MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-70.04 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -70.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 31 28.1 24.2 80 3.8 25.3 123 4 300.3 303.8 298.0 356.6 19.19 1 1000 127 27.3 23.9 82 3.4 24.8 125 5 300.5 303.9 298.0 356.2 18.95 2 950 581 23.6 20.2 81 3.4 21.2 131 5 301.1 304.0 296.1 347.7 15.84 3 900 1052 21.4 13.4 60 8.0 16.2 106 7 303.6 305.6 293.3 335.8 10.82 4 850 1545 18.4 10.8 61 7.6 13.6 108 7 305.4 307.2 292.9 334.3 9.61 5 800 2063 15.1 10.5 74 4.6 12.1 136 2 307.3 309.1 293.7 337.5 10.00 6 750 2608 12.7 7.0 68 5.7 9.2 238 3 310.4 312.0 293.4 336.2 8.42 7 700 3184 9.9 1.5 56 8.5 5.2 214 4 313.5 314.7 292.4 332.6 6.09 8 650 3796 6.2 -3.6 50 9.7 1.3 179 3 315.9 316.8 291.8 330.4 4.52 9 600 4447 1.8 -4.8 61 6.6 -1.4 121 3 318.2 319.1 292.4 332.6 4.46 10 550 5143 -2.8 -9.0 62 6.2 -5.5 94 6 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.3 3.52 11 500 5892 -6.8 -16.4 46 9.7 -10.3 91 5 324.8 325.2 292.3 332.0 2.11 12 450 6707 -11.4 -22.3 40 10.8 -14.7 98 4 328.8 329.1 292.7 333.9 1.43 13 400 7601 -16.8 -24.4 52 7.6 -18.9 55 6 333.2 333.4 293.8 337.9 1.33 14 350 8590 -22.9 -41.0 18 18.1 -25.6 57 7 337.9 337.9 294.1 339.1 0.30 15 300 9701 -31.6 -42.0 35 10.4 -32.9 132 1 340.8 340.9 294.8 342.1 0.32 16 250 10964 -41.5 -48.9 45 7.4 -42.1 255 6 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.1 0.18 17 200 12435 -53.8 -65.4 23 11.6 -54.0 278 7 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14223 -67.4 -75.2 32 7.8 -67.5 95 3 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16597 -78.3 -85.7 29 7.4 -78.3 256 5 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.53 m Freezing level: 580.48 mb = 4718.65 m = 15480.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.81 mb = 4091.65 m = 13423.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.75 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.83 mb = 517.48 m = 1697.74 ft T: 24.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 22.35 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1486.13 m = 4875.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.44 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: 2.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 17.56 C K Index: 27.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 857.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.02 mb = 994.10 m = 3261.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.02 mb = 2051.63 m = 6730.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.02 mb = 12720.73 m = 41734.18 ft B at Equ Level: 853.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.02 mb = 15984.96 m = 52443.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.7 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 155.7 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -151.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -4.0 tot: -2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 68223.20 Bulk Shear: 0.01 m/s