MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 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 1009 10 27.6 23.0 76 4.6 24.2 31 8 299.9 303.2 297.1 352.0 17.78 1 1000 89 27.2 22.9 77 4.3 24.0 34 12 300.3 303.6 297.2 352.7 17.83 2 950 543 25.2 21.0 78 4.1 22.2 55 19 302.7 305.8 297.1 352.3 16.74 3 900 1018 22.7 19.3 81 3.4 20.3 83 9 304.9 307.9 297.1 352.3 15.85 4 850 1514 18.9 17.6 92 1.2 18.0 102 7 305.9 308.7 296.8 351.1 15.07 5 800 2033 15.7 13.9 89 1.8 14.5 126 6 307.9 310.2 295.7 346.0 12.61 6 750 2579 12.5 9.1 80 3.4 10.4 154 3 310.1 312.0 294.3 340.0 9.75 7 700 3155 9.6 2.8 62 6.9 5.7 71 4 313.1 314.4 292.8 334.1 6.69 8 650 3769 7.4 -1.9 52 9.3 2.5 31 7 317.3 318.3 292.7 333.7 5.12 9 600 4423 3.5 -6.8 47 10.4 -1.4 352 8 320.2 321.0 292.4 332.7 3.82 10 550 5123 -0.6 -10.9 46 10.3 -5.1 339 10 323.3 323.9 292.6 333.4 3.02 11 500 5878 -4.9 -17.7 36 12.8 -9.5 330 10 327.1 327.5 292.7 333.7 1.90 12 450 6699 -9.2 -30.1 17 20.8 -14.6 323 9 331.7 331.8 292.9 334.2 0.70 13 400 7600 -14.5 -38.4 11 23.9 -19.1 350 10 336.2 336.2 293.7 337.5 0.35 14 350 8598 -21.3 -43.2 12 21.9 -24.6 8 10 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.24 15 300 9715 -30.3 -49.9 13 19.6 -32.1 333 9 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.3 0.13 16 250 10984 -41.0 -58.6 13 17.7 -41.8 309 11 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.06 17 200 12455 -53.8 -65.1 24 11.3 -54.1 313 7 347.5 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14243 -67.5 -76.4 27 8.9 -67.5 172 1 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 19 100 16610 -78.6 -86.1 29 7.4 -78.7 151 2 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.79 m Freezing level: 557.65 mb = 5016.14 m = 16456.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.93 mb = 4182.16 m = 13720.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.29 % Est. max temperature: 33.36 C = 92.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.46 mb = 594.04 m = 1948.93 ft T: 24.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 19.57 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.86 mb = 1413.42 m = 4637.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 34.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1081.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.05 mb = 987.91 m = 3241.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.05 mb = 1841.60 m = 6041.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.05 mb = 13918.14 m = 45662.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1075.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.8 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 64.8 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 47.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 197.13 Bulk Shear: 5.49 m/s