MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 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 89 SFC 990 178 28.0 16.9 51 11.1 20.4 196 8 302.1 304.3 294.0 338.5 12.35 2 950 545 27.6 16.0 49 11.7 19.6 207 21 305.2 307.5 294.7 341.4 12.10 3 900 1021 23.1 15.2 61 7.9 17.7 213 21 305.3 307.6 294.7 341.7 12.14 4 850 1516 18.9 12.9 68 6.0 15.0 227 21 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.2 11.07 5 800 2036 17.6 5.5 45 12.1 10.4 278 25 309.9 311.2 292.2 331.8 7.11 6 750 2584 13.4 3.4 51 10.0 7.7 272 29 311.1 312.4 292.1 331.4 6.53 7 700 3159 7.8 2.8 71 5.0 5.0 274 31 311.2 312.4 292.3 332.0 6.71 8 650 3765 4.2 -20.9 14 25.1 -4.1 277 32 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.5 1.12 9 600 4411 1.0 -34.5 5 35.5 -7.6 272 35 317.3 317.3 288.2 318.5 0.34 10 550 5104 -3.6 -36.1 6 32.5 -10.8 274 38 319.8 319.9 289.0 321.0 0.32 11 500 5848 -8.6 -34.1 11 25.4 -14.2 274 41 322.6 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.43 12 450 6656 -13.7 -42.2 7 28.6 -18.4 272 44 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.21 13 400 7540 -20.1 -47.2 7 27.1 -23.5 270 48 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.4 0.14 14 350 8514 -27.5 -53.0 7 25.5 -29.7 269 55 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 15 300 9604 -36.2 -46.3 35 10.1 -37.1 270 65 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.20 16 250 10839 -46.8 -55.0 38 8.3 -47.1 273 71 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.09 17 200 12289 -54.6 -69.4 14 14.9 -54.8 270 82 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14096 -63.3 -80.5 8 17.3 -63.4 269 65 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16528 -73.4 -86.9 11 13.5 -73.5 271 36 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.60 m Freezing level: 589.17 mb = 4560.98 m = 14963.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.65 mb = 3484.82 m = 11433.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.67 C = 90.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.12 mb = 1595.72 m = 5235.25 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 10.28 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.67 mb = 2710.46 m = 8892.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.10 C = 98.77 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 35.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 660.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 169.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.97 mb = 1940.24 m = 6365.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.97 mb = 3229.52 m = 10595.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.97 mb = 11553.58 m = 37904.99 ft B at Equ Level: 651.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.97 mb = 13931.65 m = 45706.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 183.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 7.27 Bulk Shear: 90.79 m/s