MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 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 1013 10 26.9 22.3 76 4.6 23.6 31 7 299.0 302.1 296.3 348.5 16.99 1 1000 119 26.9 22.0 75 4.9 23.4 36 14 300.1 303.2 296.5 349.6 16.92 2 950 572 23.6 18.5 73 5.0 20.1 52 20 301.1 303.7 295.1 343.1 14.28 3 900 1044 21.1 17.8 81 3.4 18.8 67 11 303.3 306.0 295.7 345.9 14.37 4 850 1537 18.0 12.1 68 5.9 14.2 59 7 305.0 307.0 293.4 336.4 10.47 5 800 2053 14.6 8.0 65 6.5 10.6 53 8 306.7 308.2 292.3 332.3 8.47 6 750 2596 11.8 6.5 70 5.3 8.6 42 12 309.3 310.9 292.9 334.2 8.11 7 700 3172 9.9 -0.3 49 10.1 4.4 14 10 313.4 314.4 291.8 330.3 5.37 8 650 3783 6.0 -5.9 42 11.8 0.3 7 8 315.7 316.4 291.1 327.9 3.79 9 600 4432 1.5 -11.1 39 12.5 -3.8 19 6 317.8 318.3 290.8 326.8 2.73 10 550 5129 -1.2 -19.1 24 17.9 -7.5 348 8 322.6 323.0 291.1 327.9 1.54 11 500 5882 -5.8 -35.4 8 29.6 -12.5 319 8 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.38 12 450 6698 -11.0 -48.0 3 37.0 -16.8 290 11 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.11 13 400 7589 -18.3 -40.9 12 22.7 -21.9 271 14 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.27 14 350 8572 -24.6 -60.9 2 36.3 -27.5 268 17 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 15 300 9678 -32.0 -59.2 5 27.3 -33.8 272 26 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.04 16 250 10941 -41.6 -68.4 4 26.8 -42.5 277 24 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 17 200 12410 -52.9 -74.1 6 21.2 -53.3 276 27 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14208 -65.6 -78.3 16 12.6 -65.7 330 19 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16597 -77.4 -85.8 25 8.4 -77.4 343 5 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.53 m Freezing level: 572.57 mb = 4814.57 m = 15795.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.21 mb = 3830.70 m = 12567.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.84 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.49 mb = 595.47 m = 1953.61 ft T: 23.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.64 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1578.38 m = 5178.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.57 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 17.84 C K Index: 25.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 478.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.21 mb = 1061.28 m = 3481.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.21 mb = 2231.89 m = 7322.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 723.21 mb = 2899.81 m = 9513.70 ft B at Equ Level: 14.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.21 mb = 14480.68 m = 47508.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 28.8 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 58.8 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.2 neg: -6.1 tot: 25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 88.87 Bulk Shear: 5.38 m/s