MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.15,-94.37 Latitude: 32.15 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 998 90 28.5 22.9 72 5.6 24.5 191 4 301.9 305.2 297.7 354.9 17.94 2 950 522 24.4 20.8 80 3.6 21.8 189 12 302.0 305.0 296.7 350.5 16.46 3 900 993 19.9 19.7 99 0.2 19.8 189 14 302.0 305.0 296.6 350.0 16.26 4 850 1485 16.5 16.2 98 0.3 16.3 203 20 303.5 306.0 295.4 344.4 13.78 5 800 2000 13.8 13.1 96 0.7 13.4 222 24 305.9 308.1 294.7 341.8 11.97 6 750 2543 11.2 10.0 93 1.2 10.4 226 27 308.7 310.6 294.3 340.1 10.34 7 700 3117 8.2 6.7 90 1.5 7.3 227 28 311.5 313.2 294.0 338.7 8.82 8 650 3728 5.5 1.9 77 3.7 3.5 224 30 315.2 316.5 293.4 336.5 6.76 9 600 4376 0.4 -5.6 64 5.9 -2.4 222 32 316.5 317.3 291.7 330.1 4.21 10 550 5069 -4.6 -10.8 62 6.2 -7.2 220 35 318.6 319.2 291.3 328.6 3.05 11 500 5811 -9.0 -24.3 28 15.4 -13.3 227 41 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.8 1.07 12 450 6623 -12.1 -45.4 4 33.3 -17.4 237 49 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.15 13 400 7512 -18.5 -50.3 4 31.7 -22.5 239 55 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 14 350 8491 -26.4 -45.7 15 19.3 -28.6 246 59 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.18 15 300 9584 -35.3 -51.6 17 16.3 -36.5 249 66 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.11 16 250 10829 -43.8 -62.7 11 18.9 -44.5 258 70 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 12302 -51.6 -73.3 6 21.7 -52.0 261 67 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14113 -63.8 -79.4 10 15.6 -63.9 259 58 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.00 19 100 16534 -72.1 -86.9 9 14.9 -72.1 253 38 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.01 m Freezing level: 596.49 mb = 4425.13 m = 14517.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.63 mb = 4102.50 m = 13459.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.90 mb = 802.66 m = 2633.37 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 29.05 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 959.47 m = 3147.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -6.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.80 C Showalter Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.18 C K Index: 40.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2069.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.73 mb = 947.77 m = 3109.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.73 mb = 996.08 m = 3267.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.73 mb = 12310.05 m = 40386.81 ft B at Equ Level: 2069.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.2 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 250.2 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 39.38 Bulk Shear: 52.56 m/s