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: 32.83,-94.99 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 994 121 26.7 22.5 78 4.2 23.7 170 10 300.4 303.6 297.0 351.9 17.56 2 950 515 22.2 20.9 92 1.3 21.3 176 17 299.7 302.8 296.3 348.4 16.63 3 900 984 19.2 18.0 93 1.2 18.4 199 29 301.3 304.0 295.3 344.3 14.60 4 850 1475 16.5 15.5 93 1.1 15.8 206 28 303.5 305.9 294.9 342.4 13.12 5 800 1990 13.8 13.2 96 0.6 13.4 214 27 305.8 308.0 294.7 341.8 11.99 6 750 2533 10.8 10.3 97 0.5 10.5 214 32 308.3 310.3 294.4 340.4 10.58 7 700 3107 8.0 7.0 94 0.9 7.4 217 31 311.3 313.0 294.1 339.1 9.03 8 650 3716 4.7 2.2 84 2.5 3.3 215 33 314.3 315.6 293.3 336.0 6.91 9 600 4364 0.5 -3.5 75 4.0 -1.5 214 36 316.7 317.6 292.4 332.5 4.93 10 550 5055 -5.2 -7.1 87 1.9 -6.0 220 41 317.9 318.7 292.0 331.2 4.09 11 500 5798 -8.3 -15.0 58 6.7 -10.8 230 46 323.0 323.4 292.0 331.0 2.39 12 450 6610 -12.8 -26.8 30 13.9 -16.4 239 54 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.5 0.95 13 400 7496 -19.4 -40.2 14 20.8 -22.7 239 60 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.29 14 350 8472 -27.0 -51.5 8 24.5 -29.3 246 65 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.09 15 300 9563 -36.1 -50.1 22 14.0 -37.1 248 70 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 16 250 10802 -44.1 -62.5 11 18.4 -44.8 250 70 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.03 17 200 12280 -50.4 -75.3 4 24.9 -50.9 258 70 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14104 -62.2 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.3 259 58 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16535 -72.2 -86.1 11 13.9 -72.2 254 39 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.85 m Freezing level: 595.61 mb = 4424.25 m = 14515.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.65 mb = 4155.23 m = 13632.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.45 mb = 649.29 m = 2130.19 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 21.42 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.96 mb = 888.74 m = 2915.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 39.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1592.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.20 mb = 810.55 m = 2659.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.20 mb = 1049.23 m = 3442.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.20 mb = 11856.70 m = 38899.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1573.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.20 mb = 15791.03 m = 51807.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 162.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 21.83 Bulk Shear: 72.96 m/s