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: 33.38,-94.42 Latitude: 33.38 Longitude: -94.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 996 94 25.7 22.8 84 3.0 23.6 208 6 299.2 302.5 296.9 351.2 17.79 2 950 508 21.9 20.9 94 1.0 21.2 205 16 299.4 302.4 296.1 347.9 16.61 3 900 977 19.1 18.0 94 1.1 18.4 219 25 301.2 303.8 295.3 344.0 14.58 4 850 1467 16.2 14.9 92 1.3 15.4 232 31 303.1 305.5 294.5 340.6 12.65 5 800 1981 13.2 12.1 93 1.1 12.5 244 33 305.2 307.3 294.0 338.7 11.18 6 750 2522 10.1 9.1 94 1.0 9.5 234 39 307.5 309.3 293.6 336.9 9.70 7 700 3094 7.2 6.0 92 1.2 6.5 230 39 310.4 312.0 293.4 336.3 8.41 8 650 3703 4.9 -0.6 68 5.5 2.0 228 43 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.3 5.65 9 600 4350 0.5 -10.8 42 11.3 -4.3 227 48 316.7 317.2 290.5 325.8 2.79 10 550 5041 -4.9 -15.5 43 10.6 -8.7 230 52 318.3 318.7 290.3 325.2 2.08 11 500 5783 -9.0 -29.6 17 20.6 -14.0 236 50 322.0 322.2 290.1 324.4 0.66 12 450 6590 -14.1 -41.0 8 26.9 -18.6 238 55 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.24 13 400 7473 -19.9 -51.0 5 31.0 -23.5 237 64 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.4 0.09 14 350 8446 -28.1 -51.6 9 23.6 -30.2 240 67 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.09 15 300 9534 -35.8 -57.7 9 21.9 -37.1 245 67 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 16 250 10782 -42.8 -65.8 6 22.9 -43.6 250 54 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 17 200 12256 -51.7 -75.0 5 23.2 -52.1 258 62 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14074 -62.7 -82.7 5 20.0 -62.9 255 62 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16514 -70.4 -85.6 9 15.1 -70.5 256 39 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.00 m Freezing level: 595.27 mb = 4415.29 m = 14485.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.27 mb = 3900.79 m = 12797.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.35 mb = 468.44 m = 1536.87 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 26.81 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.99 mb = 814.93 m = 2673.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.68 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.75 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 38.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1629.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.18 mb = 728.48 m = 2390.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.18 mb = 965.63 m = 3168.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.18 mb = 11590.83 m = 38027.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1626.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.18 mb = 15875.89 m = 52085.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.7 neg: -11.4 tot: 160.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.74 Bulk Rich Number: 15.64 Bulk Shear: 104.22 m/s