MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 9 33.6 21.9 51 11.7 25.0 78 3 305.9 309.0 297.8 355.8 16.63 1 1000 95 30.7 21.4 57 9.4 23.9 83 3 303.9 306.9 297.1 352.1 16.22 2 950 553 25.9 20.3 71 5.6 21.9 89 4 303.5 306.4 296.8 351.0 16.02 3 900 1027 21.3 19.2 88 2.0 19.8 92 4 303.4 306.3 296.7 350.3 15.78 4 850 1520 18.2 13.8 76 4.3 15.3 76 5 305.2 307.4 294.4 340.4 11.77 5 800 2038 15.1 12.1 82 3.0 13.1 69 2 307.2 309.3 294.6 341.0 11.17 6 750 2583 12.1 9.4 84 2.6 10.4 111 3 309.7 311.6 294.3 340.1 9.95 7 700 3159 9.7 5.2 74 4.5 7.0 64 4 313.2 314.7 293.8 338.0 7.95 8 650 3772 6.8 0.0 62 6.7 3.1 31 8 316.6 317.7 293.2 335.4 5.92 9 600 4425 3.0 -4.7 57 7.7 -0.8 18 10 319.6 320.5 292.9 334.2 4.50 10 550 5125 -1.0 -9.1 54 8.1 -4.7 13 11 322.9 323.6 292.9 334.4 3.48 11 500 5879 -5.2 -16.3 41 11.1 -9.4 8 10 326.7 327.1 292.8 334.1 2.14 12 450 6698 -9.9 -24.9 28 15.1 -14.2 4 6 330.8 331.1 293.0 334.9 1.12 13 400 7597 -15.2 -35.1 17 19.8 -19.4 356 3 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.0 0.48 14 350 8592 -21.6 -44.8 10 23.2 -24.9 21 8 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.4 0.20 15 300 9708 -30.5 -49.7 14 19.2 -32.3 14 6 342.4 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.14 16 250 10975 -41.1 -57.6 15 16.5 -41.9 333 7 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.06 17 200 12446 -53.9 -63.4 30 9.5 -54.1 293 6 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14233 -67.7 -75.9 30 8.2 -67.7 298 4 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 19 100 16602 -79.2 -86.3 30 7.1 -79.3 151 10 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.44 m Freezing level: 562.58 mb = 4948.56 m = 16235.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.27 mb = 4286.25 m = 14062.33 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.72 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.53 mb = 1484.32 m = 4869.76 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 15.41 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1417.64 m = 4651.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1031.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.30 mb = 1276.92 m = 4189.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.30 mb = 1628.33 m = 5342.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.30 mb = 13859.29 m = 45469.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1020.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 35.7 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 65.7 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -2.5 tot: -1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 339.15 Bulk Shear: 3.04 m/s