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: 33.33,-94.18 Latitude: 33.33 Longitude: -94.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 998 88 25.1 21.2 79 3.9 22.3 176 9 298.4 301.3 295.6 345.1 16.07 2 950 523 20.8 20.4 97 0.4 20.5 186 20 298.3 301.3 295.6 345.1 16.10 3 900 991 19.3 17.7 91 1.6 18.2 210 32 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.5 14.30 4 850 1481 16.7 12.7 77 4.1 14.1 211 29 303.7 305.7 293.4 336.2 10.92 5 800 1996 12.9 11.1 89 1.8 11.7 209 29 304.9 306.8 293.3 336.1 10.44 6 750 2536 10.1 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 218 31 307.5 309.4 293.8 337.9 10.02 7 700 3108 7.7 2.9 72 4.7 5.0 211 31 311.0 312.3 292.2 331.9 6.76 8 650 3716 4.5 -0.0 72 4.5 2.1 215 34 314.1 315.2 292.4 332.6 5.89 9 600 4363 -0.0 -4.2 73 4.2 -2.1 214 38 316.1 317.0 292.0 331.0 4.67 10 550 5054 -4.8 -7.3 83 2.5 -5.9 218 40 318.4 319.2 292.1 331.4 4.03 11 500 5795 -10.0 -24.6 29 14.7 -14.0 227 46 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.5 1.04 12 450 6604 -12.9 -41.5 7 28.6 -17.8 236 53 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.22 13 400 7490 -19.3 -46.6 7 27.3 -22.9 236 59 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.15 14 350 8467 -27.0 -52.6 7 25.6 -29.3 243 64 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.08 15 300 9558 -36.1 -49.3 24 13.3 -37.1 247 69 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 16 250 10796 -44.8 -61.2 14 16.3 -45.4 249 71 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 17 200 12268 -50.4 -74.0 5 23.6 -50.8 256 72 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14093 -62.2 -81.0 6 18.8 -62.3 255 63 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.00 19 100 16527 -71.4 -85.9 10 14.5 -71.4 252 41 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.72 m Freezing level: 600.03 mb = 4362.18 m = 14311.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.94 mb = 4033.61 m = 13233.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.30 mb = 584.19 m = 1916.63 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 8.98 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1047.05 m = 3435.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1196.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.62 mb = 738.68 m = 2423.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.62 mb = 1666.82 m = 5468.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.62 mb = 11299.96 m = 37072.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1194.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.62 mb = 14877.55 m = 48810.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.0 neg: -19.0 tot: 147.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 19.20 Bulk Shear: 62.30 m/s