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: 32.76,-94.12 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 997 74 26.7 22.4 77 4.3 23.6 176 5 300.1 303.2 296.8 350.9 17.36 2 950 501 24.6 20.7 79 3.9 21.8 194 22 302.1 305.2 296.8 350.6 16.42 3 900 973 20.7 19.4 92 1.4 19.8 203 27 302.9 305.8 296.7 350.0 15.93 4 850 1466 17.5 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 206 29 304.4 307.2 296.3 348.5 14.79 5 800 1983 14.3 14.1 99 0.2 14.2 219 32 306.4 308.8 295.4 344.7 12.76 6 750 2526 10.9 10.3 96 0.7 10.5 237 38 308.5 310.4 294.4 340.5 10.54 7 700 3100 8.1 7.5 96 0.6 7.8 246 43 311.5 313.2 294.4 340.3 9.35 8 650 3710 4.4 3.8 96 0.5 4.1 251 47 313.9 315.4 293.9 338.1 7.77 9 600 4357 0.4 -1.0 90 1.4 -0.3 253 50 316.6 317.8 293.2 335.5 5.96 10 550 5051 -3.7 -6.7 80 3.0 -5.1 252 51 319.7 320.5 292.6 333.3 4.20 11 500 5797 -8.3 -12.0 75 3.7 -9.8 253 52 322.9 323.5 292.6 333.1 3.05 12 450 6607 -13.2 -16.1 79 2.9 -14.2 257 53 326.6 327.1 293.0 334.9 2.42 13 400 7495 -18.8 -22.9 70 4.1 -19.9 261 55 330.6 330.9 293.3 335.9 1.52 14 350 8476 -25.1 -29.9 64 4.8 -26.1 267 55 334.9 335.1 293.9 338.3 0.91 15 300 9579 -33.0 -38.7 57 5.7 -33.7 273 55 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.6 0.45 16 250 10832 -43.9 -48.1 63 4.2 -44.1 282 52 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.20 17 200 12297 -52.7 -63.0 28 10.3 -53.0 266 68 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.04 18 150 14102 -64.8 -79.8 11 15.0 -64.9 261 72 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.00 19 100 16535 -70.4 -86.1 8 15.7 -70.4 262 37 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.39 m Freezing level: 594.83 mb = 4428.67 m = 14529.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.78 mb = 4306.20 m = 14127.78 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.98 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.35 mb = 617.87 m = 2027.10 ft T: 23.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 17.85 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1135.71 m = 3726.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.97 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.63 C K Index: 42.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1801.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.88 mb = 945.39 m = 3101.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.88 mb = 1386.59 m = 4549.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.88 mb = 12689.75 m = 41632.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1790.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 380.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 380.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.17 Bulk Rich Number: 13.18 Bulk Shear: 136.64 m/s