MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510150600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510150600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.9,-96.2 Latitude: 33.90 Longitude: -96.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 991 178 22.7 21.6 94 1.1 21.9 189 10 296.6 299.6 295.4 344.7 16.63 2 950 542 20.8 20.7 99 0.1 20.8 209 26 298.3 301.3 295.7 345.9 16.37 3 900 1011 20.2 17.5 85 2.7 18.4 241 31 302.3 304.9 295.3 344.2 14.15 4 850 1502 16.8 12.5 76 4.3 14.0 254 30 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.8 10.77 5 800 2018 14.1 11.8 86 2.3 12.6 280 20 306.2 308.2 294.1 339.0 10.94 6 750 2560 10.6 8.4 86 2.2 9.3 279 18 308.1 309.9 293.4 336.3 9.28 7 700 3132 6.9 0.1 62 6.7 3.3 259 22 310.1 311.1 290.9 327.2 5.51 8 650 3735 1.3 -2.0 78 3.3 -0.3 244 25 310.4 311.4 290.6 326.3 5.08 9 600 4374 -2.2 -12.9 44 10.7 -6.3 236 30 313.6 314.0 289.1 321.3 2.36 10 550 5061 -5.6 -32.5 10 26.8 -11.8 254 35 317.4 317.5 288.4 319.0 0.46 11 500 5800 -10.2 -36.1 10 25.9 -15.3 262 40 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.9 0.35 12 450 6602 -16.2 -39.4 12 23.2 -20.0 265 45 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.0 0.28 13 400 7477 -22.2 -45.6 10 23.4 -25.0 263 54 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.16 14 350 8443 -29.6 -46.9 17 17.3 -31.3 265 63 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.16 15 300 9522 -39.1 -46.8 44 7.7 -39.6 269 76 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.0 0.19 16 250 10742 -48.5 -59.2 28 10.7 -48.8 272 80 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 17 200 12193 -52.8 -72.1 8 19.3 -53.2 272 80 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14020 -59.7 -81.3 4 21.6 -59.9 270 64 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16494 -69.3 -86.5 6 17.2 -69.4 283 26 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.31 m Freezing level: 631.35 mb = 3973.57 m = 13036.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.57 mb = 3678.26 m = 12067.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.53 mb = 311.42 m = 1021.71 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 20.00 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.15 mb = 1232.03 m = 4042.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 32.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2068.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.39 mb = 788.29 m = 2586.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.39 mb = 1824.85 m = 5986.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.39 mb = 11925.71 m = 39125.89 ft B at Equ Level: 2052.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.39 mb = 15464.09 m = 50734.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.7 neg: -0.9 tot: 238.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.04 Bulk Rich Number: 40.38 Bulk Shear: 51.23 m/s