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: 32.76,-95.80 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 993 135 27.4 22.4 74 5.1 23.8 217 14 301.2 304.4 297.2 352.5 17.43 2 950 519 22.5 20.6 89 1.9 21.2 218 20 300.0 303.0 296.1 347.7 16.29 3 900 988 18.4 18.0 97 0.5 18.1 224 27 300.5 303.2 295.1 343.2 14.55 4 850 1478 16.3 14.1 87 2.2 14.9 232 32 303.3 305.5 294.0 338.9 12.02 5 800 1992 13.6 10.5 82 3.0 11.6 224 36 305.6 307.5 293.3 335.8 10.04 6 750 2534 10.8 7.7 81 3.0 8.9 224 34 308.3 309.9 293.1 335.2 8.85 7 700 3108 9.2 -0.7 50 9.9 3.9 219 32 312.6 313.6 291.4 328.9 5.19 8 650 3718 5.4 -7.1 40 12.5 -0.4 215 37 315.1 315.8 290.6 326.3 3.46 9 600 4366 0.9 -10.8 41 11.7 -4.0 214 42 317.1 317.7 290.6 326.3 2.80 10 550 5057 -4.9 -14.8 46 9.9 -8.5 218 45 318.3 318.7 290.5 325.6 2.21 11 500 5800 -8.0 -33.8 11 25.8 -13.8 228 44 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.9 0.44 12 450 6610 -13.3 -42.4 7 29.1 -18.1 237 52 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.20 13 400 7495 -19.5 -47.1 7 27.6 -23.1 236 57 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.14 14 350 8471 -27.1 -44.1 18 17.0 -29.0 242 62 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.22 15 300 9561 -36.2 -48.6 27 12.4 -37.2 243 69 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.15 16 250 10802 -43.7 -63.9 9 20.2 -44.4 249 68 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 17 200 12281 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 260 70 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14101 -62.6 -81.2 7 18.6 -62.7 261 59 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16532 -72.5 -85.7 12 13.2 -72.5 255 38 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.29 m Freezing level: 592.37 mb = 4471.36 m = 14669.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.50 mb = 3661.02 m = 12011.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.49 mb = 773.82 m = 2538.74 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 26.29 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.94 mb = 845.05 m = 2772.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.82 F Cap Strength: -0.07 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 28.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1438.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.19 mb = 852.20 m = 2795.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.19 mb = 899.72 m = 2951.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.19 mb = 11674.05 m = 38300.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1425.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.19 mb = 15479.63 m = 50785.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.5 neg: -19.3 tot: 51.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 33.08 Bulk Shear: 43.46 m/s