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: 31.38,-96.1 Latitude: 31.38 Longitude: -96.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 996 122 24.3 23.3 94 1.0 23.6 136 6 297.8 301.1 296.9 351.1 18.38 2 950 540 25.7 20.6 74 5.0 22.1 175 10 303.2 306.3 297.0 351.7 16.34 3 900 1014 22.5 18.1 76 4.4 19.4 234 8 304.7 307.4 296.3 348.4 14.66 4 850 1509 18.3 16.0 86 2.3 16.7 250 13 305.3 307.8 295.7 345.8 13.54 5 800 2027 14.6 13.2 92 1.4 13.7 263 18 306.7 308.9 295.0 342.8 12.01 6 750 2570 10.4 7.9 85 2.5 8.9 298 27 307.9 309.5 293.1 335.1 8.96 7 700 3140 6.0 -0.8 62 6.8 2.5 297 33 309.1 310.1 290.3 325.2 5.16 8 650 3744 4.0 -18.1 18 22.1 -3.8 299 31 313.5 313.8 288.2 318.2 1.42 9 600 4390 0.5 -22.0 17 22.4 -6.7 288 33 316.7 316.9 288.9 320.4 1.10 10 550 5081 -4.1 -27.1 15 23.0 -10.4 282 29 319.2 319.4 289.3 321.9 0.76 11 500 5824 -9.4 -34.2 11 24.8 -14.7 280 34 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.1 0.42 12 450 6630 -14.2 -44.0 6 29.8 -18.8 277 45 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.17 13 400 7514 -19.9 -46.5 7 26.6 -23.4 276 47 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.15 14 350 8488 -27.2 -47.8 12 20.6 -29.3 273 48 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.14 15 300 9580 -34.7 -43.6 40 8.9 -35.6 284 41 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.5 0.27 16 250 10829 -43.2 -54.6 27 11.4 -43.8 278 46 341.8 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.09 17 200 12301 -51.9 -73.7 6 21.8 -52.3 269 70 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14116 -62.8 -82.6 5 19.8 -63.0 264 57 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16556 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.5 267 31 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.67 m Freezing level: 594.74 mb = 4462.46 m = 14640.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.31 mb = 3372.61 m = 11064.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.62 mb = 241.95 m = 793.81 ft T: 24.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 33.47 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.30 mb = 1425.22 m = 4675.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.05 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.79 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.66 C Cross Totals Index: 25.34 C K Index: 36.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2092.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.03 mb = 1081.77 m = 3549.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.03 mb = 1732.99 m = 5685.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.03 mb = 12363.69 m = 40562.81 ft B at Equ Level: 2084.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.3 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 313.3 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 178.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.71 Bulk Rich Number: 18.03 Bulk Shear: 116.06 m/s