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: 33.84,-96.74 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 215 22.6 19.4 82 3.2 20.4 277 12 297.1 299.7 294.1 339.1 14.51 2 950 519 19.0 17.8 92 1.3 18.2 279 20 296.5 298.9 293.2 335.7 13.59 3 900 982 15.5 13.6 89 1.8 14.3 282 23 297.4 299.4 291.5 329.3 10.97 4 850 1465 13.4 10.4 82 2.9 11.6 268 21 300.1 301.8 291.0 327.7 9.38 5 800 1976 12.4 10.6 89 1.8 11.3 237 37 304.4 306.2 292.9 334.5 10.09 6 750 2515 9.5 7.6 88 1.9 8.3 233 42 306.9 308.5 292.6 333.5 8.78 7 700 3085 6.0 4.2 88 1.8 5.0 226 38 309.2 310.6 292.2 331.9 7.42 8 650 3689 2.6 0.8 88 1.8 1.7 216 42 312.0 313.1 292.1 331.5 6.27 9 600 4332 -1.6 -2.3 95 0.8 -2.0 211 49 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.2 5.37 10 550 5021 -5.5 -5.8 98 0.3 -5.7 218 59 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.0 4.50 11 500 5763 -9.6 -10.2 95 0.6 -9.8 227 64 321.4 322.1 292.5 333.0 3.53 12 450 6569 -15.4 -19.4 71 4.0 -16.6 233 63 323.9 324.3 291.7 330.2 1.83 13 400 7446 -21.2 -36.5 24 15.2 -23.8 233 63 327.4 327.5 291.4 329.0 0.42 14 350 8418 -28.0 -49.2 11 21.2 -30.0 235 65 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.12 15 300 9506 -36.0 -57.6 9 21.5 -37.2 236 59 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 16 250 10756 -41.7 -67.9 4 26.2 -42.6 255 56 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 17 200 12235 -50.9 -75.4 4 24.5 -51.3 262 64 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14057 -61.8 -81.5 6 19.7 -62.0 265 57 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16504 -70.3 -85.0 10 14.6 -70.4 260 37 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.19 m Freezing level: 618.86 mb = 4089.48 m = 13416.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.15 mb = 3976.58 m = 13046.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.49 mb = 623.38 m = 2045.20 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 11.34 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 931.61 m = 3056.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.83 C = 73.09 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.01 C K Index: 31.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.20 mb = 894.59 m = 2934.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.20 mb = 1036.27 m = 3399.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 844.20 mb = 1522.77 m = 4995.91 ft B at Equ Level: 5.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 814.20 mb = 1827.58 m = 5995.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 5.6 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.2 neg: -70.7 tot: -24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 148.84 m/s