MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 24.9,-86.2 Latitude: 24.90 Longitude: -86.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 -0 27.6 23.3 77 4.3 24.5 102 14 299.7 303.0 297.2 352.7 18.08 1 1000 104 26.3 22.0 77 4.3 23.2 102 15 299.4 302.5 296.3 348.6 16.84 2 950 556 21.9 20.8 94 1.1 21.2 102 16 299.4 302.4 296.1 347.7 16.53 3 900 1024 19.5 11.2 59 8.2 14.3 114 15 301.6 303.3 291.5 329.2 9.33 4 850 1513 16.1 11.0 72 5.1 12.9 113 11 303.0 304.8 292.2 332.0 9.73 5 800 2027 13.5 7.7 68 5.8 10.0 106 9 305.5 307.1 291.8 330.5 8.27 6 750 2568 11.3 1.0 49 10.4 5.7 100 8 308.9 309.9 290.5 325.8 5.47 7 700 3143 11.1 -15.7 14 26.8 0.5 98 9 314.7 315.1 288.8 320.1 1.60 8 650 3756 7.5 -16.3 17 23.8 -1.7 86 5 317.5 317.8 289.7 323.0 1.65 9 600 4410 4.4 -31.1 5 35.5 -5.5 125 2 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.47 10 550 5110 -0.5 -33.8 6 33.3 -8.8 174 4 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.0 0.40 11 500 5863 -6.0 -41.7 4 35.7 -13.0 180 6 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.20 12 450 6677 -11.5 -39.5 8 28.0 -16.8 203 7 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.28 13 400 7573 -15.7 -48.9 4 33.2 -20.4 245 6 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.0 0.11 14 350 8565 -22.5 -51.1 6 28.6 -25.8 267 9 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.10 15 300 9678 -31.0 -60.9 4 29.8 -33.0 270 12 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.04 16 250 10941 -41.9 -53.5 27 11.6 -42.5 262 17 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.3 0.11 17 200 12412 -53.5 -61.5 37 7.9 -53.8 277 16 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.05 18 150 14201 -67.6 -76.3 28 8.8 -67.6 278 17 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 19 100 16573 -78.3 -85.6 29 7.3 -78.3 279 12 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.01 m Freezing level: 554.96 mb = 5040.82 m = 16537.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.03 mb = 3273.33 m = 10739.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.77 mb = 548.65 m = 1800.00 ft T: 21.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 23.48 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1106.09 m = 3628.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.43 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.12 C Cross Totals Index: 16.98 C K Index: 6.28 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 172.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.55 mb = 847.32 m = 2779.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.55 mb = 1377.76 m = 4520.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.55 mb = 2752.68 m = 9031.00 ft B at Equ Level: 32.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 673.55 mb = 3461.36 m = 11356.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 112.6 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 142.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -26.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -8.0 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 23.94 Bulk Shear: 7.19 m/s