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: 34.25,-95.80 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 177 22.6 21.1 91 1.5 21.6 197 8 296.7 299.6 295.1 343.3 16.14 2 950 526 20.1 20.0 99 0.1 20.0 207 20 297.5 300.4 295.0 342.9 15.65 3 900 992 17.6 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 235 32 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.4 13.98 4 850 1481 15.4 15.0 97 0.4 15.1 237 32 302.3 304.6 294.3 339.8 12.70 5 800 1993 12.5 12.2 99 0.2 12.3 230 32 304.4 306.5 293.9 338.0 11.26 6 750 2533 8.8 8.1 95 0.7 8.4 233 29 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.6 9.10 7 700 3101 5.3 0.8 72 4.6 2.9 211 25 308.4 309.5 290.6 326.2 5.78 8 650 3703 2.8 -6.0 52 8.9 -1.3 206 33 312.2 312.9 290.0 324.1 3.75 9 600 4347 -1.2 -4.3 80 3.1 -2.7 204 40 314.7 315.6 291.6 329.5 4.64 10 550 5035 -6.7 -8.0 91 1.2 -7.3 214 49 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.3 3.81 11 500 5770 -11.8 -17.8 61 6.0 -13.7 219 54 318.7 319.0 290.3 325.0 1.88 12 450 6572 -15.7 -32.1 23 16.4 -19.1 232 59 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.5 0.57 13 400 7448 -21.9 -43.8 12 21.9 -24.8 231 64 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.20 14 350 8416 -29.1 -45.6 19 16.5 -30.8 231 70 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.19 15 300 9499 -37.2 -50.3 24 13.2 -38.1 236 82 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.13 16 250 10739 -43.4 -67.4 5 24.1 -44.1 245 74 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.02 17 200 12216 -50.6 -75.5 4 24.9 -51.1 259 74 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14042 -61.4 -81.3 5 19.9 -61.5 257 63 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16502 -69.5 -88.0 5 18.5 -69.6 255 35 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.38 m Freezing level: 615.06 mb = 4152.81 m = 13624.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.26 mb = 3514.58 m = 11530.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.66 mb = 366.53 m = 1202.50 ft T: 21.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 19.23 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.66 mb = 703.45 m = 2307.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.24 C = 75.64 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.02 C Showalter Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 26.76 C K Index: 37.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1336.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.04 mb = 681.43 m = 2235.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.04 mb = 821.15 m = 2694.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.04 mb = 10791.18 m = 35403.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1328.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.04 mb = 14546.13 m = 47722.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.8 neg: -31.5 tot: 78.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 24.86 Bulk Shear: 53.78 m/s