MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.61,-95.63 Latitude: 31.61 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 996 105 27.9 22.1 71 5.8 23.7 131 4 301.4 304.5 297.0 351.6 17.04 2 950 524 25.5 20.1 72 5.4 21.6 173 9 303.1 306.0 296.6 349.8 15.76 3 900 997 21.1 19.1 88 2.0 19.7 188 9 303.3 306.2 296.5 349.7 15.66 4 850 1491 17.8 17.7 99 0.1 17.7 208 12 304.8 307.6 296.6 350.0 15.14 5 800 2008 14.6 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 242 18 306.7 309.1 295.6 345.2 12.78 6 750 2552 11.1 9.2 88 1.9 9.9 251 27 308.6 310.5 293.9 338.4 9.78 7 700 3126 8.2 4.8 79 3.4 6.2 266 34 311.6 313.0 293.2 335.5 7.72 8 650 3734 4.0 -2.0 65 6.1 0.9 259 36 313.5 314.5 291.6 329.5 5.07 9 600 4379 -0.8 -12.7 40 11.9 -5.5 257 35 315.2 315.7 289.7 323.1 2.41 10 550 5067 -5.3 -25.4 19 20.1 -10.9 250 37 317.8 318.0 289.0 320.9 0.88 11 500 5809 -8.7 -36.5 9 27.8 -14.4 258 40 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.7 0.34 12 450 6617 -13.5 -46.2 4 32.7 -18.4 260 47 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.8 0.13 13 400 7503 -19.2 -56.8 2 37.6 -23.1 264 49 330.0 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.04 14 350 8480 -27.1 -52.8 7 25.7 -29.5 275 52 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 15 300 9570 -36.1 -61.0 6 24.9 -37.4 262 49 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.03 16 250 10818 -41.9 -68.6 4 26.8 -42.8 262 62 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.01 17 200 12300 -50.9 -75.5 4 24.6 -51.4 267 73 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14118 -63.2 -82.1 6 18.9 -63.3 265 58 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16547 -72.3 -86.2 11 13.9 -72.3 255 31 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.50 m Freezing level: 608.30 mb = 4271.68 m = 14014.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.77 mb = 3824.34 m = 12546.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.62 mb = 846.74 m = 2777.99 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 29.12 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1335.57 m = 4381.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 26.36 C K Index: 40.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1903.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.42 mb = 1138.40 m = 3734.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.42 mb = 1587.64 m = 5208.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.42 mb = 11962.92 m = 39247.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1896.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.35 Bulk Rich Number: 19.06 Bulk Shear: 99.92 m/s