MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.77,-94.42 Latitude: 31.77 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 74 SFC 996 113 25.3 22.9 87 2.4 23.6 213 5 298.8 302.1 296.8 351.1 17.93 2 950 525 23.3 21.5 90 1.8 22.0 213 22 300.8 303.9 296.9 351.4 17.20 3 900 997 21.1 19.5 91 1.6 20.0 233 33 303.3 306.2 296.8 350.9 16.06 4 850 1490 17.8 17.1 96 0.7 17.4 255 36 304.8 307.5 296.3 348.5 14.63 5 800 2008 14.6 13.3 92 1.2 13.7 267 36 306.7 308.9 295.1 343.1 12.10 6 750 2550 10.5 7.1 80 3.3 8.5 287 35 307.9 309.5 292.7 333.7 8.48 7 700 3122 7.7 -1.0 54 8.6 3.2 288 39 311.0 312.0 290.8 326.9 5.10 8 650 3730 5.5 -9.0 34 14.5 -0.9 282 38 315.2 315.7 290.2 324.8 2.98 9 600 4380 2.2 -21.8 15 24.0 -5.7 277 36 318.7 318.9 289.5 322.5 1.12 10 550 5076 -2.6 -29.2 11 26.6 -9.7 269 34 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.2 0.62 11 500 5822 -8.0 -34.0 10 26.0 -13.7 264 39 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.9 0.43 12 450 6631 -13.9 -41.8 7 27.9 -18.6 265 46 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.22 13 400 7514 -19.9 -46.5 7 26.6 -23.4 263 48 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.15 14 350 8492 -25.8 -59.1 3 33.3 -28.5 265 39 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 15 300 9588 -34.8 -56.6 9 21.8 -36.2 259 22 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 16 250 10841 -41.1 -66.1 5 24.9 -42.1 260 49 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 17 200 12326 -50.9 -68.7 10 17.8 -51.3 257 53 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14139 -65.0 -77.7 16 12.7 -65.1 261 52 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16561 -70.6 -86.9 7 16.3 -70.7 264 40 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.02 m Freezing level: 577.03 mb = 4699.43 m = 15417.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.46 mb = 3586.53 m = 11766.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.76 mb = 417.13 m = 1368.50 ft T: 23.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 28.85 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.35 mb = 1138.45 m = 3735.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.18 C = 86.33 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.24 C Showalter Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 34.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1789.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.48 mb = 810.05 m = 2657.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.48 mb = 1444.93 m = 4740.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.48 mb = 12178.80 m = 39956.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1780.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 395.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 395.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.59 Bulk Shear: 107.83 m/s