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: 33.35,-94.42 Latitude: 33.35 Longitude: -94.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 998 94 25.0 21.2 80 3.8 22.3 174 8 298.4 301.3 295.6 345.2 16.11 2 950 521 20.9 20.4 97 0.6 20.5 185 19 298.4 301.3 295.6 345.1 16.05 3 900 989 18.9 17.9 94 1.1 18.2 209 32 301.0 303.7 295.2 343.6 14.48 4 850 1479 16.7 14.2 86 2.4 15.1 211 28 303.6 305.8 294.2 339.6 12.10 5 800 1994 13.1 11.0 87 2.2 11.7 211 29 305.2 307.1 293.3 336.1 10.34 6 750 2534 10.1 9.7 98 0.4 9.8 223 33 307.5 309.4 293.9 338.1 10.13 7 700 3106 7.9 2.2 67 5.7 4.7 213 32 311.2 312.4 292.0 331.1 6.41 8 650 3714 4.4 -0.1 72 4.5 2.0 215 35 314.0 315.1 292.3 332.4 5.85 9 600 4361 0.0 -4.2 73 4.2 -2.0 215 39 316.2 317.1 292.0 331.2 4.69 10 550 5052 -4.8 -7.2 84 2.4 -5.9 218 42 318.4 319.1 292.1 331.5 4.06 11 500 5794 -10.0 -23.1 33 13.1 -13.7 226 47 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.0 1.19 12 450 6601 -13.1 -39.3 9 26.2 -17.9 236 54 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.28 13 400 7488 -19.4 -46.9 7 27.5 -23.0 237 60 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.14 14 350 8464 -27.0 -51.5 8 24.5 -29.3 243 65 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.09 15 300 9555 -36.2 -48.8 26 12.5 -37.2 247 71 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.15 16 250 10793 -44.8 -61.6 14 16.8 -45.4 249 71 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.04 17 200 12266 -50.3 -75.2 4 24.9 -50.8 257 72 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14090 -62.1 -81.7 6 19.7 -62.2 256 63 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16526 -71.3 -85.8 10 14.5 -71.4 253 42 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.16 m Freezing level: 599.60 mb = 4366.36 m = 14325.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.12 mb = 4029.58 m = 13220.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.29 mb = 572.90 m = 1879.56 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 925.12 m = 3035.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 35.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1212.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.25 mb = 730.57 m = 2396.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.25 mb = 1658.28 m = 5440.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.25 mb = 11278.92 m = 37003.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1210.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.25 mb = 14846.98 m = 48709.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.6 neg: -27.7 tot: 156.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.26 Bulk Rich Number: 17.41 Bulk Shear: 69.65 m/s