MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 20.98,-89.65 Latitude: 20.98 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 34.2 22.0 49 12.2 25.3 356 1 306.3 309.5 298.0 356.6 16.71 1 1000 116 31.1 21.4 56 9.7 24.1 358 1 304.3 307.3 297.2 352.8 16.28 2 950 575 26.3 20.5 70 5.9 22.1 4 1 303.9 306.9 297.1 352.0 16.16 3 900 1050 21.7 19.3 86 2.4 20.0 10 1 303.9 306.8 296.8 351.0 15.84 4 850 1544 18.3 14.2 77 4.1 15.5 36 5 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.5 12.06 5 800 2062 15.9 9.0 63 7.0 11.6 9 7 308.1 309.8 293.2 335.6 9.04 6 750 2608 13.1 6.1 62 7.0 8.9 7 9 310.8 312.3 293.1 335.1 7.89 7 700 3185 9.8 3.7 66 6.1 6.3 21 10 313.4 314.7 293.3 335.7 7.16 8 650 3798 6.5 0.2 64 6.3 3.1 25 11 316.3 317.5 293.2 335.3 5.98 9 600 4450 2.4 -4.7 60 7.1 -1.1 16 12 318.9 319.7 292.6 333.4 4.50 10 550 5147 -2.0 -11.3 49 9.3 -5.9 8 6 321.7 322.3 292.1 331.5 2.93 11 500 5898 -6.4 -20.5 32 14.1 -11.0 228 2 325.3 325.5 291.8 330.4 1.49 12 450 6715 -9.9 -31.3 16 21.4 -15.2 257 1 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.1 0.62 13 400 7615 -15.3 -37.1 14 21.8 -19.6 21 3 335.2 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.40 14 350 8605 -23.2 -42.7 15 19.5 -25.9 332 6 337.5 337.5 294.0 338.5 0.25 15 300 9712 -32.7 -45.6 26 12.9 -34.0 327 12 339.3 339.3 294.4 340.2 0.22 16 250 10970 -41.8 -58.4 15 16.6 -42.6 316 18 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.06 17 200 12440 -54.2 -66.5 21 12.3 -54.5 309 12 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14221 -68.4 -73.9 45 5.4 -68.5 288 6 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 19 100 16595 -77.5 -85.6 26 8.1 -77.6 149 6 377.9 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.31 m Freezing level: 572.92 mb = 4827.34 m = 15837.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.14 mb = 4273.06 m = 14019.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.29 mb = 1550.80 m = 5087.87 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 21.43 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1464.57 m = 4804.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 32.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1526.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.92 mb = 1343.39 m = 4407.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.92 mb = 1696.51 m = 5565.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.92 mb = 14422.93 m = 47318.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1503.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 15.6 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 45.6 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 345.74 Bulk Shear: 4.42 m/s