MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 20.98,-89.65 Latitude: 20.98 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 10 24.9 24.5 98 0.4 24.6 113 3 297.2 300.7 297.4 353.7 19.50 1 1000 96 24.2 24.0 99 0.2 24.1 115 6 297.3 300.8 297.3 352.8 19.13 2 950 546 22.8 20.2 86 2.5 21.0 127 13 300.3 303.2 296.0 346.9 15.90 3 900 1017 20.7 17.2 80 3.5 18.3 104 12 302.8 305.4 295.2 343.8 13.84 4 850 1510 18.0 14.9 82 3.1 16.0 74 5 305.0 307.4 295.0 342.9 12.66 5 800 2028 15.1 12.4 84 2.6 13.3 48 1 307.2 309.3 294.7 341.7 11.42 6 750 2572 12.1 9.6 84 2.6 10.5 90 2 309.7 311.6 294.4 340.4 10.03 7 700 3149 10.1 4.8 70 5.3 6.9 55 4 313.7 315.1 293.7 337.7 7.73 8 650 3762 6.9 0.3 63 6.6 3.3 352 5 316.7 317.9 293.3 335.9 6.03 9 600 4415 3.0 -4.3 59 7.3 -0.7 339 8 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.6 4.63 10 550 5115 -1.0 -9.6 52 8.6 -4.8 342 9 322.9 323.5 292.8 334.0 3.34 11 500 5869 -5.5 -15.5 45 10.0 -9.3 357 10 326.3 326.8 292.9 334.2 2.30 12 450 6688 -9.8 -25.2 27 15.3 -14.3 10 11 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.8 1.10 13 400 7586 -15.4 -34.9 17 19.6 -19.4 22 8 335.0 335.1 293.6 336.9 0.49 14 350 8580 -21.8 -44.0 12 22.1 -25.0 17 9 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.22 15 300 9696 -30.4 -51.2 11 20.7 -32.3 12 12 342.5 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.12 16 250 10963 -40.9 -57.3 15 16.4 -41.8 10 5 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.07 17 200 12437 -53.5 -64.1 26 10.6 -53.8 250 6 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.03 18 150 14223 -68.3 -74.9 39 6.5 -68.4 254 8 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 19 100 16578 -79.3 -86.1 31 6.9 -79.3 83 5 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.93 m Freezing level: 562.86 mb = 4935.13 m = 16191.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.58 mb = 4299.62 m = 14106.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.03 mb = 52.02 m = 170.66 ft T: 24.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 19.74 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1179.50 m = 3869.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.27 C = 88.28 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 33.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 451.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.17 mb = 692.64 m = 2272.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.17 mb = 2036.42 m = 6681.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.17 mb = 12462.80 m = 40887.97 ft B at Equ Level: 450.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.17 mb = 15559.69 m = 51048.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.3 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 64.3 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -20.6 tot: -19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 30.54 Bulk Shear: 14.80 m/s