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: 31.48,-94.85 Latitude: 31.48 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 997 86 30.2 22.4 63 7.8 24.5 191 8 303.6 306.8 297.8 355.3 17.37 2 950 517 25.9 20.5 72 5.4 22.0 194 14 303.5 306.5 297.0 351.4 16.15 3 900 991 21.3 19.4 89 1.9 20.0 195 15 303.5 306.4 296.8 350.9 15.95 4 850 1484 17.3 16.6 95 0.7 16.8 203 18 304.3 306.9 295.8 346.3 14.11 5 800 2001 14.8 13.2 90 1.6 13.7 237 28 306.9 309.1 295.0 343.0 11.97 6 750 2545 11.5 8.9 84 2.7 9.9 234 32 309.1 310.9 293.9 338.3 9.57 7 700 3119 8.5 3.6 71 5.0 5.7 234 28 311.9 313.3 292.7 333.9 7.08 8 650 3731 6.2 -2.5 54 8.7 1.7 233 30 316.0 316.9 292.2 331.6 4.90 9 600 4380 1.1 -6.8 56 7.8 -2.6 230 32 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.8 3.84 10 550 5073 -4.3 -12.9 51 8.6 -7.7 239 37 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.4 2.57 11 500 5818 -7.4 -40.3 5 32.8 -13.8 250 41 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.9 0.23 12 450 6629 -12.5 -42.5 6 30.0 -17.6 245 46 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.20 13 400 7518 -18.3 -48.9 5 30.5 -22.2 241 51 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.11 14 350 8498 -26.2 -42.6 20 16.4 -28.3 250 58 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.26 15 300 9593 -35.0 -52.3 16 17.2 -36.2 254 65 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 16 250 10840 -43.0 -65.3 7 22.3 -43.7 257 66 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.02 17 200 12318 -51.2 -73.3 5 22.1 -51.6 268 66 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14127 -63.8 -80.2 9 16.4 -63.9 261 52 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.00 19 100 16543 -73.5 -85.9 13 12.4 -73.6 258 34 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.02 m Freezing level: 590.11 mb = 4516.98 m = 14819.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.91 mb = 3985.55 m = 13075.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.31 % Est. max temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.72 mb = 1080.12 m = 3543.66 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 30.44 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.39 mb = 1229.86 m = 4034.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1982.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.33 mb = 1181.35 m = 3875.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.33 mb = 1329.62 m = 4362.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.33 mb = 12466.26 m = 40899.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1975.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.3 neg: -6.5 tot: 112.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 35.73 Bulk Shear: 55.49 m/s