MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511240000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511240000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 24 NOV 25 Station: 31.3,-96.6 Latitude: 31.30 Longitude: -96.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 995 133 24.7 20.3 77 4.4 21.6 191 10 298.3 301.0 295.0 342.6 15.25 2 950 535 21.4 18.5 84 2.8 19.4 197 21 298.9 301.5 294.4 340.5 14.29 3 900 1001 17.6 14.6 83 3.0 15.7 207 26 299.6 301.8 292.7 333.9 11.71 4 850 1489 14.9 11.2 79 3.7 12.6 227 32 301.8 303.6 292.0 331.0 9.89 5 800 1999 11.6 9.6 87 2.0 10.4 231 35 303.5 305.3 292.2 331.6 9.43 6 750 2537 8.3 5.9 85 2.3 6.9 234 35 305.5 307.0 291.5 329.1 7.79 7 700 3106 6.7 3.1 77 3.7 4.6 224 38 309.9 311.2 292.0 331.0 6.83 8 650 3711 2.4 1.1 91 1.3 1.7 221 45 311.7 312.9 292.1 331.5 6.37 9 600 4353 -1.4 -5.2 75 3.8 -3.2 225 48 314.5 315.3 291.2 328.3 4.33 10 550 5041 -6.0 -22.6 26 16.6 -10.9 235 47 316.9 317.2 289.0 320.8 1.13 11 500 5778 -11.4 -26.9 27 15.5 -15.2 238 52 319.2 319.3 289.4 322.1 0.85 12 450 6577 -17.6 -34.3 22 16.7 -20.7 236 57 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.8 0.46 13 400 7445 -25.0 -37.6 30 12.6 -26.8 235 60 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.9 0.37 14 350 8399 -32.0 -35.5 70 3.6 -32.4 237 66 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.6 0.53 15 300 9468 -41.5 -45.0 69 3.5 -41.7 238 71 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.23 16 250 10676 -50.3 -61.2 27 10.9 -50.6 240 75 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.04 17 200 12111 -55.5 -72.6 10 17.0 -55.8 244 69 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.01 18 150 13940 -57.5 -84.1 2 26.6 -57.8 243 65 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16439 -67.6 -89.3 3 21.7 -67.7 256 38 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.45 m Freezing level: 618.39 mb = 4117.06 m = 13507.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.93 mb = 3924.46 m = 12875.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.46 mb = 686.63 m = 2252.71 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 11.55 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.18 mb = 1152.61 m = 3781.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 33.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1559.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.31 mb = 988.96 m = 3244.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.31 mb = 1525.22 m = 5003.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.31 mb = 11607.21 m = 38080.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1546.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.31 mb = 14530.14 m = 47670.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.1 neg: -5.1 tot: 177.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 17.31 Bulk Shear: 13.42 m/s