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: 33.44,-94.06 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 999 87 25.1 21.1 78 4.0 22.2 177 10 298.4 301.2 295.4 344.6 15.92 2 950 523 20.6 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 186 20 298.1 301.0 295.4 344.5 15.98 3 900 991 19.1 18.1 94 1.0 18.4 212 32 301.2 303.9 295.4 344.3 14.66 4 850 1482 16.7 12.3 75 4.4 13.9 213 29 303.7 305.6 293.2 335.3 10.64 5 800 1995 12.7 10.7 88 1.9 11.4 208 30 304.7 306.6 293.1 335.1 10.18 6 750 2535 9.9 9.6 98 0.4 9.7 216 30 307.4 309.2 293.7 337.8 10.05 7 700 3107 7.3 3.7 78 3.6 5.3 211 30 310.6 312.0 292.4 332.7 7.16 8 650 3715 4.4 0.4 75 4.1 2.2 214 34 314.0 315.1 292.5 333.0 6.05 9 600 4362 -0.0 -4.3 73 4.3 -2.1 213 37 316.1 317.0 292.0 330.9 4.62 10 550 5053 -5.0 -7.3 83 2.4 -6.0 217 40 318.2 319.0 292.0 331.2 4.01 11 500 5794 -10.0 -24.7 29 14.6 -14.0 227 46 320.8 321.0 290.1 324.4 1.04 12 450 6602 -12.9 -40.9 8 28.0 -17.8 235 53 327.0 327.1 291.1 328.0 0.24 13 400 7489 -19.3 -46.6 7 27.3 -22.9 236 59 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.14 14 350 8465 -27.0 -52.6 7 25.6 -29.3 243 64 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.08 15 300 9556 -36.1 -49.5 24 13.4 -37.1 247 70 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.14 16 250 10794 -45.0 -61.2 15 16.2 -45.6 249 71 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12265 -50.4 -74.2 4 23.9 -50.8 256 72 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14089 -62.1 -80.9 6 18.8 -62.3 254 64 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16525 -71.2 -85.7 10 14.5 -71.2 252 42 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.60 m Freezing level: 600.16 mb = 4359.41 m = 14302.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.27 mb = 4041.16 m = 13258.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.74 mb = 598.77 m = 1964.45 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 9.49 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 1005.95 m = 3300.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 35.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1201.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.77 mb = 718.81 m = 2358.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.77 mb = 1644.92 m = 5396.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.77 mb = 11524.68 m = 37810.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1182.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.77 mb = 14777.42 m = 48481.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.4 neg: -14.4 tot: 139.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 20.16 Bulk Shear: 59.59 m/s