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: 32.63,-95.26 Latitude: 32.63 Longitude: -95.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 993 127 26.4 22.9 81 3.6 23.8 184 12 300.2 303.4 297.3 352.8 17.93 2 950 516 22.8 21.1 90 1.7 21.6 185 20 300.3 303.3 296.5 349.5 16.78 3 900 985 19.2 19.0 99 0.2 19.1 192 27 301.3 304.2 296.0 347.0 15.54 4 850 1476 16.6 15.9 96 0.7 16.1 206 34 303.5 306.0 295.2 343.7 13.53 5 800 1992 13.9 13.3 96 0.6 13.6 210 33 306.0 308.3 294.9 342.4 12.12 6 750 2534 11.0 10.3 95 0.7 10.5 212 35 308.5 310.5 294.4 340.5 10.53 7 700 3108 8.2 7.0 92 1.2 7.5 214 33 311.6 313.3 294.1 339.3 9.01 8 650 3718 4.7 2.2 84 2.5 3.3 214 34 314.3 315.6 293.3 336.0 6.93 9 600 4366 0.6 -2.0 82 2.7 -0.7 213 36 316.8 317.9 292.9 334.4 5.50 10 550 5059 -4.3 -5.9 88 1.6 -5.0 218 38 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.5 4.48 11 500 5805 -8.0 -12.1 72 4.1 -9.6 227 40 323.3 323.9 292.6 333.4 3.02 12 450 6618 -11.9 -16.3 69 4.5 -13.5 239 45 328.3 328.8 293.4 336.5 2.37 13 400 7509 -18.3 -23.9 62 5.5 -19.8 243 54 331.2 331.4 293.3 336.1 1.39 14 350 8488 -26.6 -36.1 41 9.5 -28.1 248 64 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.8 0.50 15 300 9580 -35.9 -46.1 35 10.1 -36.8 251 71 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.6 0.21 16 250 10820 -44.6 -59.1 18 14.5 -45.2 253 72 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12294 -50.9 -74.0 5 23.1 -51.4 260 70 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14115 -62.4 -81.1 6 18.7 -62.6 260 56 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16545 -72.5 -86.0 11 13.4 -72.6 255 39 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.36 m Freezing level: 593.58 mb = 4455.01 m = 14616.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.18 mb = 4243.16 m = 13920.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.37 mb = 576.52 m = 1891.46 ft T: 22.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 19.39 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.43 mb = 837.62 m = 2748.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 39.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1745.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.94 mb = 785.53 m = 2577.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.94 mb = 928.16 m = 3045.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.94 mb = 12100.51 m = 39699.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1728.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.94 mb = 16199.17 m = 53146.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.6 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 242.6 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.3 neg: -3.4 tot: 156.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 34.42 Bulk Shear: 50.70 m/s