MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 26.14,-76.03 Latitude: 26.14 Longitude: -76.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 -1 25.7 20.6 74 5.1 22.1 108 12 297.3 300.1 294.6 341.3 15.21 1 1000 154 23.9 19.0 74 4.8 20.5 108 13 297.0 299.6 293.7 337.5 14.00 2 950 602 19.7 17.3 86 2.4 18.1 111 12 297.2 299.5 293.2 335.3 13.19 3 900 1068 18.4 15.2 82 3.2 16.3 264 8 300.4 302.7 293.3 336.0 12.13 4 850 1556 14.7 14.1 96 0.6 14.3 267 13 301.6 303.8 293.6 336.9 11.98 5 800 2069 12.6 11.3 92 1.3 11.8 254 16 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.3 10.60 6 750 2609 10.0 9.3 95 0.7 9.5 253 18 307.4 309.2 293.6 337.2 9.84 7 700 3181 8.1 -5.6 37 13.6 1.6 243 14 311.4 312.1 289.6 322.8 3.60 8 650 3789 6.1 -27.2 7 33.3 -3.9 241 10 315.9 316.0 288.1 318.1 0.63 9 600 4440 3.1 -33.0 5 36.1 -6.4 244 9 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.1 0.40 10 550 5137 -2.1 -32.5 8 30.4 -9.6 237 9 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.3 0.45 11 500 5886 -7.3 -33.8 10 26.5 -13.3 221 10 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.44 12 450 6696 -12.8 -39.4 9 26.6 -17.7 243 9 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.28 13 400 7585 -18.3 -36.7 18 18.4 -21.7 274 11 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.8 0.41 14 350 8566 -25.5 -40.7 23 15.2 -27.6 274 19 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.6 0.31 15 300 9667 -33.0 -48.2 20 15.2 -34.4 287 26 338.8 338.9 294.2 339.5 0.16 16 250 10922 -44.0 -53.9 32 9.9 -44.5 276 32 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.10 17 200 12382 -53.8 -72.1 9 18.2 -54.1 281 31 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 14178 -66.0 -78.7 15 12.7 -66.0 280 17 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16572 -75.9 -85.6 20 9.8 -75.9 283 3 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.90 m Freezing level: 570.02 mb = 4858.11 m = 15938.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.46 mb = 3353.17 m = 11001.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.81 mb = 640.19 m = 2100.33 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 19.07 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.68 mb = 1341.12 m = 4399.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 0.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 22.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3239.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.69 mb = 891.04 m = 2923.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.9 neg: -10.7 tot: 54.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 64.40 m/s