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: 33.10,-96.66 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 986 182 25.1 20.2 74 4.9 21.6 4 0 299.5 302.3 295.3 344.2 15.31 2 950 503 21.9 19.1 84 2.9 19.9 196 6 299.5 302.1 295.0 342.6 14.78 3 900 972 19.7 15.6 77 4.1 17.0 220 22 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.6 12.49 4 850 1463 17.4 12.2 72 5.2 14.0 246 30 304.3 306.3 293.3 335.8 10.55 5 800 1979 13.9 9.8 76 4.1 11.3 262 28 306.0 307.8 293.0 334.7 9.55 6 750 2520 10.8 4.1 63 6.7 7.0 261 33 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.4 6.88 7 700 3092 7.3 4.6 83 2.7 5.7 251 49 310.6 312.0 292.8 334.0 7.61 8 650 3698 3.1 0.5 83 2.6 1.7 245 56 312.5 313.7 292.2 331.7 6.13 9 600 4342 -1.4 -8.9 57 7.5 -4.6 242 55 314.5 315.1 290.3 325.0 3.26 10 550 5031 -4.7 -27.2 15 22.5 -10.8 246 48 318.5 318.7 289.1 321.1 0.75 11 500 5774 -8.7 -43.5 4 34.8 -14.7 261 45 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.0 0.16 12 450 6581 -14.5 -40.5 9 26.0 -18.9 267 46 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.25 13 400 7461 -21.0 -45.4 9 24.5 -24.1 257 53 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.16 14 350 8432 -27.7 -50.9 9 23.1 -29.9 249 58 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 15 300 9525 -34.1 -58.4 7 24.3 -35.6 262 56 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 16 250 10779 -42.4 -67.9 4 25.5 -43.3 260 52 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.02 17 200 12255 -51.1 -74.1 5 23.0 -51.5 266 62 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14076 -62.2 -81.3 6 19.1 -62.4 263 56 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16518 -71.7 -86.1 10 14.5 -71.8 258 37 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.57 m Freezing level: 615.33 mb = 4144.75 m = 13598.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.25 mb = 3870.28 m = 12697.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.94 mb = 800.79 m = 2627.22 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1668.82 m = 5475.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.60 C = 87.07 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 690.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.67 mb = 1109.91 m = 3641.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.67 mb = 2623.54 m = 8607.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.67 mb = 9983.14 m = 32752.69 ft B at Equ Level: 689.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.67 mb = 13258.86 m = 43499.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 5.7 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.6 neg: -10.1 tot: 256.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.11 Bulk Shear: 167.99 m/s