MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 29.39,-95.40 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 12 31.1 23.7 65 7.5 25.6 180 12 303.6 307.0 298.5 358.8 18.56 1 1000 80 29.3 23.1 69 6.2 24.7 180 13 302.5 305.8 297.9 355.9 18.06 2 950 536 24.6 22.0 85 2.7 22.7 184 15 302.2 305.4 297.6 354.7 17.75 3 900 1009 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.2 195 16 302.4 305.5 297.0 351.9 16.76 4 850 1501 17.5 15.7 89 1.9 16.3 205 18 304.5 307.0 295.3 344.2 13.31 5 800 2018 14.9 11.4 79 3.5 12.6 192 17 307.1 309.0 294.1 339.2 10.64 6 750 2563 13.0 8.3 73 4.7 10.0 202 14 310.7 312.4 294.0 338.8 9.17 7 700 3141 10.6 3.4 61 7.2 6.4 223 9 314.2 315.6 293.3 336.1 6.99 8 650 3755 7.0 -12.1 24 19.1 -1.1 242 8 316.8 317.3 290.1 324.5 2.32 9 600 4406 2.5 -12.9 31 15.4 -3.8 251 12 319.0 319.5 290.8 326.8 2.35 10 550 5103 -2.2 -17.1 31 14.9 -7.7 250 20 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.6 1.82 11 500 5852 -6.3 -31.2 12 24.8 -12.5 248 25 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.4 0.57 12 450 6672 -9.9 -50.8 2 41.0 -16.1 247 23 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.08 13 400 7567 -17.2 -46.5 6 29.3 -21.4 245 26 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.15 14 350 8550 -25.1 -51.1 7 26.0 -27.8 259 31 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.10 15 300 9650 -34.3 -55.5 10 21.2 -35.7 262 37 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.3 0.07 16 250 10898 -43.4 -63.0 10 19.6 -44.2 264 45 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 17 200 12368 -52.2 -71.9 8 19.7 -52.5 262 44 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14171 -65.4 -78.1 16 12.7 -65.5 259 38 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16574 -74.7 -85.4 17 10.7 -74.7 265 23 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.76 m Freezing level: 573.67 mb = 4773.04 m = 15659.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.29 mb = 3662.55 m = 12016.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.88 mb = 961.54 m = 3154.62 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 34.33 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.13 mb = 901.34 m = 2957.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2125.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.49 mb = 897.93 m = 2945.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.49 mb = 945.97 m = 3103.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.49 mb = 13517.54 m = 44348.33 ft B at Equ Level: 2120.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.8 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 251.8 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: -19.5 tot: 16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 160.72 Bulk Shear: 13.23 m/s