MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.30,-94.78 Latitude: 31.30 Longitude: -94.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 999 73 30.4 22.5 63 7.9 24.6 188 9 303.6 306.8 297.8 355.4 17.44 2 950 518 25.7 20.6 73 5.2 22.1 190 14 303.3 306.3 297.0 351.5 16.25 3 900 992 21.1 19.6 91 1.5 20.1 190 15 303.3 306.3 296.9 351.1 16.13 4 850 1485 17.3 16.6 96 0.7 16.8 200 17 304.3 306.9 295.8 346.3 14.12 5 800 2001 14.7 13.3 91 1.5 13.8 238 25 306.8 309.1 295.1 343.2 12.06 6 750 2546 11.7 10.2 90 1.5 10.7 234 29 309.3 311.3 294.6 341.2 10.46 7 700 3121 8.7 6.4 85 2.3 7.3 235 28 312.1 313.8 294.0 338.9 8.66 8 650 3733 6.0 1.7 74 4.3 3.6 235 29 315.8 317.1 293.6 336.9 6.69 9 600 4383 1.0 -5.7 61 6.8 -2.2 231 30 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.7 4.16 10 550 5076 -4.4 -12.8 52 8.3 -7.7 238 34 318.8 319.3 291.0 327.4 2.60 11 500 5821 -6.9 -42.1 4 35.2 -13.5 249 39 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.19 12 450 6634 -12.1 -41.5 7 29.3 -17.3 246 44 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.22 13 400 7523 -18.3 -48.0 5 29.7 -22.2 242 49 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 14 350 8504 -26.1 -45.4 15 19.3 -28.3 251 55 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.19 15 300 9599 -34.9 -52.7 15 17.8 -36.1 254 61 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.10 16 250 10846 -43.1 -64.6 8 21.5 -43.9 258 64 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 17 200 12323 -51.4 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 268 64 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14131 -64.0 -79.9 10 15.9 -64.1 260 51 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16546 -73.9 -85.8 15 11.8 -74.0 260 33 384.9 384.9 303.0 384.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.06 m Freezing level: 590.47 mb = 4514.81 m = 14812.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.86 mb = 4131.39 m = 13554.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.71 mb = 1071.37 m = 3514.95 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 30.10 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1190.39 m = 3905.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 38.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1995.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.72 mb = 1148.99 m = 3769.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.72 mb = 1296.62 m = 4253.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.72 mb = 12687.51 m = 41625.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1983.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.24 Bulk Rich Number: 39.46 Bulk Shear: 50.57 m/s