MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511241800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511241800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 25 NOV 25 Station: 30.1,-96.0 Latitude: 30.10 Longitude: -96.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 69 23.9 21.5 87 2.3 22.2 184 8 296.8 299.8 295.3 344.1 16.37 1 1000 88 24.1 21.3 85 2.8 22.1 182 8 297.2 300.1 295.3 343.9 16.13 2 950 536 21.4 19.0 86 2.4 19.8 193 24 298.9 301.6 294.7 341.8 14.70 3 900 1003 17.6 17.5 99 0.1 17.5 195 26 299.6 302.2 294.5 340.8 14.08 4 850 1490 14.7 13.8 94 0.9 14.1 215 25 301.6 303.7 293.4 336.3 11.77 5 800 2002 12.5 11.4 93 1.1 11.8 234 26 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.4 10.67 6 750 2542 9.8 8.3 90 1.5 8.9 237 28 307.2 309.0 293.1 335.2 9.22 7 700 3114 6.8 6.1 95 0.7 6.3 238 31 310.0 311.6 293.3 335.9 8.46 8 650 3721 3.7 1.0 83 2.7 2.2 231 38 313.1 314.3 292.5 332.9 6.32 9 600 4365 -1.0 -3.8 81 2.8 -2.4 227 44 314.9 315.9 291.8 330.3 4.82 10 550 5054 -5.3 -11.6 61 6.3 -7.8 233 45 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.2 2.87 11 500 5795 -10.2 -24.9 29 14.6 -14.2 238 50 320.6 320.7 290.0 324.1 1.02 12 450 6597 -16.4 -33.9 20 17.5 -19.8 235 56 322.6 322.7 290.1 324.4 0.48 13 400 7469 -24.0 -33.7 40 9.7 -25.6 236 54 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.8 0.55 14 350 8425 -32.5 -38.3 56 5.8 -33.2 241 57 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.40 15 300 9492 -41.0 -52.7 27 11.7 -41.6 242 62 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.10 16 250 10710 -48.5 -70.6 6 22.1 -49.0 244 67 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.0 0.01 17 200 12149 -55.5 -74.0 8 18.5 -55.7 247 57 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 18 150 13970 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 246 66 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16457 -68.3 -89.7 3 21.4 -68.4 258 44 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.68 m Freezing level: 610.93 mb = 4224.37 m = 13859.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.07 mb = 4022.74 m = 13197.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.01 mb = 362.91 m = 1190.63 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 7.87 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.09 mb = 878.33 m = 2881.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 38.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1853.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.25 mb = 773.40 m = 2537.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.25 mb = 1010.03 m = 3313.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.25 mb = 11857.36 m = 38901.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1844.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.25 mb = 15376.94 m = 50448.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 170.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.84 Bulk Rich Number: 25.22 Bulk Shear: 12.12 m/s