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: 31.36,-94.48 Latitude: 31.36 Longitude: -94.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 999 72 29.8 22.8 66 7.0 24.7 187 8 303.1 306.3 297.8 355.8 17.77 2 950 519 25.7 20.7 74 5.0 22.1 189 16 303.2 306.2 297.0 351.7 16.35 3 900 993 21.0 19.5 91 1.5 20.0 189 17 303.2 306.1 296.8 350.9 16.08 4 850 1485 16.9 16.6 98 0.4 16.7 195 19 303.9 306.5 295.7 345.8 14.10 5 800 2001 14.5 13.4 93 1.1 13.8 230 23 306.6 308.9 295.1 343.2 12.16 6 750 2545 11.5 10.6 94 0.9 10.9 230 26 309.1 311.1 294.7 341.8 10.75 7 700 3120 8.5 7.3 92 1.2 7.8 233 29 311.8 313.6 294.4 340.2 9.19 8 650 3731 5.3 3.6 89 1.7 4.3 235 28 315.0 316.4 294.0 338.9 7.63 9 600 4381 1.5 -1.7 79 3.2 -0.2 232 28 317.9 319.0 293.3 336.0 5.66 10 550 5076 -4.0 -7.1 79 3.1 -5.4 238 32 319.3 320.1 292.4 332.6 4.08 11 500 5822 -6.9 -23.0 27 16.1 -11.8 245 38 324.6 324.8 291.4 328.8 1.20 12 450 6635 -12.1 -44.8 5 32.7 -17.4 246 44 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.16 13 400 7525 -18.5 -48.4 5 29.9 -22.4 241 48 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.12 14 350 8504 -26.3 -48.0 11 21.8 -28.6 249 53 333.4 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.14 15 300 9599 -35.0 -53.3 14 18.4 -36.2 254 60 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.09 16 250 10845 -43.3 -64.3 8 21.0 -44.0 257 65 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 17 200 12321 -51.4 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 269 64 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14130 -64.0 -79.7 10 15.7 -64.1 259 51 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16546 -73.8 -85.9 14 12.0 -73.9 259 32 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.33 m Freezing level: 586.33 mb = 4571.06 m = 14996.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.75 mb = 4357.54 m = 14296.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.66 mb = 966.71 m = 3171.60 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 27.15 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.57 mb = 1141.58 m = 3745.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 39.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2058.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.67 mb = 1111.47 m = 3646.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.67 mb = 1160.16 m = 3806.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.67 mb = 12556.30 m = 41194.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2052.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 45.96 Bulk Shear: 44.78 m/s