MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511191200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511191200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 20 NOV 25 Station: 32.1,-99.1 Latitude: 32.10 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 957 509 20.3 18.8 91 1.4 19.3 176 6 297.1 299.7 294.0 338.8 14.42 2 950 577 21.1 18.4 85 2.6 19.3 182 13 298.6 301.2 294.3 339.9 14.20 3 900 1046 19.3 17.4 89 1.9 18.0 197 24 301.4 304.0 295.0 342.8 14.05 4 850 1536 16.7 11.8 73 4.9 13.6 210 22 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.4 10.31 5 800 2050 12.9 8.9 77 4.0 10.4 206 18 304.9 306.6 292.2 331.9 8.98 6 750 2590 10.3 1.8 55 8.6 5.6 213 20 307.8 308.9 290.5 325.6 5.80 7 700 3160 7.0 -6.1 39 13.1 0.9 223 24 310.2 310.9 289.1 321.2 3.46 8 650 3763 1.8 -4.7 62 6.6 -1.3 231 20 311.0 311.8 290.0 324.1 4.14 9 600 4403 -3.5 -11.7 53 8.2 -6.7 251 21 312.1 312.5 288.9 320.4 2.60 10 550 5084 -8.2 -10.0 87 1.8 -8.9 248 28 314.3 314.9 290.2 324.8 3.25 11 500 5821 -10.5 -12.0 89 1.5 -11.1 218 30 320.2 320.8 291.8 330.3 3.05 12 450 6625 -15.4 -17.1 87 1.7 -16.0 213 40 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.4 2.23 13 400 7504 -21.4 -23.4 84 2.0 -22.0 212 43 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.2 1.45 14 350 8471 -29.3 -32.1 77 2.8 -29.8 220 53 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.9 0.74 15 300 9553 -37.8 -41.1 71 3.4 -38.1 236 66 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.5 0.35 16 250 10785 -46.4 -50.5 63 4.1 -46.6 242 83 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.15 17 200 12236 -55.1 -65.5 26 10.5 -55.2 236 93 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14027 -64.2 -78.9 12 14.8 -64.3 244 75 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16475 -69.9 -86.3 7 16.4 -70.0 250 44 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.66 m Freezing level: 632.80 mb = 3983.55 m = 13069.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.27 mb = 3404.91 m = 11170.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.59 mb = 690.94 m = 2266.85 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 21.60 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.59 mb = 1701.31 m = 5581.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 25.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1166.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.69 mb = 1310.14 m = 4298.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.69 mb = 2073.95 m = 6804.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.69 mb = 11393.22 m = 37378.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1157.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.69 mb = 14544.35 m = 47717.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.9 neg: -17.3 tot: 110.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 50.34 Bulk Shear: 23.16 m/s