MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 82 SFC 989 179 32.2 17.9 43 14.3 22.2 205 14 306.3 308.8 295.7 345.9 13.19 2 950 538 27.1 17.0 54 10.1 20.1 206 17 304.7 307.1 295.1 343.3 12.94 3 900 1013 22.4 16.1 67 6.3 18.1 208 18 304.6 307.0 295.0 343.0 12.87 4 850 1507 18.1 13.5 75 4.6 15.0 219 18 305.1 307.2 294.2 339.5 11.50 5 800 2026 17.5 4.0 41 13.5 9.7 281 22 309.8 311.0 291.6 329.5 6.36 6 750 2574 13.3 3.8 53 9.5 7.8 276 24 311.0 312.3 292.2 331.8 6.71 7 700 3149 8.3 2.2 65 6.1 4.9 267 26 311.7 312.9 292.2 331.7 6.42 8 650 3756 3.4 -4.5 56 7.9 -0.4 259 30 312.9 313.7 290.6 326.2 4.22 9 600 4401 0.7 -21.5 17 22.2 -6.5 258 36 316.9 317.2 289.0 320.8 1.14 10 550 5093 -3.8 -31.4 10 27.5 -10.6 261 38 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.3 0.50 11 500 5838 -8.0 -40.6 5 32.6 -14.2 262 40 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.22 12 450 6648 -13.1 -43.3 6 30.2 -18.0 266 43 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.19 13 400 7534 -19.5 -45.9 8 26.4 -23.0 267 48 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 14 350 8509 -27.5 -51.8 8 24.4 -29.7 269 53 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.09 15 300 9599 -36.3 -47.1 32 10.8 -37.2 270 62 334.2 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.18 16 250 10834 -46.9 -52.5 53 5.6 -47.1 271 68 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.12 17 200 12282 -54.8 -67.3 20 12.5 -55.1 269 77 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.02 18 150 14088 -63.6 -79.5 10 15.9 -63.7 266 67 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16520 -72.3 -86.2 11 13.9 -72.4 265 36 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.31 m Freezing level: 592.19 mb = 4509.34 m = 14794.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.66 mb = 3709.76 m = 12171.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.96 C = 89.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.87 mb = 1974.48 m = 6477.87 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 16.47 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.88 mb = 2563.68 m = 8410.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.87 C = 98.36 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 33.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1063.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.99 mb = 1846.49 m = 6057.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.99 mb = 3125.62 m = 10254.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.99 mb = 11904.53 m = 39056.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1059.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.99 mb = 14855.72 m = 48738.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 65.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 16.86 Bulk Shear: 63.05 m/s