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: 31.98,-97.36 Latitude: 31.98 Longitude: -97.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 988 197 22.6 22.2 98 0.4 22.3 80 3 296.8 299.9 295.9 346.8 17.31 2 950 540 22.6 19.3 82 3.3 20.3 237 1 300.1 302.9 295.3 344.1 15.01 3 900 1011 21.6 15.8 69 5.9 17.7 274 7 303.8 306.1 294.6 341.3 12.61 4 850 1506 19.0 12.3 65 6.7 14.7 284 13 306.1 308.0 293.9 338.1 10.65 5 800 2023 15.1 8.4 65 6.6 11.0 291 17 307.2 308.8 292.7 333.6 8.69 6 750 2566 10.5 5.6 71 4.9 7.6 295 19 308.0 309.4 292.0 331.2 7.61 7 700 3136 6.0 1.0 70 5.0 3.4 299 20 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.3 5.88 8 650 3740 3.2 -6.5 49 9.7 -1.3 313 19 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.1 3.61 9 600 4384 0.2 -10.5 44 10.7 -4.3 318 21 316.3 316.9 290.5 325.7 2.86 10 550 5076 -3.8 -16.5 37 12.7 -8.4 316 22 319.6 319.9 290.6 326.0 1.92 11 500 5822 -7.8 -22.9 29 15.0 -12.3 326 29 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.7 1.21 12 450 6631 -14.1 -29.1 27 15.0 -17.6 336 45 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.2 0.76 13 400 7512 -21.1 -34.1 30 13.1 -23.4 330 48 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.6 0.53 14 350 8484 -27.8 -37.9 37 10.1 -29.2 304 42 331.3 331.4 292.5 332.8 0.42 15 300 9573 -36.4 -42.7 52 6.3 -37.0 294 36 334.1 334.1 293.1 335.2 0.29 16 250 10814 -44.0 -49.1 57 5.1 -44.3 271 32 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.17 17 200 12279 -52.3 -69.1 11 16.8 -52.7 269 63 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14092 -62.8 -79.7 9 16.9 -62.9 270 66 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16548 -69.7 -86.2 7 16.5 -69.8 270 32 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.74 m Freezing level: 597.72 mb = 4415.78 m = 14487.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.71 mb = 3569.80 m = 11711.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.82 mb = 243.46 m = 798.73 ft T: 22.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 22.69 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.60 mb = 1847.95 m = 6062.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.85 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1101.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.01 mb = 1127.27 m = 3698.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.01 mb = 2421.30 m = 7943.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.01 mb = 11276.22 m = 36995.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1093.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.01 mb = 14820.27 m = 48622.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.6 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 339.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 21.10 Bulk Shear: 52.18 m/s