MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.33,-96.22 Latitude: 31.33 Longitude: -96.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 995 127 24.2 23.4 95 0.9 23.6 129 6 297.8 301.1 297.0 351.4 18.47 2 950 539 26.2 20.6 71 5.6 22.1 175 11 303.7 306.8 297.1 352.1 16.25 3 900 1014 22.9 17.8 73 5.1 19.4 230 9 305.1 307.8 296.3 348.2 14.43 4 850 1510 18.4 16.1 86 2.3 16.8 246 12 305.5 308.0 295.8 346.4 13.67 5 800 2028 14.6 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 255 17 306.7 309.1 295.6 345.2 12.77 6 750 2570 10.4 8.3 87 2.1 9.1 296 25 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.7 9.18 7 700 3141 6.1 -0.9 61 6.9 2.5 300 33 309.2 310.2 290.3 325.1 5.14 8 650 3745 3.8 -15.2 23 19.1 -3.4 301 31 313.3 313.7 288.5 319.2 1.80 9 600 4390 0.3 -22.0 17 22.2 -6.8 289 33 316.4 316.6 288.8 320.2 1.10 10 550 5081 -4.2 -27.2 15 23.1 -10.4 284 30 319.1 319.3 289.3 321.8 0.74 11 500 5824 -9.3 -36.4 9 27.1 -14.7 282 35 321.8 321.8 289.7 323.0 0.34 12 450 6630 -14.2 -40.9 8 26.7 -18.7 278 46 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.3 0.24 13 400 7514 -19.8 -44.0 10 24.2 -23.2 277 48 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.19 14 350 8488 -27.1 -46.5 14 19.5 -29.2 274 50 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.17 15 300 9581 -34.5 -43.3 40 8.9 -35.4 283 42 336.8 336.8 293.8 337.9 0.28 16 250 10832 -43.2 -55.0 26 11.8 -43.7 278 46 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.3 0.09 17 200 12304 -51.9 -73.0 6 21.0 -52.3 270 71 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14118 -63.0 -82.3 6 19.3 -63.1 264 57 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16557 -71.5 -86.4 9 14.9 -71.6 267 31 389.6 389.6 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.98 m Freezing level: 597.07 mb = 4430.53 m = 14535.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.83 mb = 3391.00 m = 11125.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.02 C = 89.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.22 mb = 235.33 m = 772.07 ft T: 24.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 32.81 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1469.88 m = 4822.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.74 C Showalter Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2104.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.35 mb = 1146.70 m = 3762.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.35 mb = 1699.20 m = 5574.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.35 mb = 12259.45 m = 40220.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2103.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.6 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 313.6 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 195.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.83 Bulk Rich Number: 17.59 Bulk Shear: 119.61 m/s