MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.80,-94.63 Latitude: 31.80 Longitude: -94.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 993 124 27.3 22.4 75 4.9 23.7 185 9 301.0 304.2 297.1 352.1 17.38 2 950 514 25.1 21.0 78 4.1 22.1 192 24 302.6 305.7 297.1 352.0 16.67 3 900 987 20.7 19.8 94 1.0 20.1 197 26 302.9 305.9 296.9 351.2 16.32 4 850 1481 18.1 17.9 99 0.2 18.0 219 26 305.1 308.0 296.9 351.1 15.39 5 800 1998 14.6 13.2 91 1.4 13.7 241 29 306.8 309.0 295.0 343.0 12.05 6 750 2542 12.0 5.7 65 6.3 8.3 254 33 309.6 311.1 292.6 333.2 7.67 7 700 3118 9.1 1.8 60 7.3 5.1 259 38 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.0 6.24 8 650 3727 4.8 -4.2 52 9.0 0.4 255 39 314.3 315.2 291.2 328.1 4.31 9 600 4374 1.1 -22.8 15 23.9 -6.5 252 38 317.4 317.6 289.0 320.9 1.02 10 550 5068 -2.6 -38.8 4 36.2 -10.4 259 40 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.24 11 500 5816 -7.3 -37.1 7 29.8 -13.6 270 40 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.3 0.32 12 450 6627 -13.3 -40.4 8 27.0 -18.1 266 44 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.25 13 400 7512 -19.7 -48.3 6 28.6 -23.2 257 56 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.12 14 350 8487 -26.9 -53.5 6 26.6 -29.3 255 59 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 15 300 9582 -34.3 -55.6 10 21.3 -35.7 255 66 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.3 0.07 16 250 10837 -41.7 -64.6 7 23.0 -42.5 261 69 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 17 200 12317 -51.1 -73.7 5 22.6 -51.5 263 64 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14127 -64.3 -79.5 11 15.2 -64.4 267 58 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.00 19 100 16547 -71.4 -87.0 8 15.6 -71.4 260 36 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.85 m Freezing level: 585.10 mb = 4581.08 m = 15029.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.29 mb = 3761.00 m = 12339.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.93 mb = 747.87 m = 2453.61 ft T: 22.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 31.25 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1157.29 m = 3796.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.28 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1867.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.95 mb = 996.96 m = 3270.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.95 mb = 1440.65 m = 4726.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.95 mb = 12187.64 m = 39985.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1866.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 281.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.74 Bulk Rich Number: 17.38 Bulk Shear: 107.45 m/s