MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 29.21,-95.35 Latitude: 29.21 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1011 5 28.6 24.7 79 3.9 25.7 160 10 300.8 304.5 298.5 358.9 19.72 1 1000 100 26.8 24.0 85 2.7 24.7 161 12 299.9 303.4 297.9 356.1 19.16 2 950 553 22.8 21.9 95 0.9 22.2 171 17 300.3 303.5 297.1 352.1 17.67 3 900 1023 19.7 16.9 84 2.7 17.8 198 17 301.8 304.3 294.8 341.9 13.61 4 850 1514 17.4 10.3 63 7.2 12.9 185 17 304.4 306.1 292.3 332.2 9.27 5 800 2030 15.5 7.1 57 8.4 10.4 183 17 307.7 309.2 292.2 331.9 7.94 6 750 2575 12.6 7.2 69 5.5 9.3 191 13 310.3 311.9 293.4 336.4 8.50 7 700 3152 9.7 3.9 67 5.8 6.3 195 7 313.3 314.6 293.3 335.9 7.24 8 650 3765 6.6 -8.1 34 14.7 -0.2 204 5 316.4 317.0 290.8 326.8 3.19 9 600 4415 2.2 -16.5 24 18.7 -4.8 207 12 318.7 319.0 290.2 324.6 1.76 10 550 5111 -1.9 -23.0 18 21.1 -8.5 211 8 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.6 1.09 11 500 5862 -6.1 -28.3 15 22.3 -12.1 238 13 325.6 325.8 291.2 328.3 0.74 12 450 6678 -9.9 -47.2 3 37.4 -16.0 250 13 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.12 13 400 7574 -17.3 -47.9 5 30.7 -21.5 249 16 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.12 14 350 8557 -25.5 -53.8 5 28.3 -28.1 263 24 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.07 15 300 9655 -34.6 -58.3 7 23.8 -36.0 262 26 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 16 250 10902 -44.0 -62.7 11 18.7 -44.6 264 40 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.03 17 200 12369 -52.3 -71.8 8 19.5 -52.7 260 50 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14172 -65.8 -77.9 17 12.1 -65.8 260 43 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16565 -75.5 -84.4 23 8.9 -75.5 251 25 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.02 m Freezing level: 573.19 mb = 4788.29 m = 15709.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.20 mb = 3749.31 m = 12300.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.22 mb = 504.87 m = 1656.39 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 27.06 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.52 mb = 752.13 m = 2467.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.70 C = 83.65 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 16.35 C K Index: 27.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1700.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.33 mb = 688.57 m = 2259.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.33 mb = 829.10 m = 2720.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.33 mb = 13017.60 m = 42708.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1692.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.4 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 225.4 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: -16.3 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 272.89 Bulk Shear: 6.23 m/s