MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 9 29.5 23.6 71 5.9 25.2 71 4 301.4 304.8 297.8 355.7 18.41 1 1000 142 26.5 23.1 81 3.5 24.0 73 5 299.7 302.9 297.1 352.4 18.03 2 950 595 22.6 20.1 86 2.5 20.9 87 9 300.2 303.0 295.8 346.4 15.78 3 900 1065 19.8 15.7 77 4.2 17.0 88 10 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.9 12.52 4 850 1556 17.3 13.5 79 3.8 14.8 80 9 304.3 306.4 294.0 338.7 11.55 5 800 2072 14.5 10.2 75 4.3 11.8 54 6 306.6 308.4 293.4 336.2 9.82 6 750 2616 12.7 5.1 60 7.6 8.2 34 8 310.4 311.8 292.6 333.1 7.38 7 700 3193 9.4 3.6 67 5.8 6.1 26 7 312.9 314.3 293.1 335.1 7.11 8 650 3804 5.6 -1.9 58 7.6 1.7 30 8 315.3 316.3 292.2 331.6 5.11 9 600 4452 0.9 -10.3 43 11.2 -3.9 17 7 317.2 317.7 290.7 326.7 2.91 10 550 5147 -1.4 -15.9 32 14.6 -6.9 11 4 322.5 322.8 291.5 329.3 2.00 11 500 5902 -5.1 -31.1 11 26.0 -11.8 345 7 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.9 0.57 12 450 6718 -10.9 -40.2 7 29.3 -16.4 336 5 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.26 13 400 7612 -17.2 -45.0 7 27.8 -21.3 297 10 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.17 14 350 8598 -24.4 -51.9 6 27.5 -27.3 284 16 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.09 15 300 9702 -32.8 -59.9 5 27.1 -34.5 289 24 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 16 250 10960 -42.4 -54.3 26 12.0 -43.0 279 31 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.5 0.09 17 200 12428 -53.7 -67.8 16 14.1 -54.0 280 29 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14214 -67.5 -76.1 28 8.6 -67.5 300 23 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.01 19 100 16605 -77.3 -86.3 22 8.9 -77.4 83 5 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.83 m Freezing level: 580.12 mb = 4728.42 m = 15513.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.64 mb = 3997.41 m = 13114.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.47 mb = 756.71 m = 2482.62 ft T: 21.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 22.56 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.66 mb = 1086.95 m = 3566.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 2.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.37 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: 30.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 854.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.52 mb = 868.78 m = 2850.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.52 mb = 1600.88 m = 5252.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.52 mb = 12568.63 m = 41235.16 ft B at Equ Level: 848.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.52 mb = 15754.23 m = 51686.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 43.5 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 73.5 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -6.3 tot: -5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 368.34 Bulk Shear: 2.32 m/s