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: 32.5,-96.82 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -96.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 986 174 31.5 20.3 52 11.2 23.4 192 13 305.9 308.7 297.1 352.0 15.38 2 950 501 26.6 19.5 65 7.1 21.5 193 16 304.2 307.0 296.5 349.3 15.16 3 900 975 21.9 18.6 82 3.3 19.6 195 17 304.1 306.9 296.5 349.3 15.19 4 850 1469 17.7 16.2 91 1.6 16.7 215 22 304.7 307.3 295.7 345.7 13.72 5 800 1986 14.5 12.3 87 2.2 13.1 235 23 306.6 308.8 294.5 340.8 11.34 6 750 2530 11.6 8.6 82 3.0 9.7 243 30 309.1 310.9 293.7 337.7 9.36 7 700 3104 8.3 3.9 74 4.4 5.8 243 40 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.2 7.26 8 650 3712 4.2 -1.3 67 5.5 1.3 239 42 313.7 314.7 291.9 330.5 5.35 9 600 4358 -0.4 -9.3 51 8.9 -4.2 238 47 315.7 316.3 290.5 325.9 3.16 10 550 5047 -5.8 -24.7 21 18.9 -11.1 241 47 317.2 317.3 288.9 320.4 0.93 11 500 5785 -10.4 -38.6 8 28.2 -15.6 242 53 320.4 320.4 289.2 321.4 0.27 12 450 6588 -15.0 -46.4 5 31.4 -19.5 251 57 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.13 13 400 7468 -20.7 -51.7 4 31.0 -24.1 253 62 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.08 14 350 8441 -26.7 -59.4 3 32.7 -29.2 253 67 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.04 15 300 9538 -34.7 -62.1 5 27.3 -36.2 263 60 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.03 16 250 10790 -41.6 -68.1 4 26.4 -42.5 259 67 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.2 0.02 17 200 12272 -51.0 -73.0 6 22.0 -51.4 263 72 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14093 -62.7 -82.9 5 20.2 -62.9 262 56 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16525 -70.7 -87.1 7 16.3 -70.8 262 35 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.13 m Freezing level: 604.12 mb = 4304.64 m = 14122.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.12 mb = 3861.14 m = 12667.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.01 mb = 1580.24 m = 5184.46 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 31.59 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1467.31 m = 4813.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 39.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1871.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.72 mb = 1431.55 m = 4696.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.72 mb = 1583.21 m = 5194.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.72 mb = 11677.53 m = 38311.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1870.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 137.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 19.33 Bulk Shear: 96.83 m/s