MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-69.57 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -69.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 4 30.0 27.1 85 2.9 27.8 204 8 302.4 306.6 300.7 370.6 22.93 1 1000 81 28.5 24.8 80 3.7 25.7 208 9 301.7 305.4 298.9 361.1 20.09 2 950 537 24.9 18.3 67 6.6 20.3 217 12 302.5 305.1 295.3 344.1 14.08 3 900 1009 22.1 14.5 62 7.6 17.0 219 13 304.3 306.4 294.0 338.9 11.62 4 850 1504 19.4 12.1 63 7.3 14.7 219 13 306.5 308.5 293.9 338.1 10.50 5 800 2024 16.6 9.3 62 7.3 12.0 224 11 308.8 310.6 293.6 336.9 9.22 6 750 2570 13.2 7.8 70 5.4 9.9 233 11 310.9 312.5 293.9 338.2 8.88 7 700 3148 9.6 6.8 82 2.8 7.9 237 10 313.1 314.8 294.5 340.7 8.89 8 650 3760 5.9 4.5 91 1.4 5.1 240 7 315.6 317.2 294.6 341.3 8.18 9 600 4411 1.7 -0.0 88 1.7 0.7 305 4 318.0 319.3 293.9 338.3 6.37 10 550 5108 -2.3 -6.0 76 3.7 -4.1 329 7 321.3 322.2 293.3 335.8 4.44 11 500 5859 -6.1 -19.1 35 13.0 -10.6 354 7 325.6 325.9 292.1 331.4 1.69 12 450 6676 -10.8 -24.9 30 14.1 -14.8 0 5 329.7 329.9 292.7 333.7 1.13 13 400 7571 -16.5 -29.0 33 12.5 -19.6 335 2 333.5 333.7 293.5 336.7 0.87 14 350 8559 -23.8 -40.7 20 16.9 -26.3 305 4 336.6 336.7 293.8 337.9 0.31 15 300 9669 -31.2 -36.5 60 5.2 -32.0 234 12 341.4 341.5 295.1 343.5 0.56 16 250 10934 -41.0 -47.8 48 6.8 -41.6 256 13 345.0 345.1 295.7 345.9 0.20 17 200 12409 -53.2 -61.4 36 8.2 -53.4 275 10 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.05 18 150 14198 -67.9 -74.1 40 6.3 -67.9 259 14 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 19 100 16559 -78.7 -85.6 32 6.9 -78.7 354 6 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.88 m Freezing level: 579.19 mb = 4701.12 m = 15423.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.48 mb = 4512.09 m = 14803.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.44 % Est. max temperature: 33.72 C = 92.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.33 mb = 366.84 m = 1203.54 ft T: 26.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 33.68 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.34 mb = 1818.87 m = 5967.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.53 C = 95.95 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.23 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 840.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.29 mb = 1161.76 m = 3811.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.29 mb = 2804.59 m = 9201.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.29 mb = 12751.68 m = 41835.72 ft B at Equ Level: 833.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.29 mb = 16041.70 m = 52629.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 267.32 Bulk Shear: 3.14 m/s