MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.11,-95.35 Latitude: 32.11 Longitude: -95.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 995 135 23.4 21.7 90 1.7 22.2 170 3 297.0 300.0 295.6 345.2 16.68 2 950 544 23.4 21.7 90 1.8 22.2 213 12 301.0 304.2 297.1 352.3 17.43 3 900 1016 20.6 18.6 88 2.0 19.2 253 9 302.7 305.5 296.1 347.5 15.12 4 850 1509 17.4 15.6 89 1.8 16.2 279 18 304.4 306.8 295.3 343.8 13.23 5 800 2024 13.7 10.2 79 3.5 11.5 300 22 305.8 307.6 293.1 335.3 9.81 6 750 2564 9.4 3.1 65 6.3 5.9 314 26 306.8 308.0 290.7 326.4 6.40 7 700 3132 6.0 -14.6 21 20.5 -1.8 305 24 309.1 309.4 287.0 314.8 1.76 8 650 3736 3.6 -30.4 6 34.0 -5.5 290 26 313.1 313.2 287.0 314.7 0.47 9 600 4379 -0.4 -27.7 11 27.4 -7.9 296 29 315.7 315.8 288.1 318.0 0.65 10 550 5069 -4.4 -35.9 7 31.4 -11.3 320 31 318.9 318.9 288.8 320.0 0.33 11 500 5812 -9.0 -50.2 2 41.2 -15.1 342 45 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.4 0.08 12 450 6620 -13.6 -44.9 5 31.3 -18.4 314 47 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.16 13 400 7504 -20.2 -51.3 4 31.0 -23.7 296 51 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.09 14 350 8476 -27.9 -59.8 3 31.9 -30.2 290 61 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.2 0.03 15 300 9563 -36.7 -55.1 13 18.4 -37.8 277 52 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.07 16 250 10799 -44.7 -55.2 30 10.5 -45.2 254 53 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.09 17 200 12269 -51.7 -72.5 7 20.8 -52.1 271 63 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14088 -62.3 -79.7 8 17.4 -62.4 270 60 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16531 -71.3 -86.0 10 14.6 -71.4 266 39 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.70 m Freezing level: 604.55 mb = 4320.78 m = 14175.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.76 mb = 2995.15 m = 9826.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.16 mb = 350.99 m = 1151.53 ft T: 23.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 37.54 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 1140.33 m = 3741.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -5.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.41 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 21.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2121.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.94 mb = 824.81 m = 2706.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.94 mb = 1458.63 m = 4785.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.94 mb = 12108.09 m = 39724.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2112.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.3 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 337.3 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.9 neg: -12.0 tot: 166.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 20.53 Bulk Shear: 103.33 m/s