MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-70.51 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -70.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 991 149 25.6 24.7 95 0.9 24.9 64 4 299.5 303.2 298.4 358.5 20.14 2 950 522 23.5 22.1 92 1.4 22.5 85 3 301.0 304.3 297.4 353.9 17.95 3 900 993 20.9 18.2 84 2.7 19.0 246 3 303.1 305.8 295.9 346.8 14.76 4 850 1487 18.3 14.2 77 4.1 15.6 262 8 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.6 12.09 5 800 2006 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 256 11 307.9 310.2 295.6 345.4 12.42 6 750 2552 12.9 9.2 78 3.7 10.6 251 12 310.6 312.4 294.5 340.6 9.81 7 700 3129 9.7 5.4 75 4.3 7.1 252 12 313.2 314.8 293.9 338.3 8.06 8 650 3741 6.1 1.7 73 4.4 3.6 255 11 315.9 317.1 293.6 336.9 6.65 9 600 4393 2.2 -1.7 75 4.0 0.1 244 9 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.8 5.62 10 550 5091 -2.0 -5.9 75 3.9 -3.8 228 7 321.7 322.6 293.4 336.4 4.48 11 500 5842 -6.7 -10.6 74 3.9 -8.4 173 3 324.9 325.6 293.4 336.3 3.42 12 450 6657 -12.0 -18.5 58 6.5 -14.2 69 3 328.2 328.5 293.0 335.0 1.97 13 400 7549 -16.8 -23.0 59 6.2 -18.6 54 4 333.2 333.5 294.0 338.6 1.50 14 350 8539 -23.3 -28.9 60 5.6 -24.6 35 6 337.3 337.5 294.6 341.0 1.00 15 300 9649 -31.5 -36.0 64 4.5 -32.2 296 4 341.0 341.1 295.1 343.2 0.59 16 250 10912 -41.5 -48.0 49 6.5 -42.0 241 9 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.2 0.20 17 200 12386 -53.0 -61.0 37 8.0 -53.2 260 14 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14180 -67.3 -75.8 29 8.5 -67.3 269 7 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 19 100 16548 -78.1 -85.0 32 6.9 -78.1 304 2 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.34 m Freezing level: 573.60 mb = 4761.45 m = 15621.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.28 mb = 4416.00 m = 14488.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.12 mb = 255.78 m = 839.15 ft T: 24.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 16.93 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.80 mb = 1072.55 m = 3518.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1488.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.93 mb = 821.40 m = 2694.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.93 mb = 1558.52 m = 5113.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.93 mb = 13664.37 m = 44830.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1482.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 86.91 Bulk Shear: 17.13 m/s