MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512130000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512130000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 13 DEC 25 Station: 18.31,-69.72 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -69.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 -0 24.2 23.6 96 0.6 23.8 22 11 296.1 299.4 296.4 349.1 18.38 1 1000 126 23.4 22.2 93 1.1 22.6 34 17 296.5 299.6 295.7 346.0 17.13 2 950 575 21.5 18.4 83 3.1 19.4 58 20 299.0 301.6 294.4 340.3 14.18 3 900 1042 18.9 14.4 75 4.4 15.9 68 23 300.9 303.1 293.0 334.9 11.54 4 850 1530 15.3 11.3 77 4.0 12.8 74 24 302.2 304.1 292.2 331.7 9.95 5 800 2042 13.1 5.2 59 7.9 8.6 85 24 305.1 306.4 290.6 326.1 6.96 6 750 2586 14.9 -15.6 11 30.5 2.6 97 23 312.7 313.0 288.0 317.7 1.51 7 700 3164 10.8 -19.7 10 30.5 -0.3 90 23 314.5 314.7 288.2 318.4 1.15 8 650 3776 6.4 -25.5 8 31.9 -3.6 83 17 316.2 316.3 288.3 318.8 0.74 9 600 4426 3.0 -32.2 5 35.1 -6.4 109 17 319.5 319.6 289.0 321.1 0.43 10 550 5125 -0.5 -35.6 5 35.1 -8.9 125 18 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.8 0.33 11 500 5879 -5.3 -38.5 5 33.1 -12.4 153 16 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.28 12 450 6695 -11.7 -41.5 6 29.8 -17.0 152 15 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.4 0.22 13 400 7586 -17.6 -56.2 2 38.6 -21.9 166 12 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.05 14 350 8569 -25.1 -53.3 5 28.2 -27.8 148 11 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 15 300 9671 -33.0 -49.6 17 16.6 -34.5 190 4 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.4 0.14 16 250 10925 -42.8 -55.0 25 12.1 -43.5 280 23 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.09 17 200 12391 -54.6 -64.8 27 10.2 -54.9 268 33 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14178 -66.0 -78.3 16 12.3 -66.0 258 37 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16565 -78.2 -87.0 23 8.8 -78.2 179 12 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.39 m Freezing level: 556.64 mb = 5032.10 m = 16509.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.71 mb = 3107.92 m = 10196.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.21 mb = 71.72 m = 235.29 ft T: 23.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 31.38 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.36 mb = 1105.42 m = 3626.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.57 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: 0.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: 5.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.66 C Cross Totals Index: 16.62 C K Index: 1.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 199.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 126.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.26 mb = 746.87 m = 2450.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.26 mb = 1467.77 m = 4815.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 796.26 mb = 2081.82 m = 6830.02 ft B at Equ Level: 22.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 756.26 mb = 2516.27 m = 8255.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 91.0 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 121.0 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.6 neg: -4.3 tot: 138.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 3.76 Bulk Shear: 33.74 m/s