MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.22,-94.69 Latitude: 32.22 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 994 116 28.5 21.4 66 7.1 23.4 178 7 302.2 305.2 296.7 350.5 16.36 2 950 518 25.5 20.6 75 4.8 22.0 184 18 303.0 306.0 297.0 351.4 16.33 3 900 991 21.1 19.5 90 1.6 19.9 191 18 303.3 306.2 296.8 350.8 16.03 4 850 1485 18.3 18.1 99 0.2 18.2 211 18 305.3 308.2 297.0 351.8 15.56 5 800 2004 15.2 14.9 98 0.2 15.0 242 24 307.3 309.9 296.2 348.0 13.48 6 750 2548 11.0 9.8 92 1.2 10.2 250 33 308.5 310.4 294.1 339.4 10.17 7 700 3121 7.8 4.3 79 3.5 5.8 267 37 311.1 312.5 292.8 334.1 7.46 8 650 3729 3.6 -1.1 71 4.7 1.1 264 39 313.0 314.1 291.7 330.1 5.43 9 600 4373 -1.0 -7.8 60 6.9 -4.0 255 39 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.4 3.53 10 550 5061 -5.4 -17.8 37 12.4 -9.6 259 38 317.6 318.0 289.8 323.4 1.72 11 500 5803 -9.0 -37.3 8 28.3 -14.7 277 39 322.0 322.1 289.7 323.2 0.31 12 450 6608 -14.8 -35.7 15 20.9 -18.7 263 46 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.40 13 400 7488 -21.0 -40.4 16 19.5 -23.9 254 54 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.8 0.28 14 350 8462 -26.7 -62.6 2 35.9 -29.2 259 51 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.8 0.02 15 300 9555 -34.1 -64.9 3 30.8 -35.7 254 61 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.02 16 250 10815 -40.1 -67.7 4 27.7 -41.1 260 74 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 17 200 12303 -51.2 -73.7 5 22.5 -51.7 258 70 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14117 -63.3 -82.1 6 18.9 -63.4 263 54 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16539 -72.1 -86.8 9 14.7 -72.2 264 32 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.43 m Freezing level: 610.55 mb = 4236.80 m = 13900.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.01 mb = 3865.92 m = 12683.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.04 mb = 1019.69 m = 3345.41 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 28.68 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.70 mb = 1356.97 m = 4451.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 87.99 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.11 C Showalter Index: -6.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 27.14 C K Index: 41.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 539.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1966.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.10 mb = 1125.75 m = 3693.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.10 mb = 1677.53 m = 5503.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.10 mb = 11942.99 m = 39182.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1963.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 252.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.07 Bulk Rich Number: 17.13 Bulk Shear: 114.78 m/s