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: 24.9,-85.99 Latitude: 24.90 Longitude: -85.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -0 28.0 24.0 79 4.0 25.1 106 19 300.0 303.4 297.8 355.3 18.87 1 1000 124 26.5 22.5 79 4.0 23.6 107 21 299.6 302.8 296.7 350.5 17.40 2 950 576 22.1 21.2 95 0.9 21.5 107 22 299.6 302.7 296.4 349.2 16.95 3 900 1045 18.8 17.9 95 0.9 18.2 118 22 300.9 303.5 295.1 343.4 14.48 4 850 1535 16.3 14.8 91 1.5 15.3 134 19 303.2 305.6 294.4 340.5 12.57 5 800 2049 13.8 11.9 88 1.9 12.6 136 13 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.0 11.03 6 750 2592 11.3 9.2 87 2.1 10.0 119 12 308.9 310.7 294.0 338.8 9.82 7 700 3167 8.7 5.6 81 3.1 6.8 82 10 312.1 313.7 293.7 337.4 8.16 8 650 3778 5.9 1.7 74 4.3 3.5 81 10 315.7 317.0 293.5 336.7 6.66 9 600 4431 4.1 -22.0 13 26.1 -4.8 70 7 320.8 321.1 290.2 324.6 1.09 10 550 5131 -0.5 -35.6 5 35.1 -8.9 64 5 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.8 0.33 11 500 5884 -6.0 -36.4 7 30.4 -12.7 94 6 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.0 0.34 12 450 6698 -11.7 -35.9 12 24.1 -16.7 152 6 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.40 13 400 7592 -15.9 -45.4 6 29.6 -20.4 200 5 334.4 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.16 14 350 8586 -22.2 -32.6 38 10.4 -24.4 247 9 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.5 0.70 15 300 9700 -31.1 -47.1 19 16.0 -32.7 274 13 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.18 16 250 10964 -41.5 -54.1 24 12.6 -42.2 272 18 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.10 17 200 12436 -53.4 -65.8 21 12.4 -53.7 259 23 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14226 -67.1 -75.0 32 7.9 -67.2 297 19 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 19 100 16601 -78.1 -85.8 28 7.7 -78.1 307 7 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.62 m Freezing level: 555.15 mb = 5059.08 m = 16597.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.75 mb = 4048.70 m = 13282.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.63 mb = 505.45 m = 1658.29 ft T: 22.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 30.67 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.05 mb = 750.65 m = 2462.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.16 C = 82.68 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 828.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.12 mb = 712.89 m = 2338.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.12 mb = 853.02 m = 2798.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.12 mb = 12750.96 m = 41833.33 ft B at Equ Level: 823.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.12 mb = 16036.65 m = 52613.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 106.8 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 136.8 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -46.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -9.8 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 81.04 Bulk Shear: 10.22 m/s