.7 17.32 2 950 524 24.5 20.3 78 4.2 21.5 206 11 302.1 305.0 296.5 349.4 16.03 3 900 996 19.9 19.1 95 0.8 19.4 205 11 302.1 304.9 296.3 348.3 15.68 4 850 1487 16.5 15.8 96 0.7 16.0 219 20 303.4 305.9 295.1 343.2 13.40 5 800 2002 13.7 12.8 94 0.9 13.1 232 27 305.8 308.0 294.5 340.8 11.68 6 750 2545 10.8 10.0 95 0.8 10.3 230 29 308.3 310.3 294.3 339.8 10.37 7 700 3118 7.6 6.8 94 0.8 7.1 228 32 311.0 312.6 293.9 338.3 8.89 8 650 3726 4.5 3.0 90 1.5 3.7 230 32 314.1 315.5 293.6 337.0 7.35 9 600 4375 0.6 -1.7 84 2.3 -0.6 228 34 316.8 317.9 293.0 334.7 5.62 10 550 5068 -4.5 -6.4 86 2.0 -5.4 227 36 318.8 319.6 292.4 332.7 4.30 11 500 5813 -7.9 -12.2 71 4.3 -9.6 235 44 323.4 324.0 292.6 333.4 3.00 12 450 6622 -13.8 -24.2 41 10.4 -16.7 241 52 325.8 326.1 291.7 330.1 1.20 13 400 7506 -19.9 -43.1 11 23.2 -23.2 238 59 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.21 14 350 8482 -26.9 -43.7 19 16.9 -28.9 245 66 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.23 15 300 9575 -35.1 -51.5 17 16.4 -36.3 248 71 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 16 250 10822 -43.1 -61.5 11 18.4 -43.9 255 72 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.04 17 200 12298 -51.4 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 259 71 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14110 -63.6 -78.9 11 15.3 -63.7 262 56 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16533 -72.8 -85.8 12 13.0 -72.9 256 34 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.16 m Freezing level: 594.16 mb = 4455.53 m = 14617.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.30 mb = 4276.66 m = 14030.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.30 mb = 944.69 m = 3099.34 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 20.96 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.34 mb = 1050.11 m = 3445.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.95 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 39.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1884.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.48 mb = 1039.13 m = 3409.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.48 mb = 1087.24 m = 3567.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.48 mb = 11959.91 m = 39238.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1883.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 33.77 Bulk Shear: 55.79 m/s