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: 32.78,-94.09 Latitude: 32.78 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 26.5 22.4 78 4.2 23.5 168 5 299.9 303.1 296.8 350.7 17.34 2 950 500 24.5 20.7 79 3.8 21.8 190 22 302.1 305.1 296.7 350.4 16.39 3 900 972 20.7 19.3 92 1.4 19.8 200 27 302.8 305.8 296.6 349.9 15.88 4 850 1465 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 203 29 304.4 307.1 296.3 348.4 14.77 5 800 1982 14.2 14.0 99 0.2 14.1 217 32 306.3 308.7 295.4 344.4 12.69 6 750 2525 10.9 10.1 95 0.8 10.4 235 38 308.4 310.4 294.3 340.1 10.44 7 700 3099 8.1 7.3 95 0.8 7.6 244 43 311.5 313.2 294.3 339.9 9.24 8 650 3708 4.4 3.7 96 0.7 4.0 249 48 313.9 315.4 293.8 338.0 7.71 9 600 4356 0.4 -1.4 88 1.8 -0.6 251 51 316.6 317.7 293.0 334.9 5.75 10 550 5049 -3.8 -7.4 76 3.6 -5.4 251 52 319.6 320.3 292.4 332.6 4.00 11 500 5795 -8.3 -12.2 73 3.9 -9.8 252 53 323.0 323.6 292.5 333.0 3.01 12 450 6606 -13.1 -16.0 79 2.8 -14.2 256 55 326.7 327.2 293.1 335.1 2.45 13 400 7494 -18.7 -22.9 70 4.1 -19.9 261 57 330.6 330.9 293.3 336.0 1.52 14 350 8475 -25.1 -29.8 64 4.8 -26.1 267 57 335.0 335.2 293.9 338.4 0.92 15 300 9578 -32.9 -38.1 60 5.2 -33.6 273 57 339.0 339.1 294.5 340.8 0.48 16 250 10832 -43.8 -47.9 64 4.1 -44.0 282 55 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.20 17 200 12297 -52.8 -61.6 34 8.8 -53.1 267 69 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.05 18 150 14101 -64.8 -79.7 11 14.9 -64.8 260 72 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.00 19 100 16536 -70.3 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.4 262 37 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.30 m Freezing level: 595.44 mb = 4418.95 m = 14497.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.19 mb = 4272.62 m = 14017.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.04 mb = 601.48 m = 1973.35 ft T: 23.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.10 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.01 mb = 1136.80 m = 3729.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.56 C Showalter Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 42.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1760.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.52 mb = 938.33 m = 3078.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.52 mb = 1379.23 m = 4524.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.52 mb = 12667.50 m = 41559.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1749.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 396.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 396.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.25 Bulk Rich Number: 11.92 Bulk Shear: 147.71 m/s