MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1008 10 34.3 21.6 48 12.7 25.0 25 6 306.8 309.9 297.9 356.1 16.35 1 1000 77 32.4 21.2 52 11.2 24.3 27 7 305.6 308.6 297.4 353.7 16.05 2 950 537 27.7 20.2 64 7.5 22.3 35 7 305.3 308.2 297.2 352.8 15.87 3 900 1014 23.1 19.2 79 3.9 20.4 56 5 305.3 308.3 297.2 352.5 15.76 4 850 1510 18.5 17.8 96 0.7 18.0 74 5 305.5 308.3 296.9 351.2 15.27 5 800 2029 15.2 14.0 92 1.3 14.4 116 6 307.4 309.7 295.6 345.5 12.63 6 750 2574 12.2 10.1 87 2.1 10.9 145 5 309.9 311.8 294.7 341.7 10.43 7 700 3150 8.9 4.8 76 4.1 6.5 110 4 312.3 313.8 293.4 336.3 7.74 8 650 3761 6.8 -1.0 58 7.8 2.6 42 7 316.6 317.7 292.8 334.1 5.48 9 600 4415 3.4 -5.3 53 8.7 -0.9 16 8 320.1 320.9 292.8 334.1 4.31 10 550 5115 -0.7 -10.0 49 9.3 -4.8 358 9 323.3 323.9 292.8 334.1 3.25 11 500 5870 -4.8 -17.0 38 12.2 -9.4 339 8 327.1 327.5 292.8 334.1 2.02 12 450 6691 -9.4 -26.9 23 17.5 -14.3 320 7 331.4 331.5 293.0 334.8 0.94 13 400 7591 -14.9 -37.3 13 22.3 -19.3 328 6 335.6 335.6 293.6 337.1 0.39 14 350 8587 -21.3 -44.6 10 23.3 -24.6 8 9 340.1 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.21 15 300 9704 -30.3 -49.4 14 19.1 -32.2 341 8 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.2 0.14 16 250 10972 -41.0 -58.2 14 17.1 -41.9 332 11 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.06 17 200 12443 -54.0 -63.4 30 9.5 -54.2 315 7 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14231 -67.4 -76.4 27 9.1 -67.5 353 2 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16599 -79.2 -86.0 32 6.8 -79.3 184 4 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.89 m Freezing level: 558.37 mb = 4998.07 m = 16397.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.43 mb = 4247.47 m = 13935.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.99 C = 91.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.30 mb = 1618.55 m = 5310.14 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 22.01 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.80 mb = 1512.15 m = 4961.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.44 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 37.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1296.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.04 mb = 1499.60 m = 4919.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.04 mb = 1550.14 m = 5085.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.04 mb = 13985.52 m = 45883.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1295.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 36.6 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 66.6 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -141.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 15432.52 Bulk Shear: 0.08 m/s