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: 33.61,-94.51 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -94.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 107 25.9 23.0 84 2.9 23.8 215 7 299.5 302.8 297.1 352.2 18.03 2 950 507 21.3 20.8 97 0.6 20.9 215 16 298.8 301.8 295.9 346.8 16.46 3 900 975 18.6 17.4 92 1.3 17.8 227 26 300.7 303.3 294.7 341.8 13.99 4 850 1465 16.0 14.8 93 1.1 15.2 239 30 302.9 305.2 294.4 340.2 12.59 5 800 1979 13.0 12.0 93 1.1 12.4 250 31 305.1 307.1 293.9 338.2 11.07 6 750 2519 10.0 8.6 91 1.4 9.2 238 37 307.5 309.2 293.3 336.0 9.40 7 700 3091 6.9 5.9 93 1.0 6.3 232 37 310.1 311.7 293.3 335.8 8.36 8 650 3699 4.4 -0.1 73 4.5 2.0 226 42 313.9 315.1 292.4 332.4 5.86 9 600 4345 0.2 -7.9 54 8.1 -3.4 226 48 316.4 317.1 291.1 327.8 3.52 10 550 5035 -5.1 -12.3 57 7.2 -7.9 228 53 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.0 2.71 11 500 5777 -9.4 -32.9 13 23.5 -14.6 233 51 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.4 0.48 12 450 6583 -14.2 -40.9 8 26.7 -18.7 236 55 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.3 0.24 13 400 7466 -20.3 -45.7 8 25.4 -23.6 237 64 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.16 14 350 8438 -28.3 -51.9 8 23.7 -30.3 240 65 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.09 15 300 9526 -35.4 -61.6 5 26.2 -36.8 245 62 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.03 16 250 10777 -42.8 -60.7 12 18.0 -43.5 249 50 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 17 200 12249 -52.5 -73.9 6 21.5 -52.8 258 58 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14066 -62.5 -82.5 5 20.0 -62.7 255 61 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16509 -70.1 -86.7 7 16.6 -70.2 256 39 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.93 m Freezing level: 597.77 mb = 4375.71 m = 14355.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.44 mb = 3932.50 m = 12901.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.14 mb = 469.48 m = 1540.28 ft T: 21.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 28.82 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.44 mb = 752.82 m = 2469.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.17 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 39.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1503.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.24 mb = 717.24 m = 2353.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.24 mb = 858.34 m = 2816.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.24 mb = 11553.31 m = 37904.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1497.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.24 mb = 15299.02 m = 50193.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.2 neg: -13.6 tot: 107.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 16.77 Bulk Shear: 89.69 m/s