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: 33.01,-95.80 Latitude: 33.01 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 55 SFC 989 151 28.6 21.2 65 7.3 23.3 181 10 302.7 305.7 296.8 350.8 16.27 2 950 506 23.9 20.0 79 3.9 21.1 185 12 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.4 15.63 3 900 977 20.4 16.1 76 4.3 17.5 216 17 302.5 304.9 294.4 340.5 12.86 4 850 1469 17.7 12.6 72 5.0 14.4 237 22 304.7 306.7 293.6 337.2 10.88 5 800 1985 14.0 10.6 80 3.3 11.9 237 23 306.0 307.9 293.4 336.4 10.10 6 750 2527 11.1 6.3 72 4.8 8.2 232 25 308.6 310.1 292.6 333.1 8.02 7 700 3101 8.8 -5.3 36 14.1 2.0 229 33 312.2 312.9 289.9 323.9 3.68 8 650 3709 4.3 -1.5 66 5.8 1.3 227 39 313.8 314.8 291.8 330.5 5.27 9 600 4354 -0.3 -7.2 59 7.0 -3.4 226 45 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.7 3.70 10 550 5044 -5.9 -11.6 64 5.7 -8.1 227 53 317.1 317.7 290.7 326.5 2.86 11 500 5782 -11.0 -28.9 21 17.9 -15.3 234 55 319.6 319.7 289.4 322.0 0.70 12 450 6582 -15.9 -39.4 11 23.5 -19.8 235 64 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.3 0.28 13 400 7461 -20.8 -48.5 6 27.6 -24.1 238 74 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.12 14 350 8433 -27.1 -58.2 4 31.1 -29.5 244 74 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.04 15 300 9529 -34.6 -63.0 4 28.4 -36.1 256 61 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.03 16 250 10781 -42.0 -68.3 4 26.3 -42.9 255 64 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 17 200 12262 -50.6 -74.8 4 24.2 -51.0 263 70 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14082 -62.7 -81.5 6 18.8 -62.9 255 58 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16520 -70.3 -87.8 6 17.6 -70.4 259 35 392.0 392.0 304.0 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.09 m Freezing level: 603.16 mb = 4313.62 m = 14152.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.21 mb = 3882.00 m = 12736.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.41 mb = 1078.81 m = 3539.37 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 26.92 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1549.66 m = 5084.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -6.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 27.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1303.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.72 mb = 1202.56 m = 3945.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.72 mb = 1861.14 m = 6106.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.72 mb = 11004.52 m = 36103.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1297.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.72 mb = 14863.21 m = 48763.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 92.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 13.01 Bulk Shear: 100.21 m/s