MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.2,-96.3 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -96.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 991 179 30.0 19.6 54 10.3 22.6 207 14 303.9 306.6 296.1 347.5 14.66 2 950 549 24.0 18.6 72 5.3 20.2 208 16 301.5 304.2 295.3 343.8 14.38 3 900 1020 19.6 16.2 80 3.5 17.3 217 18 301.7 304.1 294.3 339.9 12.94 4 850 1510 17.2 11.7 70 5.4 13.7 248 18 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.7 10.25 5 800 2026 16.7 -7.6 18 24.3 5.4 253 17 308.9 309.4 287.9 317.5 2.69 6 750 2573 13.9 1.0 41 12.9 6.8 258 16 311.6 312.7 291.4 328.8 5.49 7 700 3149 9.1 -0.6 51 9.7 3.9 240 19 312.6 313.6 291.5 329.0 5.25 8 650 3758 4.0 -3.1 60 7.0 0.5 244 25 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.3 4.70 9 600 4403 0.5 -15.1 30 15.5 -5.4 252 33 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.2 1.97 10 550 5095 -3.8 -29.4 12 25.6 -10.5 256 34 319.5 319.6 289.3 321.7 0.61 11 500 5840 -7.9 -39.9 6 31.9 -14.1 257 36 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.3 0.24 12 450 6649 -13.0 -41.7 7 28.7 -17.9 262 39 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.22 13 400 7535 -19.4 -45.1 8 25.7 -22.9 262 46 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.5 0.17 14 350 8511 -27.4 -51.2 8 23.8 -29.6 266 51 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 15 300 9600 -36.4 -47.7 30 11.3 -37.3 269 59 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.17 16 250 10835 -46.5 -55.0 37 8.5 -46.9 269 67 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.09 17 200 12283 -54.2 -70.6 12 16.3 -54.5 266 71 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.01 18 150 14091 -63.3 -79.6 9 16.3 -63.4 263 62 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16522 -72.2 -86.3 10 14.1 -72.3 256 33 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.69 m Freezing level: 594.73 mb = 4475.88 m = 14684.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.87 mb = 3808.91 m = 12496.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.07 mb = 1479.44 m = 4853.74 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 30.00 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2402.55 m = 7882.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.81 C = 98.26 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 27.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 936.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.18 mb = 1358.44 m = 4456.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.18 mb = 3385.18 m = 11106.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.18 mb = 11659.64 m = 38252.96 ft B at Equ Level: 935.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.18 mb = 14497.03 m = 47561.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.9 neg: -3.9 tot: 41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 27.85 Bulk Shear: 33.63 m/s