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: 32.44,-96.37 Latitude: 32.44 Longitude: -96.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 994 114 30.6 20.0 53 10.6 23.0 244 9 304.3 307.0 296.4 348.7 14.94 2 950 517 25.5 18.9 67 6.7 20.8 244 10 303.1 305.8 295.8 346.3 14.59 3 900 990 20.8 18.0 84 2.9 18.8 243 11 303.0 305.7 295.7 346.1 14.56 4 850 1482 16.4 15.9 97 0.5 16.0 246 13 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.2 13.45 5 800 1996 13.2 11.5 89 1.7 12.1 244 19 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.4 10.74 6 750 2536 9.6 5.9 78 3.7 7.4 238 18 307.0 308.4 291.9 330.5 7.77 7 700 3108 7.6 2.7 71 4.9 4.9 239 31 310.9 312.2 292.2 331.6 6.68 8 650 3716 4.0 -0.2 74 4.2 1.8 240 38 313.5 314.6 292.2 331.8 5.82 9 600 4361 -0.9 -3.2 84 2.3 -2.0 234 45 315.1 316.0 292.0 331.1 5.04 10 550 5049 -6.1 -16.9 42 10.9 -9.8 235 46 316.9 317.3 289.7 323.1 1.85 11 500 5786 -11.6 -27.0 27 15.4 -15.4 238 49 319.0 319.1 289.3 321.9 0.84 12 450 6586 -15.6 -40.0 10 24.4 -19.6 241 60 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.26 13 400 7466 -20.4 -49.5 6 29.1 -23.8 251 60 328.4 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.10 14 350 8442 -26.0 -57.8 3 31.7 -28.6 254 62 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.04 15 300 9538 -35.4 -63.6 4 28.2 -36.7 262 62 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.02 16 250 10788 -41.8 -70.2 3 28.4 -42.7 259 62 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.01 17 200 12268 -50.5 -73.8 5 23.3 -51.0 263 75 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14092 -62.3 -83.5 4 21.2 -62.4 263 57 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16524 -72.4 -86.5 10 14.1 -72.4 261 32 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.77 m Freezing level: 609.26 mb = 4241.17 m = 13914.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4010.29 m = 13156.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.56 mb = 1456.14 m = 4777.29 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 18.19 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.04 mb = 1370.99 m = 4497.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.27 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.94 C Cross Totals Index: 27.41 C K Index: 38.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1573.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.55 mb = 1375.86 m = 4513.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.55 mb = 1426.00 m = 4678.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.55 mb = 11183.12 m = 36689.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1567.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.55 mb = 15657.59 m = 51369.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.8 neg: -2.4 tot: 63.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 27.70 Bulk Shear: 56.81 m/s