MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 21.35,-89.49 Latitude: 21.35 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 26.7 24.6 88 2.2 25.2 102 8 299.0 302.5 298.0 356.2 19.59 1 1000 95 26.0 23.9 88 2.1 24.5 101 10 299.1 302.6 297.6 354.6 18.98 2 950 547 23.0 20.3 85 2.7 21.1 103 16 300.5 303.5 296.1 347.5 15.99 3 900 1018 20.6 17.1 81 3.5 18.2 94 11 302.7 305.3 295.1 343.5 13.79 4 850 1511 17.8 15.8 88 2.1 16.4 103 3 304.8 307.3 295.4 344.7 13.37 5 800 2028 14.9 13.1 89 1.8 13.7 176 2 307.0 309.3 295.0 343.0 11.92 6 750 2573 12.1 9.8 86 2.3 10.6 136 3 309.7 311.6 294.5 340.8 10.20 7 700 3149 9.5 5.6 77 3.8 7.2 128 3 313.0 314.5 293.9 338.4 8.21 8 650 3762 6.6 1.4 69 5.2 3.7 203 2 316.4 317.7 293.6 337.1 6.52 9 600 4415 2.7 -2.8 67 5.5 -0.1 256 3 319.2 320.3 293.3 336.0 5.21 10 550 5114 -1.3 -8.5 58 7.3 -4.6 297 3 322.6 323.3 293.0 334.7 3.65 11 500 5867 -5.4 -15.3 45 10.0 -9.2 348 7 326.5 327.0 292.9 334.5 2.32 12 450 6687 -9.8 -23.7 31 13.9 -14.0 351 10 330.9 331.1 293.2 335.3 1.25 13 400 7585 -15.4 -33.1 21 17.7 -19.3 5 9 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.59 14 350 8579 -22.1 -41.7 15 19.7 -25.1 8 10 339.0 339.1 294.4 340.1 0.28 15 300 9695 -30.1 -51.5 11 21.4 -32.1 353 12 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.4 0.11 16 250 10964 -40.6 -57.3 15 16.7 -41.4 5 8 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.1 0.07 17 200 12440 -53.2 -63.0 29 9.8 -53.4 246 4 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.04 18 150 14228 -68.4 -75.1 38 6.7 -68.5 234 7 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 19 100 16585 -80.4 -85.7 40 5.4 -80.4 146 6 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.33 m Freezing level: 565.92 mb = 4891.03 m = 16046.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.30 mb = 4396.90 m = 14425.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.61 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.91 mb = 273.85 m = 898.46 ft T: 24.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 12.68 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1134.82 m = 3723.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.01 C = 87.81 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 613.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.33 mb = 776.34 m = 2547.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.33 mb = 1710.74 m = 5612.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.33 mb = 12748.19 m = 41824.25 ft B at Equ Level: 610.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.33 mb = 16013.51 m = 52537.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.9 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 133.9 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -11.9 tot: -7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 94.22 Bulk Shear: 6.51 m/s