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: 32.15,-94.92 Latitude: 32.15 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 994 128 27.8 22.0 71 5.8 23.6 200 7 301.6 304.7 297.0 351.7 17.02 2 950 523 24.2 19.6 76 4.6 20.9 202 10 301.7 304.5 295.9 346.7 15.28 3 900 995 19.7 18.8 95 0.9 19.1 203 11 301.8 304.6 296.0 347.1 15.36 4 850 1485 16.3 15.2 93 1.1 15.6 225 21 303.2 305.6 294.7 341.5 12.90 5 800 2000 13.7 12.7 94 1.0 13.1 234 27 305.8 308.0 294.5 340.7 11.64 6 750 2542 10.6 9.9 95 0.8 10.2 233 30 308.1 310.0 294.1 339.2 10.24 7 700 3115 7.5 6.8 95 0.7 7.1 229 33 310.8 312.5 293.9 338.2 8.92 8 650 3723 4.3 3.2 93 1.1 3.7 230 34 313.8 315.2 293.6 337.1 7.45 9 600 4371 0.7 -1.4 85 2.2 -0.4 230 38 317.0 318.1 293.2 335.3 5.75 10 550 5065 -4.4 -6.5 85 2.1 -5.4 227 40 318.8 319.7 292.4 332.7 4.27 11 500 5808 -8.7 -14.5 63 5.7 -10.9 233 45 322.4 322.9 291.9 330.8 2.49 12 450 6616 -14.3 -31.8 21 17.5 -18.1 239 51 325.2 325.4 291.0 327.4 0.59 13 400 7499 -19.9 -43.5 10 23.6 -23.2 236 59 329.1 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.20 14 350 8474 -27.1 -44.0 19 16.9 -29.0 243 67 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.22 15 300 9567 -35.3 -52.2 16 17.0 -36.5 246 72 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 16 250 10813 -43.2 -61.4 12 18.1 -44.0 254 74 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.04 17 200 12289 -51.4 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 258 72 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14103 -63.5 -79.4 10 15.9 -63.6 262 58 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16528 -72.4 -85.9 11 13.4 -72.5 256 34 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.89 m Freezing level: 592.75 mb = 4471.62 m = 14670.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.83 mb = 4306.26 m = 14127.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.28 mb = 866.94 m = 2844.27 ft T: 20.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 19.65 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1103.23 m = 3619.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.39 C = 83.11 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 39.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1598.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.22 mb = 1049.86 m = 3444.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.22 mb = 1195.03 m = 3920.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.22 mb = 11682.14 m = 38326.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1594.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.22 mb = 16000.95 m = 52495.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 23.60 Bulk Shear: 67.71 m/s