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: 33.03,-94.45 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 997 104 24.7 21.6 83 3.0 22.5 193 5 298.1 301.1 295.8 346.1 16.52 2 950 522 21.0 19.7 92 1.3 20.1 193 12 298.5 301.3 295.1 343.1 15.35 3 900 990 18.8 16.5 86 2.3 17.2 235 20 300.9 303.3 294.2 339.6 13.20 4 850 1480 16.0 13.9 87 2.1 14.6 238 24 302.9 305.1 293.9 338.0 11.84 5 800 1994 13.2 11.8 91 1.5 12.3 231 26 305.3 307.3 293.8 338.0 10.92 6 750 2535 10.1 8.9 92 1.3 9.4 224 28 307.6 309.4 293.5 336.6 9.58 7 700 3107 6.9 5.9 93 1.0 6.3 226 34 310.1 311.7 293.2 335.7 8.33 8 650 3713 3.4 2.3 93 1.1 2.8 226 39 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.5 6.98 9 600 4359 0.4 -2.8 79 3.2 -1.2 227 45 316.6 317.6 292.6 333.1 5.18 10 550 5051 -4.7 -6.6 86 1.9 -5.6 225 48 318.5 319.3 292.3 332.2 4.23 11 500 5793 -9.8 -14.3 70 4.5 -11.5 228 50 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.5 2.52 12 450 6599 -14.7 -26.7 35 12.0 -17.7 236 51 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.1 0.95 13 400 7480 -20.5 -42.3 12 21.8 -23.7 233 58 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.23 14 350 8452 -28.0 -43.8 21 15.9 -29.8 237 67 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.22 15 300 9541 -36.1 -51.2 20 15.1 -37.2 240 75 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.12 16 250 10784 -43.6 -63.6 9 20.1 -44.3 248 74 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 17 200 12259 -51.0 -73.6 5 22.6 -51.4 257 74 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14078 -62.6 -82.4 5 19.7 -62.8 259 64 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16516 -71.7 -86.0 10 14.3 -71.8 259 33 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.02 m Freezing level: 596.11 mb = 4412.70 m = 14477.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.19 mb = 4156.91 m = 13637.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.65 mb = 488.93 m = 1604.08 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 18.00 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1079.93 m = 3543.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.80 C = 82.05 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 38.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1025.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.98 mb = 809.68 m = 2656.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.98 mb = 1641.10 m = 5384.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.98 mb = 10944.98 m = 35908.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1019.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.98 mb = 14324.30 m = 46995.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 113.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 10.96 Bulk Shear: 93.62 m/s