MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510140600F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 33.0,-97.0 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -97.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 100 SFC 992 173 22.3 17.4 74 4.8 19.0 180 8 296.1 298.4 292.4 332.7 12.71 2 950 545 20.2 18.3 89 1.9 18.9 189 28 297.7 300.2 293.9 338.5 14.07 3 900 1011 17.6 14.2 81 3.4 15.4 172 25 299.6 301.7 292.5 333.0 11.41 4 850 1497 13.8 11.9 88 1.9 12.6 172 22 300.6 302.5 292.0 331.0 10.32 5 800 2006 12.3 5.3 62 7.1 8.3 192 17 304.3 305.6 290.4 325.3 6.98 6 750 2547 13.3 -7.1 23 20.5 3.8 201 17 311.1 311.6 288.9 320.6 2.98 7 700 3124 10.5 -3.0 38 13.6 3.6 209 16 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.1 4.37 8 650 3737 5.5 1.9 78 3.5 3.5 214 19 315.1 316.4 293.4 336.5 6.79 9 600 4385 0.3 -3.3 76 3.7 -1.5 214 16 316.5 317.4 292.4 332.4 4.98 10 550 5077 -4.9 -10.3 65 5.5 -7.1 221 8 318.3 318.9 291.3 328.7 3.17 11 500 5817 -10.2 -20.9 41 10.7 -13.5 223 11 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.6 1.45 12 450 6623 -14.4 -35.5 15 21.0 -18.5 223 23 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.6 0.41 13 400 7502 -22.0 -38.1 22 16.1 -24.5 218 23 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.7 0.36 14 350 8469 -28.7 -48.7 13 20.0 -30.6 215 28 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 15 300 9555 -36.9 -56.3 12 19.4 -38.0 214 29 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.06 16 250 10792 -44.8 -60.5 16 15.7 -45.4 198 51 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.04 17 200 12258 -52.0 -73.8 6 21.8 -52.4 193 63 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14080 -60.5 -80.8 5 20.3 -60.7 194 38 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16534 -72.2 -85.7 12 13.4 -72.3 223 24 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.05 m Freezing level: 597.02 mb = 4425.77 m = 14520.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.10 mb = 4183.41 m = 13724.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.56 mb = 787.97 m = 2585.16 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 17.87 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1261.51 m = 4138.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.31 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 22.28 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.13 mb = 999.69 m = 3279.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.13 mb = 1535.00 m = 5036.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.13 mb = 1634.97 m = 5364.01 ft B at Equ Level: 13.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 786.13 mb = 2152.87 m = 7063.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.2 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 229.2 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.6 neg: -49.4 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 48.52 Bulk Shear: 4.14 m/s