MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 21.22,-89.02 Latitude: 21.22 Longitude: -89.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 7 23.1 23.0 99 0.1 23.0 156 1 295.4 298.6 295.8 346.4 17.76 1 1000 96 23.4 23.0 98 0.4 23.1 88 4 296.5 299.7 296.3 348.2 17.91 2 950 547 22.9 18.2 75 4.7 19.6 95 8 300.5 303.0 294.7 341.5 13.99 3 900 1017 20.4 16.4 78 3.9 17.7 72 3 302.5 304.9 294.7 341.4 13.15 4 850 1509 17.8 13.9 78 4.0 15.2 304 2 304.8 307.0 294.4 340.1 11.82 5 800 2027 15.0 11.9 82 3.0 13.0 244 4 307.1 309.2 294.4 340.4 11.03 6 750 2571 12.2 9.1 82 3.1 10.3 186 3 309.8 311.6 294.2 339.5 9.73 7 700 3148 10.1 4.0 66 6.1 6.6 187 3 313.7 315.1 293.4 336.6 7.33 8 650 3761 6.4 1.5 71 4.9 3.7 229 3 316.2 317.4 293.6 337.0 6.58 9 600 4413 2.6 -1.8 73 4.3 0.3 289 2 319.1 320.2 293.6 337.1 5.61 10 550 5112 -1.6 -6.1 71 4.6 -3.7 329 4 322.2 323.1 293.5 336.7 4.40 11 500 5865 -5.9 -10.2 72 4.3 -7.8 332 4 325.8 326.5 293.7 337.6 3.52 12 450 6683 -10.5 -17.1 58 6.7 -12.9 354 6 330.1 330.5 293.8 337.8 2.22 13 400 7580 -15.8 -27.0 38 11.1 -18.7 359 7 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.2 1.05 14 350 8572 -22.6 -34.9 32 12.3 -24.9 348 7 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.5 0.57 15 300 9686 -30.4 -46.4 19 16.0 -32.1 349 4 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.20 16 250 10955 -40.5 -55.7 18 15.2 -41.4 334 4 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.08 17 200 12434 -52.3 -64.2 22 11.9 -52.6 310 7 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.0 0.03 18 150 14227 -68.1 -75.1 36 7.0 -68.1 243 4 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 19 100 16589 -79.2 -86.6 28 7.4 -79.1 40 3 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.88 m Freezing level: 568.87 mb = 4848.43 m = 15906.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.13 mb = 4465.15 m = 14649.28 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1009.43 mb = 14.61 m = 47.94 ft T: 23.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 8.06 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1534.95 m = 5035.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.87 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 31.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.34 mb = 841.72 m = 2761.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.34 mb = 4367.97 m = 14330.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.34 mb = 7516.91 m = 24661.48 ft B at Equ Level: 64.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 293.34 mb = 9842.49 m = 32291.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 3.5 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 2.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -12.4 tot: -11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.18 Bulk Shear: 9.03 m/s