MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.92,-94.03 Latitude: 30.92 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 67 26.5 21.9 76 4.6 23.2 168 8 299.5 302.6 296.3 348.5 16.77 1 1000 78 26.8 21.8 74 5.0 23.2 167 7 299.9 303.0 296.3 348.6 16.64 2 950 530 23.4 20.3 83 3.0 21.2 179 22 300.9 303.8 296.1 347.9 16.00 3 900 1000 19.1 18.4 96 0.7 18.7 190 24 301.2 304.0 295.6 345.2 14.97 4 850 1491 17.9 10.3 61 7.7 13.1 214 26 304.9 306.7 292.4 332.8 9.27 5 800 2008 15.5 8.6 64 6.9 11.2 216 25 307.6 309.3 292.9 334.3 8.79 6 750 2553 12.5 6.8 68 5.7 9.0 232 22 310.2 311.7 293.2 335.7 8.30 7 700 3130 10.5 -3.8 36 14.3 3.3 244 23 314.1 314.9 290.9 327.2 4.12 8 650 3743 6.4 -7.5 36 13.9 -0.1 253 24 316.2 316.8 290.9 327.0 3.34 9 600 4392 1.6 -10.3 41 11.9 -3.6 250 26 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.5 2.90 10 550 5087 -3.5 -15.8 38 12.3 -8.0 249 32 319.9 320.3 290.8 326.7 2.03 11 500 5833 -7.6 -37.6 7 30.0 -13.7 260 37 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.9 0.30 12 450 6644 -12.0 -44.1 5 32.1 -17.3 249 43 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.17 13 400 7536 -17.6 -46.8 6 29.2 -21.7 247 49 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.14 14 350 8518 -25.8 -45.0 15 19.2 -28.1 253 55 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.20 15 300 9614 -34.8 -54.5 12 19.7 -36.1 257 60 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 16 250 10861 -43.2 -61.6 12 18.3 -44.0 262 63 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.04 17 200 12336 -51.6 -73.5 6 21.9 -52.0 265 59 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14143 -64.1 -78.9 12 14.7 -64.3 261 48 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16564 -72.6 -86.5 11 13.9 -72.6 248 30 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.63 m Freezing level: 584.55 mb = 4606.62 m = 15113.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.01 mb = 3729.73 m = 12236.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.91 mb = 650.84 m = 2135.29 ft T: 22.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.86 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 966.29 m = 3170.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 2.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 17.87 C K Index: 21.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1057.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.22 mb = 902.02 m = 2959.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.22 mb = 3427.81 m = 11245.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.22 mb = 11851.45 m = 38882.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1046.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.22 mb = 15221.32 m = 49938.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 181.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 16.25 Bulk Shear: 65.07 m/s