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: 32.68,-94.03 Latitude: 32.68 Longitude: -94.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 69 23.5 23.1 98 0.4 23.2 172 3 296.7 299.9 296.4 348.9 18.09 2 950 516 21.3 21.0 99 0.2 21.1 162 9 298.8 301.8 296.1 347.5 16.74 3 900 985 19.1 18.9 99 0.1 19.0 155 10 301.2 304.0 295.9 346.8 15.50 4 850 1476 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 159 12 303.7 306.3 295.7 345.6 14.11 5 800 1992 14.0 13.8 99 0.1 13.9 177 14 306.1 308.4 295.2 343.7 12.54 6 750 2535 11.3 11.2 99 0.1 11.2 195 18 308.9 311.0 295.0 342.9 11.20 7 700 3110 8.4 8.3 99 0.2 8.3 206 22 311.8 313.7 294.8 342.2 9.87 8 650 3721 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 213 27 315.0 316.6 294.7 341.4 8.45 9 600 4371 1.3 0.9 98 0.4 1.1 216 30 317.6 318.9 294.1 339.2 6.83 10 550 5068 -2.8 -3.2 97 0.4 -3.0 218 34 320.8 321.8 294.0 338.6 5.50 11 500 5818 -7.0 -7.6 95 0.6 -7.3 222 37 324.5 325.3 294.0 338.8 4.32 12 450 6633 -11.8 -13.3 89 1.5 -12.4 227 40 328.4 329.0 294.0 338.8 3.05 13 400 7525 -18.1 -21.3 76 3.2 -19.1 234 46 331.4 331.8 293.7 337.6 1.74 14 350 8505 -26.5 -32.0 60 5.5 -27.5 241 53 333.0 333.1 293.3 335.7 0.75 15 300 9597 -35.8 -42.9 48 7.1 -36.5 245 60 334.9 335.0 293.3 336.0 0.29 16 250 10838 -45.3 -54.1 37 8.8 -45.7 252 67 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.10 17 200 12299 -52.9 -63.1 28 10.3 -53.1 260 72 349.0 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.04 18 150 14107 -63.9 -79.5 10 15.6 -64.0 259 67 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16540 -70.7 -86.4 8 15.7 -70.8 255 36 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.24 m Freezing level: 584.57 mb = 4586.27 m = 15046.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.90 mb = 4547.98 m = 14921.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.39 mb = 117.54 m = 385.63 ft T: 23.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 10.37 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.58 mb = 584.35 m = 1917.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.94 C = 78.70 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 40.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1410.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.08 mb = 552.18 m = 1811.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 931.08 mb = 690.69 m = 2266.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.08 mb = 12263.90 m = 40235.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1396.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.08 mb = 15909.49 m = 52195.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.6 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 236.6 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 31.83 Bulk Shear: 44.30 m/s