MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z MON 20 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 1015 10 23.5 23.2 98 0.3 23.3 57 1 295.4 298.7 296.0 347.0 17.96 1 1000 136 24.4 23.3 94 1.1 23.6 97 6 297.6 300.9 296.8 350.8 18.34 2 950 586 22.1 20.6 91 1.5 21.1 118 9 299.6 302.6 296.0 347.3 16.30 3 900 1056 19.9 15.9 78 4.0 17.2 103 13 302.0 304.4 294.2 339.6 12.74 4 850 1547 16.9 14.0 83 2.9 15.0 89 11 303.9 306.1 294.1 339.3 11.91 5 800 2063 14.3 12.0 86 2.4 12.8 83 6 306.4 308.5 294.3 339.8 11.07 6 750 2606 11.9 6.2 68 5.7 8.5 45 8 309.5 310.9 292.7 333.8 7.93 7 700 3182 9.1 3.8 69 5.3 6.0 32 9 312.5 313.9 293.0 334.9 7.19 8 650 3793 5.6 -0.9 63 6.6 2.1 9 11 315.3 316.4 292.4 332.8 5.50 9 600 4441 0.6 -6.9 57 7.5 -2.9 4 13 316.8 317.6 291.5 329.1 3.81 10 550 5134 -2.4 -12.1 47 9.7 -6.4 27 10 321.2 321.7 291.8 330.3 2.75 11 500 5888 -4.8 -22.5 24 17.7 -10.5 8 8 327.2 327.4 292.2 331.6 1.25 12 450 6706 -10.8 -30.5 18 19.7 -15.6 338 11 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.1 0.67 13 400 7600 -16.9 -43.9 8 27.0 -21.1 329 16 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.20 14 350 8586 -24.4 -53.6 5 29.1 -27.3 310 15 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 15 300 9690 -32.5 -62.2 4 29.7 -34.3 296 23 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.03 16 250 10949 -42.1 -57.8 17 15.6 -42.9 282 29 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.06 17 200 12419 -54.0 -61.9 38 7.8 -54.2 273 28 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.05 18 150 14202 -68.2 -75.3 36 7.1 -68.3 275 23 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 19 100 16586 -75.9 -86.4 18 10.5 -75.9 47 11 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.13 m Freezing level: 589.97 mb = 4580.24 m = 15026.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.63 mb = 4063.56 m = 13331.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1010.96 mb = 40.97 m = 134.43 ft T: 23.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 11.45 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 1014.66 m = 3328.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: 2.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 30.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 779.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.41 mb = 656.09 m = 2152.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.41 mb = 1472.61 m = 4831.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.41 mb = 12499.33 m = 41007.79 ft B at Equ Level: 775.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.41 mb = 15642.39 m = 51319.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 44.5 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 74.5 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -16.4 tot: -14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 81.36 Bulk Shear: 9.58 m/s