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: 18.58,-69.09 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -69.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 70 33.7 23.0 54 10.6 25.7 209 9 306.7 310.1 298.9 360.9 17.99 1 1000 80 31.5 20.7 53 10.8 23.8 211 9 304.7 307.6 296.9 351.2 15.59 2 950 538 26.8 18.8 62 8.0 21.2 213 10 304.4 307.1 296.1 347.7 14.55 3 900 1013 22.2 17.2 73 5.0 18.8 214 10 304.4 307.0 295.7 345.8 13.89 4 850 1507 18.8 12.5 67 6.2 14.7 219 11 305.8 307.8 293.9 338.3 10.81 5 800 2026 15.9 8.8 62 7.2 11.5 222 11 308.1 309.8 293.1 335.2 8.90 6 750 2571 12.7 7.5 71 5.2 9.5 230 12 310.4 312.0 293.6 337.1 8.73 7 700 3148 9.3 6.7 84 2.6 7.7 238 12 312.7 314.4 294.3 340.0 8.81 8 650 3760 5.8 3.8 87 2.0 4.6 245 7 315.5 317.0 294.3 339.9 7.76 9 600 4411 1.9 -0.4 85 2.2 0.7 316 4 318.3 319.5 293.9 338.1 6.22 10 550 5108 -2.4 -7.0 71 4.6 -4.6 344 6 321.2 322.0 293.0 334.7 4.11 11 500 5858 -6.1 -27.8 16 21.7 -12.0 351 7 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.4 0.78 12 450 6675 -10.6 -43.1 5 32.4 -16.4 346 5 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.19 13 400 7570 -16.5 -42.2 9 25.7 -20.7 299 3 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.5 0.23 14 350 8558 -23.8 -47.3 10 23.5 -26.6 293 4 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15 15 300 9667 -31.4 -36.9 58 5.5 -32.1 245 14 341.2 341.3 295.1 343.3 0.54 16 250 10932 -41.1 -47.4 51 6.3 -41.6 256 15 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.8 0.21 17 200 12407 -53.2 -61.2 37 8.0 -53.4 261 9 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.05 18 150 14197 -67.7 -74.1 40 6.3 -67.8 251 15 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 19 100 16559 -78.6 -85.7 31 7.1 -78.6 349 5 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.14 m Freezing level: 578.15 mb = 4715.27 m = 15469.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.63 mb = 4496.23 m = 14751.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.62 % Est. max temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.63 mb = 1409.91 m = 4625.62 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 25.71 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.20 mb = 1938.32 m = 6359.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.69 C = 94.44 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 693.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.61 mb = 1541.54 m = 5057.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.61 mb = 2665.26 m = 8744.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.61 mb = 12034.06 m = 39481.33 ft B at Equ Level: 692.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.61 mb = 15919.03 m = 52227.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 233.79 Bulk Shear: 2.97 m/s