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: 32.86,-94.00 Latitude: 32.86 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 999 70 28.3 21.7 67 6.7 23.5 184 8 301.6 304.6 296.7 350.3 16.53 2 950 511 23.9 20.1 79 3.8 21.2 186 17 301.4 304.3 296.2 348.0 15.82 3 900 982 19.7 18.5 93 1.2 18.9 192 23 301.8 304.6 295.8 346.2 15.04 4 850 1473 16.8 15.3 91 1.4 15.8 213 29 303.7 306.1 294.9 342.4 13.00 5 800 1989 14.0 12.6 91 1.4 13.1 230 33 306.0 308.2 294.5 340.6 11.52 6 750 2531 11.0 10.0 94 1.0 10.3 230 38 308.5 310.4 294.3 339.9 10.33 7 700 3105 7.7 6.7 93 1.0 7.1 230 40 311.0 312.6 293.9 338.1 8.81 8 650 3713 4.2 2.9 91 1.4 3.5 230 40 313.8 315.2 293.4 336.4 7.25 9 600 4361 0.8 -2.0 82 2.7 -0.7 228 44 317.0 318.1 293.0 334.6 5.52 10 550 5054 -4.7 -7.8 79 3.2 -6.1 233 48 318.5 319.3 292.0 331.1 3.86 11 500 5798 -8.2 -23.3 28 15.1 -12.6 241 49 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.1 1.17 12 450 6606 -14.0 -40.2 9 26.2 -18.6 243 51 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.26 13 400 7489 -19.6 -47.2 7 27.6 -23.2 237 58 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 14 350 8465 -27.1 -41.8 24 14.7 -29.0 242 65 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.2 0.28 15 300 9555 -36.5 -49.0 26 12.5 -37.4 246 73 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.6 0.15 16 250 10797 -43.3 -66.3 6 23.1 -44.0 250 72 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 17 200 12275 -50.7 -76.4 3 25.7 -51.2 259 69 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14092 -62.9 -81.9 6 18.9 -63.1 258 59 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16526 -71.1 -86.2 9 15.1 -71.2 256 38 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.73 m Freezing level: 593.05 mb = 4457.31 m = 14623.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.21 mb = 4250.93 m = 13946.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.54 mb = 918.73 m = 3014.16 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 23.74 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.48 mb = 1092.56 m = 3584.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 39.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1638.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.32 mb = 1007.42 m = 3305.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.32 mb = 1250.27 m = 4101.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.32 mb = 11574.06 m = 37972.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1636.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.32 mb = 15828.51 m = 51930.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 231.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.17 Bulk Rich Number: 15.23 Bulk Shear: 107.55 m/s