MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.36,-96.63 Latitude: 33.36 Longitude: -96.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 986 208 24.2 21.3 84 2.9 22.1 202 9 298.6 301.5 295.8 346.1 16.34 2 950 528 20.8 20.2 96 0.6 20.4 208 13 298.3 301.1 295.4 344.3 15.86 3 900 994 17.8 17.1 96 0.6 17.4 238 24 299.8 302.3 294.4 340.1 13.79 4 850 1483 15.6 14.6 94 0.9 15.0 245 28 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.2 12.42 5 800 1995 12.5 12.0 97 0.5 12.1 240 25 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.5 11.06 6 750 2535 9.6 8.3 91 1.3 8.8 239 25 307.0 308.7 293.0 334.7 9.18 7 700 3106 6.7 4.1 83 2.6 5.2 219 25 309.9 311.3 292.4 332.5 7.34 8 650 3711 3.1 -0.9 75 3.9 1.0 214 33 312.4 313.5 291.6 329.8 5.54 9 600 4355 -1.2 -1.7 96 0.6 -1.4 211 39 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.6 5.63 10 550 5042 -6.8 -8.3 89 1.5 -7.4 214 49 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.0 3.73 11 500 5779 -11.3 -22.1 40 10.8 -14.4 219 55 319.2 319.5 289.9 323.7 1.30 12 450 6581 -15.7 -37.4 14 21.7 -19.6 231 61 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.8 0.34 13 400 7458 -21.5 -45.3 10 23.7 -24.5 231 69 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.17 14 350 8427 -28.3 -45.7 17 17.4 -30.2 235 78 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.18 15 300 9516 -35.5 -52.7 16 17.1 -36.7 240 82 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.10 16 250 10765 -42.4 -69.9 3 27.5 -43.3 253 75 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.1 0.01 17 200 12245 -50.5 -75.4 4 24.9 -51.0 259 71 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14069 -62.1 -82.4 5 20.3 -62.2 259 65 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16513 -69.7 -88.0 5 18.3 -69.8 257 34 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.12 m Freezing level: 613.75 mb = 4177.73 m = 13706.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.36 mb = 3970.75 m = 13027.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.76 mb = 575.30 m = 1887.45 ft T: 20.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 16.36 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 827.08 m = 2713.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 25.95 C K Index: 38.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1256.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.48 mb = 790.49 m = 2593.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.48 mb = 932.05 m = 3057.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.48 mb = 10589.62 m = 34742.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1253.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.48 mb = 14638.57 m = 48026.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.9 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 251.9 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.3 neg: -9.4 tot: 44.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 20.36 Bulk Shear: 61.72 m/s