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: 34.03,-94.57 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -94.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 992 147 21.8 21.2 96 0.6 21.4 140 3 295.7 298.6 294.8 342.3 16.21 2 950 519 19.8 17.7 88 2.1 18.4 181 5 297.2 299.7 293.4 336.3 13.50 3 900 984 18.2 13.1 72 5.1 14.9 216 10 300.2 302.2 292.1 331.3 10.58 4 850 1473 17.3 10.2 63 7.1 12.9 246 35 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.8 9.21 5 800 1989 14.4 7.0 61 7.4 10.0 259 40 306.5 308.0 291.8 330.4 7.87 6 750 2530 9.9 5.0 72 4.9 7.1 261 44 307.4 308.7 291.6 329.7 7.33 7 700 3099 4.8 2.4 84 2.4 3.5 265 46 307.8 309.0 291.1 327.8 6.52 8 650 3699 0.6 -1.7 84 2.3 -0.6 268 47 309.6 310.6 290.5 325.7 5.18 9 600 4336 -3.8 -7.0 78 3.2 -5.2 257 50 311.7 312.4 289.9 323.7 3.76 10 550 5019 -7.5 -10.3 81 2.8 -8.6 240 54 315.2 315.8 290.4 325.5 3.18 11 500 5755 -11.4 -14.2 80 2.8 -12.4 230 55 319.2 319.7 291.0 327.6 2.55 12 450 6556 -16.0 -20.5 69 4.5 -17.3 227 55 323.1 323.5 291.4 328.9 1.67 13 400 7432 -21.8 -37.3 23 15.5 -24.3 238 53 326.7 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.39 14 350 8404 -27.5 -52.5 7 25.0 -29.7 248 64 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 15 300 9495 -35.1 -61.0 5 25.9 -36.5 253 62 335.8 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 16 250 10745 -41.9 -72.4 2 30.6 -42.8 253 47 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.8 0.01 17 200 12225 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 262 57 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14050 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.8 252 52 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16513 -69.2 -87.3 6 18.1 -69.3 261 32 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.04 m Freezing level: 643.36 mb = 3783.44 m = 12412.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.00 mb = 3612.10 m = 11850.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.09 mb = 222.16 m = 728.85 ft T: 21.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 10.99 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.59 mb = 1982.76 m = 6505.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.61 C = 90.71 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 36.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 506.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.20 mb = 943.92 m = 3096.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.20 mb = 2761.97 m = 9061.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.20 mb = 8626.08 m = 28300.43 ft B at Equ Level: 504.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.20 mb = 11616.75 m = 38112.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 306.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 2.43 Bulk Shear: 208.04 m/s