MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 26.89,-80.36 Latitude: 26.89 Longitude: -80.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 6 25.5 23.0 86 2.5 23.7 106 6 297.4 300.6 296.3 348.6 17.69 1 1000 141 25.3 22.1 82 3.2 23.0 114 12 298.5 301.5 296.1 347.8 16.94 2 950 592 21.3 20.7 96 0.6 20.9 119 14 298.8 301.8 295.8 346.4 16.34 3 900 1060 18.7 17.6 93 1.2 17.9 147 10 300.8 303.4 294.9 342.4 14.17 4 850 1550 16.3 15.0 92 1.3 15.4 175 2 303.2 305.5 294.5 340.8 12.70 5 800 2064 13.2 11.5 90 1.7 12.1 306 5 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.4 10.74 6 750 2605 10.5 7.9 84 2.6 8.9 281 8 308.0 309.7 293.1 335.2 8.96 7 700 3178 7.5 5.8 89 1.8 6.5 260 8 310.8 312.4 293.4 336.3 8.28 8 650 3785 4.0 3.1 94 0.9 3.5 237 10 313.5 314.9 293.4 336.5 7.38 9 600 4433 0.6 -0.9 90 1.5 -0.2 242 13 316.8 318.0 293.3 335.9 6.00 10 550 5127 -2.9 -6.3 77 3.4 -4.5 248 15 320.6 321.5 293.0 334.8 4.34 11 500 5877 -6.8 -10.8 73 3.9 -8.5 238 15 324.7 325.4 293.3 335.9 3.36 12 450 6691 -12.0 -19.6 53 7.6 -14.5 238 23 328.1 328.5 292.9 334.4 1.80 13 400 7584 -17.5 -29.8 33 12.3 -20.3 243 30 332.3 332.4 293.1 335.2 0.80 14 350 8566 -25.7 -43.6 17 17.9 -27.9 245 34 334.2 334.2 293.1 335.1 0.23 15 300 9668 -33.1 -53.0 12 19.9 -34.6 242 35 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.09 16 250 10921 -43.1 -57.2 20 14.1 -43.8 242 39 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.07 17 200 12386 -54.2 -67.9 17 13.8 -54.4 245 39 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14177 -65.9 -76.3 22 10.4 -66.0 256 31 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16581 -73.8 -85.9 14 12.1 -73.8 244 14 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.97 m Freezing level: 591.33 mb = 4553.36 m = 14938.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.15 mb = 4404.03 m = 14448.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.24 mb = 325.59 m = 1068.21 ft T: 23.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.39 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.42 mb = 753.62 m = 2472.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.66 C = 81.79 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 36.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1012.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.81 mb = 667.02 m = 2188.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.81 mb = 899.69 m = 2951.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.81 mb = 12166.62 m = 39916.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1009.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.81 mb = 15659.83 m = 51376.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.5 neg: -16.2 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 22.25 Bulk Shear: 45.49 m/s