MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1011 9 33.1 22.5 54 10.6 25.3 0 10 305.3 308.5 298.1 356.8 17.19 1 1000 106 31.2 22.1 59 9.1 24.6 1 13 304.4 307.5 297.7 355.0 16.99 2 950 565 26.6 21.1 72 5.5 22.6 2 13 304.2 307.3 297.5 354.4 16.85 3 900 1040 22.5 19.7 84 2.8 20.5 7 7 304.7 307.7 297.3 353.3 16.29 4 850 1536 18.3 17.7 96 0.6 17.8 25 2 305.3 308.1 296.7 350.5 15.12 5 800 2054 15.2 12.4 84 2.7 13.4 52 5 307.3 309.4 294.7 341.7 11.41 6 750 2599 12.1 7.8 75 4.4 9.5 33 9 309.8 311.4 293.6 336.9 8.87 7 700 3175 9.7 2.0 58 7.8 5.4 45 10 313.2 314.4 292.5 333.0 6.31 8 650 3787 6.3 0.3 65 6.1 3.0 43 11 316.1 317.3 293.1 335.2 6.01 9 600 4439 2.2 -4.2 63 6.4 -1.0 33 11 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.9 4.69 10 550 5136 -2.1 -11.3 50 9.1 -6.0 347 4 321.5 322.1 292.1 331.3 2.94 11 500 5886 -6.2 -21.7 28 15.6 -11.1 263 7 325.5 325.8 291.8 330.2 1.34 12 450 6704 -9.6 -34.5 11 24.9 -15.2 300 6 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.9 0.46 13 400 7604 -15.3 -39.5 11 24.2 -19.7 316 5 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.3 0.31 14 350 8595 -23.3 -44.8 12 21.6 -26.1 313 7 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.20 15 300 9702 -32.9 -42.7 37 9.8 -34.0 308 13 339.0 339.0 294.3 340.1 0.29 16 250 10962 -41.3 -70.3 3 28.9 -42.3 319 17 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.01 17 200 12432 -54.1 -67.6 17 13.6 -54.3 294 13 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14217 -67.5 -75.3 32 7.8 -67.5 305 8 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16600 -78.3 -85.3 31 6.9 -78.4 196 8 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.15 m Freezing level: 574.45 mb = 4794.75 m = 15730.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.25 mb = 4274.00 m = 14022.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.40 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.68 mb = 1357.40 m = 4453.36 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 23.78 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1379.94 m = 4527.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.92 C = 91.26 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.45 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1967.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.11 mb = 1283.48 m = 4210.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.11 mb = 1433.34 m = 4702.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.11 mb = 14617.29 m = 47956.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1931.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.1 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 51.1 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: -9.8 tot: -3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 467.61 Bulk Shear: 4.21 m/s