MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.54,-94.63 Latitude: 31.54 Longitude: -94.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 93 20.8 19.9 95 0.9 20.2 130 3 293.9 296.6 293.3 336.1 14.79 1 1000 96 20.8 20.1 96 0.7 20.3 133 2 293.9 296.6 293.4 336.6 14.95 2 950 542 21.0 20.5 97 0.5 20.6 178 22 298.5 301.4 295.6 345.6 16.18 3 900 1010 19.2 17.1 88 2.1 17.7 196 23 301.3 303.8 294.7 341.6 13.73 4 850 1501 17.6 11.4 67 6.1 13.7 197 21 304.5 306.4 292.9 334.6 10.04 5 800 2017 14.3 10.8 79 3.5 12.0 206 18 306.3 308.2 293.6 337.0 10.19 6 750 2559 10.6 8.4 86 2.2 9.2 224 17 308.1 309.8 293.4 336.2 9.26 7 700 3135 11.1 -13.9 16 25.1 0.8 220 14 314.8 315.2 289.0 321.0 1.86 8 650 3748 6.0 -4.1 48 10.1 1.0 225 13 315.7 316.6 291.6 329.6 4.33 9 600 4396 0.5 -6.1 62 6.5 -2.6 227 11 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.7 4.05 10 550 5088 -4.2 -11.7 56 7.6 -7.2 238 12 319.2 319.7 291.3 328.5 2.83 11 500 5832 -9.3 -19.1 45 9.8 -12.5 235 21 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.4 1.69 12 450 6641 -12.0 -46.1 4 34.2 -17.4 243 24 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.14 13 400 7532 -18.3 -50.8 4 32.5 -22.3 248 27 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.09 14 350 8512 -26.0 -51.5 7 25.4 -28.5 260 35 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.10 15 300 9607 -35.2 -53.3 14 18.1 -36.4 260 39 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.09 16 250 10851 -44.7 -59.6 17 14.9 -45.3 259 39 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12314 -52.0 -73.8 6 21.9 -52.3 264 53 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14126 -64.1 -80.5 9 16.4 -64.3 254 39 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16543 -73.7 -85.9 14 12.1 -73.8 249 31 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.96 m Freezing level: 595.11 mb = 4463.72 m = 14644.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.61 mb = 3916.42 m = 12849.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.40 C = 88.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.01 mb = 200.85 m = 658.96 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.05 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1321.21 m = 4334.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 13.25 Risk: None Sweat Index: 301.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 583.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.63 mb = 664.91 m = 2181.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.63 mb = 2429.83 m = 7971.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 741.63 mb = 2652.74 m = 8703.09 ft B at Equ Level: 29.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 691.63 mb = 3234.44 m = 10611.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.5 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 244.5 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.6 neg: -8.4 tot: 125.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 40.60 Bulk Shear: 14.36 m/s