MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 29.93,-95.00 Latitude: 29.93 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 12 30.3 21.9 61 8.4 24.2 322 7 302.2 305.3 296.8 351.0 16.51 1 1000 133 28.6 21.3 65 7.2 23.3 323 9 301.7 304.7 296.5 349.4 16.17 2 950 588 24.2 20.4 80 3.8 21.5 318 9 301.7 304.7 296.4 349.1 16.07 3 900 1059 20.1 19.3 95 0.9 19.5 292 8 302.2 305.1 296.4 348.9 15.80 4 850 1551 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 278 11 303.0 305.5 295.0 343.0 13.50 5 800 2064 12.4 8.2 75 4.2 9.9 274 6 304.4 306.0 291.7 330.1 8.57 6 750 2603 10.3 -1.4 44 11.7 4.3 267 7 307.8 308.6 289.3 322.0 4.60 7 700 3173 6.9 -5.4 41 12.3 1.1 297 16 310.1 310.8 289.2 321.6 3.65 8 650 3779 5.3 -30.6 5 35.9 -4.6 300 19 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.6 0.46 9 600 4428 2.0 -33.8 5 35.8 -7.0 292 20 318.5 318.5 288.7 319.8 0.37 10 550 5124 -1.9 -36.7 5 34.8 -9.8 292 22 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.9 0.30 11 500 5874 -6.7 -42.3 4 35.6 -13.5 295 25 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.5 0.18 12 450 6686 -12.6 -44.9 5 32.4 -17.7 299 26 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.15 13 400 7572 -19.5 -46.7 7 27.2 -23.1 298 28 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.14 14 350 8547 -27.6 -46.8 14 19.2 -29.6 297 32 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 15 300 9637 -35.7 -54.3 13 18.5 -37.0 302 50 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.08 16 250 10880 -45.0 -60.1 17 15.1 -45.5 307 57 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.05 17 200 12333 -55.7 -67.8 21 12.1 -55.9 308 64 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 14117 -66.1 -77.0 20 10.9 -66.2 299 56 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16525 -74.1 -86.5 13 12.4 -74.1 281 42 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.01 m Freezing level: 574.24 mb = 4786.30 m = 15702.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.13 mb = 3289.03 m = 10790.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.23 mb = 1076.35 m = 3531.30 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 34.43 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.82 mb = 1147.61 m = 3765.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.47 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 26.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1941.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.51 mb = 1073.67 m = 3522.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.51 mb = 1218.41 m = 3997.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.51 mb = 13213.92 m = 43352.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1928.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.8 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 323.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.4 neg: -11.4 tot: 12.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 239.35 Bulk Shear: 8.11 m/s