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: 33.10,-95.01 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -95.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 993 117 25.3 22.0 82 3.3 22.9 114 5 299.0 302.1 296.3 348.5 16.96 2 950 504 23.5 20.7 84 2.8 21.5 152 14 301.1 304.1 296.5 349.4 16.43 3 900 974 19.3 19.1 99 0.2 19.2 164 16 301.4 304.2 296.1 347.4 15.65 4 850 1465 16.4 16.1 98 0.3 16.3 198 18 303.3 305.9 295.3 344.0 13.70 5 800 1980 13.3 12.6 96 0.7 12.9 226 23 305.3 307.4 294.3 339.8 11.53 6 750 2521 9.9 7.8 87 2.0 8.6 229 23 307.3 309.0 292.9 334.3 8.91 7 700 3092 6.9 5.3 90 1.6 6.0 232 35 310.1 311.7 293.0 334.8 8.03 8 650 3698 3.5 0.5 81 3.0 1.8 233 45 312.9 314.1 292.3 332.0 6.10 9 600 4343 -0.5 -5.0 72 4.5 -2.6 235 51 315.5 316.4 291.6 329.6 4.40 10 550 5033 -5.0 -12.5 56 7.5 -7.9 237 53 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.9 2.66 11 500 5775 -9.7 -16.5 57 6.9 -12.1 243 55 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.3 2.10 12 450 6582 -14.0 -22.2 50 8.2 -16.4 251 61 325.6 325.9 291.9 330.6 1.43 13 400 7466 -19.6 -29.2 43 9.5 -21.7 255 66 329.5 329.6 292.4 332.6 0.86 14 350 8443 -26.6 -34.6 46 8.1 -27.9 260 63 332.9 333.1 293.1 335.1 0.58 15 300 9538 -35.0 -39.6 63 4.6 -35.5 266 59 336.1 336.1 293.7 337.6 0.41 16 250 10787 -42.9 -59.9 14 16.9 -43.6 256 58 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 17 200 12263 -51.3 -73.3 5 22.1 -51.7 259 70 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14083 -62.4 -80.9 7 18.5 -62.6 253 58 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16530 -70.1 -86.5 7 16.4 -70.2 262 34 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.56 m Freezing level: 606.46 mb = 4259.98 m = 13976.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.52 mb = 3956.35 m = 12980.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.58 mb = 535.59 m = 1757.15 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 15.10 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.74 mb = 909.58 m = 2984.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.30 C Showalter Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 25.79 C K Index: 40.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1774.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.66 mb = 833.92 m = 2735.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.66 mb = 977.70 m = 3207.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.66 mb = 11642.39 m = 38196.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1773.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.66 mb = 15973.71 m = 52406.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.6 neg: -1.1 tot: 242.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.21 Bulk Rich Number: 10.27 Bulk Shear: 172.79 m/s