MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-100.67 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 969 381 22.0 20.7 92 1.3 21.1 150 1 297.8 300.7 295.3 344.3 16.01 2 950 553 21.4 20.6 95 0.8 20.8 278 2 298.9 301.9 295.8 346.3 16.27 3 900 1022 20.1 18.3 89 1.9 18.8 324 5 302.2 305.0 295.7 346.0 14.83 4 850 1515 18.7 15.2 80 3.6 16.3 327 5 305.7 308.1 295.3 344.3 12.85 5 800 2035 15.9 13.9 88 2.0 14.6 6 3 308.1 310.4 295.8 346.2 12.61 6 750 2581 12.9 11.8 93 1.1 12.1 35 4 310.5 312.7 295.8 346.2 11.65 7 700 3160 10.2 8.1 87 2.1 8.9 58 6 313.8 315.6 295.3 344.0 9.75 8 650 3774 6.9 3.6 79 3.3 4.9 73 10 316.8 318.2 294.5 340.9 7.63 9 600 4428 3.3 -1.6 70 4.9 0.7 81 12 319.9 321.0 293.9 338.2 5.69 10 550 5129 -0.8 -5.5 70 4.7 -3.1 83 14 323.1 324.1 293.9 338.3 4.62 11 500 5884 -5.0 -12.2 57 7.3 -8.0 86 14 327.0 327.6 293.6 337.1 2.99 12 450 6705 -9.6 -23.0 33 13.4 -13.7 87 14 331.1 331.4 293.3 335.9 1.33 13 400 7603 -15.5 -28.3 32 12.8 -18.7 83 11 334.8 335.0 293.9 338.3 0.93 14 350 8597 -22.4 -29.7 51 7.3 -24.1 113 8 338.5 338.7 294.8 342.0 0.93 15 300 9710 -31.3 -36.7 59 5.5 -32.1 130 7 341.3 341.4 295.1 343.4 0.55 16 250 10973 -41.8 -52.1 32 10.3 -42.4 101 6 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.5 0.12 17 200 12441 -54.8 -59.3 57 4.6 -54.9 311 8 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.06 18 150 14215 -69.0 -74.6 44 5.6 -69.0 84 8 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 19 100 16580 -78.9 -85.9 31 7.0 -78.9 30 6 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.65 m Freezing level: 559.76 mb = 4991.89 m = 16377.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.14 mb = 4547.68 m = 14920.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.32 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.39 mb = 549.51 m = 1802.83 ft T: 21.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 7.99 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.61 mb = 1775.19 m = 5824.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 20.12 C K Index: 36.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.64 mb = 1054.21 m = 3458.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.64 mb = 4405.55 m = 14453.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.64 mb = 11474.53 m = 37645.65 ft B at Equ Level: 138.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.64 mb = 14147.88 m = 46416.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.8 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 99.8 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.25 Bulk Shear: 13.58 m/s