MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 26.38,-80.18 Latitude: 26.38 Longitude: -80.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 3 29.2 22.0 65 7.3 24.0 151 8 301.1 304.2 296.6 350.0 16.61 1 1000 132 27.6 21.2 68 6.4 23.0 152 8 300.8 303.7 296.2 348.0 16.10 2 950 585 23.1 20.1 83 3.1 21.0 161 8 300.7 303.6 296.0 346.9 15.77 3 900 1055 19.3 18.4 94 1.0 18.7 222 6 301.4 304.2 295.6 345.4 14.92 4 850 1546 15.9 14.7 92 1.3 15.1 271 13 302.9 305.1 294.3 339.8 12.46 5 800 2059 12.7 7.9 73 4.7 9.8 261 17 304.6 306.2 291.7 329.9 8.41 6 750 2598 9.9 4.4 68 5.5 6.8 243 20 307.3 308.7 291.3 328.7 7.00 7 700 3169 9.0 -10.6 24 19.6 0.5 252 16 312.5 312.9 288.8 320.3 2.43 8 650 3779 6.5 -24.3 9 30.8 -3.4 244 15 316.3 316.5 288.5 319.2 0.82 9 600 4430 2.8 -30.0 7 32.9 -6.3 236 14 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.3 0.53 10 550 5127 -2.3 -30.6 9 28.2 -9.7 228 17 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.3 0.55 11 500 5874 -7.6 -37.6 7 30.0 -13.7 235 14 323.8 323.9 290.3 324.9 0.30 12 450 6686 -12.3 -41.2 7 29.0 -17.4 248 13 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.23 13 400 7577 -17.5 -36.6 17 19.1 -21.1 229 20 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.8 0.42 14 350 8561 -24.8 -40.5 22 15.6 -27.1 260 22 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.5 0.32 15 300 9663 -33.3 -52.3 13 19.1 -34.7 256 32 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.10 16 250 10918 -42.6 -63.4 8 20.8 -43.4 256 31 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 17 200 12387 -53.5 -69.4 13 15.9 -53.8 258 30 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14180 -66.1 -76.3 23 10.2 -66.2 276 31 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16567 -75.8 -85.3 21 9.6 -75.8 245 8 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.79 m Freezing level: 572.57 mb = 4812.39 m = 15788.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.03 mb = 3251.67 m = 10668.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.58 mb = 925.15 m = 3035.24 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 30.81 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.41 mb = 1060.88 m = 3480.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 18.56 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 976.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.73 mb = 981.03 m = 3218.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.73 mb = 1124.92 m = 3690.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.73 mb = 12297.98 m = 40347.23 ft B at Equ Level: 968.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.73 mb = 15861.80 m = 52039.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -14.1 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 31.10 Bulk Shear: 31.41 m/s