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: 31.14,-96.58 Latitude: 31.14 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 995 124 30.5 22.8 63 7.7 24.9 214 10 304.2 307.5 298.2 357.4 17.85 2 950 529 24.4 21.6 84 2.8 22.4 214 13 301.9 305.1 297.3 353.1 17.34 3 900 1001 20.2 19.0 93 1.2 19.4 219 19 302.4 305.2 296.3 348.3 15.56 4 850 1493 17.0 14.3 84 2.7 15.2 221 24 303.9 306.2 294.3 340.0 12.12 5 800 2007 13.2 10.0 81 3.2 11.2 218 30 305.2 307.0 292.9 334.2 9.66 6 750 2549 12.3 4.4 59 7.8 7.8 232 27 309.9 311.2 292.2 331.5 7.03 7 700 3126 10.2 -8.0 27 18.1 1.8 236 24 313.7 314.3 289.8 323.4 3.00 8 650 3736 5.6 -6.5 41 12.1 -0.1 231 26 315.3 316.0 290.8 326.9 3.62 9 600 4385 1.1 -9.5 45 10.6 -3.5 224 31 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.6 3.10 10 550 5077 -4.2 -15.1 42 10.9 -8.3 224 35 319.1 319.5 290.6 326.2 2.14 11 500 5823 -6.8 -39.9 5 33.1 -13.4 239 37 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.6 0.24 12 450 6638 -11.6 -43.8 5 32.2 -17.0 245 46 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.17 13 400 7528 -18.2 -48.7 5 30.6 -22.1 248 51 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 14 350 8508 -26.1 -51.5 7 25.4 -28.6 256 57 333.5 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.09 15 300 9602 -35.3 -52.9 15 17.7 -36.5 257 61 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 16 250 10846 -43.5 -61.2 12 17.7 -44.2 257 64 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.04 17 200 12324 -51.2 -73.5 5 22.3 -51.6 265 62 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14135 -63.6 -79.5 10 15.9 -63.7 257 48 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16559 -74.7 -86.0 16 11.3 -74.7 262 32 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.00 m Freezing level: 589.51 mb = 4530.08 m = 14862.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.52 mb = 3704.40 m = 12153.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.69 mb = 1099.84 m = 3608.37 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 33.97 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 989.32 m = 3245.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Cap Strength: -0.16 C Lifted Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 19.96 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2040.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.98 mb = 1010.39 m = 3314.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.98 mb = 1058.39 m = 3472.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.98 mb = 12516.39 m = 41063.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2034.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.3 neg: -3.7 tot: 73.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 59.05 Bulk Shear: 34.55 m/s