MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-69.49 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -69.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.9 22.9 70 6.0 24.5 46 5 300.8 304.0 297.1 352.4 17.59 1 1000 128 27.6 21.7 70 5.9 23.4 47 6 300.8 303.8 296.5 349.5 16.58 2 950 582 23.3 20.7 85 2.6 21.5 47 6 300.8 303.8 296.4 349.0 16.41 3 900 1052 20.5 15.9 75 4.5 17.4 64 6 302.6 304.9 294.4 340.3 12.76 4 850 1545 18.5 12.8 70 5.7 14.8 75 6 305.5 307.6 294.0 338.5 11.01 5 800 2063 15.8 10.2 69 5.7 12.2 73 5 308.0 309.9 293.7 337.7 9.79 6 750 2609 12.7 7.2 70 5.4 9.3 88 5 310.3 311.9 293.4 336.6 8.55 7 700 3184 9.0 4.7 74 4.3 6.5 87 4 312.4 313.9 293.4 336.2 7.65 8 650 3794 4.8 2.0 82 2.7 3.2 59 3 314.3 315.7 293.3 335.8 6.83 9 600 4443 0.3 -0.9 91 1.3 -0.3 32 4 316.5 317.6 293.2 335.4 5.96 10 550 5135 -3.2 -3.7 96 0.6 -3.5 354 7 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.4 5.28 11 500 5886 -6.5 -6.9 97 0.4 -6.7 334 8 325.1 326.0 294.4 340.2 4.56 12 450 6703 -11.4 -13.2 87 1.8 -12.1 359 7 328.9 329.5 294.1 339.4 3.08 13 400 7597 -16.8 -24.4 52 7.6 -18.9 10 2 333.1 333.4 293.8 337.9 1.33 14 350 8585 -23.6 -31.6 48 7.9 -25.2 183 4 336.9 337.0 294.3 339.8 0.78 15 300 9695 -31.7 -41.7 37 10.0 -32.9 164 2 340.7 340.8 294.8 342.0 0.33 16 250 10957 -42.3 -54.1 26 11.8 -42.9 221 5 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.10 17 200 12421 -54.8 -63.4 34 8.6 -54.9 210 19 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14199 -68.7 -73.1 52 4.5 -68.7 235 9 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 19 100 16563 -76.1 -85.3 22 9.2 -76.2 50 12 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.71 m Freezing level: 595.59 mb = 4503.78 m = 14775.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.64 mb = 4380.26 m = 14370.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.85 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.83 mb = 758.90 m = 2489.80 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 17.04 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1489.55 m = 4886.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.30 C = 91.94 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 980.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.11 mb = 973.89 m = 3195.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.11 mb = 2573.66 m = 8443.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.11 mb = 13313.34 m = 43678.40 ft B at Equ Level: 970.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.4 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 72.4 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16283.55 Bulk Shear: 0.06 m/s