MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1011 9 27.0 24.3 85 2.7 25.0 122 4 299.2 302.7 297.7 355.3 19.19 1 1000 109 25.0 23.8 93 1.2 24.1 122 4 298.2 301.6 297.3 353.0 18.86 2 950 560 22.2 20.1 88 2.1 20.7 135 12 299.7 302.6 295.7 345.8 15.76 3 900 1029 20.7 16.6 78 4.0 17.9 107 9 302.8 305.3 294.9 342.4 13.36 4 850 1523 18.4 14.5 78 3.9 15.8 67 4 305.4 307.7 294.8 342.2 12.30 5 800 2041 15.3 12.0 81 3.3 13.2 51 1 307.5 309.6 294.6 341.1 11.11 6 750 2586 12.6 8.9 78 3.7 10.3 96 2 310.3 312.1 294.3 339.7 9.62 7 700 3163 10.3 4.4 67 5.9 6.8 45 5 313.9 315.3 293.6 337.3 7.49 8 650 3777 7.1 -0.2 60 7.2 3.1 2 8 317.0 318.1 293.2 335.5 5.82 9 600 4431 3.1 -4.1 59 7.2 -0.6 356 10 319.6 320.6 293.0 334.9 4.70 10 550 5130 -1.1 -9.4 53 8.4 -4.8 356 12 322.8 323.5 292.8 334.1 3.40 11 500 5884 -5.6 -15.3 46 9.7 -9.4 1 12 326.2 326.6 292.8 334.1 2.32 12 450 6703 -10.1 -24.4 30 14.3 -14.3 13 10 330.5 330.7 293.0 334.7 1.18 13 400 7601 -15.4 -35.2 17 19.8 -19.4 27 6 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.8 0.48 14 350 8595 -21.8 -44.7 11 23.0 -25.0 30 9 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.20 15 300 9711 -30.5 -49.8 13 19.3 -32.3 31 9 342.5 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.13 16 250 10978 -41.0 -57.9 15 16.9 -41.8 12 4 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.06 17 200 12451 -53.7 -64.3 26 10.7 -53.9 269 4 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.03 18 150 14238 -67.8 -75.5 33 7.7 -67.9 283 5 353.3 353.3 297.3 353.3 0.01 19 100 16605 -77.8 -86.4 24 8.6 -77.9 122 11 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.31 m Freezing level: 562.97 mb = 4948.86 m = 16236.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.67 mb = 4327.01 m = 14196.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.98 % Est. max temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.49 mb = 354.01 m = 1161.44 ft T: 23.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 21.18 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.22 mb = 1280.38 m = 4200.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 32.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 367.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.78 mb = 727.98 m = 2388.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.78 mb = 2622.15 m = 8602.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 736.78 mb = 2734.95 m = 8972.84 ft B at Equ Level: 14.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.78 mb = 15220.02 m = 49933.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 28.9 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 58.9 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -18.4 tot: -15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 22.74 Bulk Shear: 16.17 m/s