MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1011 10 25.9 23.8 88 2.1 24.3 61 4 298.1 301.5 297.1 352.3 18.65 1 1000 105 26.1 23.6 86 2.5 24.3 67 9 299.2 302.6 297.4 353.6 18.62 2 950 558 23.6 21.8 90 1.8 22.3 86 21 301.1 304.4 297.3 353.0 17.62 3 900 1031 21.6 20.1 91 1.5 20.5 82 14 303.7 306.8 297.4 353.4 16.70 4 850 1526 18.5 18.2 98 0.3 18.3 90 8 305.5 308.4 297.1 352.3 15.63 5 800 2044 15.4 13.9 91 1.5 14.4 99 5 307.5 309.9 295.6 345.6 12.60 6 750 2590 12.1 8.5 79 3.6 9.9 104 2 309.7 311.4 293.9 338.2 9.32 7 700 3166 10.6 2.0 55 8.7 5.8 62 4 314.2 315.5 292.8 334.1 6.31 8 650 3780 7.5 -3.4 46 10.9 2.0 11 4 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.2 4.59 9 600 4434 3.8 -8.4 40 12.3 -1.8 338 8 320.6 321.2 292.2 331.7 3.37 10 550 5136 -0.2 -12.2 40 12.0 -5.3 340 11 323.8 324.4 292.5 333.0 2.72 11 500 5892 -4.4 -21.0 26 16.6 -9.9 342 10 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.7 1.43 12 450 6714 -8.9 -34.0 11 25.1 -14.7 343 9 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.9 0.48 13 400 7617 -14.1 -40.0 9 25.8 -19.0 1 12 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.8 0.30 14 350 8614 -21.7 -42.7 13 21.0 -24.8 356 9 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.6 0.25 15 300 9729 -30.8 -49.4 14 18.6 -32.6 315 10 342.0 342.1 295.0 342.6 0.14 16 250 10996 -41.0 -58.6 13 17.6 -41.8 303 10 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.06 17 200 12468 -53.6 -66.5 19 12.9 -53.9 312 9 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14257 -67.7 -76.1 29 8.4 -67.8 244 2 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 19 100 16617 -79.2 -85.9 33 6.6 -79.3 40 0 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.94 m Freezing level: 552.76 mb = 5097.10 m = 16722.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.96 mb = 4114.25 m = 13498.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.93 C = 91.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.35 mb = 271.19 m = 889.71 ft T: 25.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 21.75 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1125.06 m = 3691.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 32.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1226.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.60 mb = 710.12 m = 2329.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.60 mb = 1539.62 m = 5051.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.60 mb = 14311.02 m = 46951.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1214.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.8 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 70.8 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -21.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 148.93 Bulk Shear: 8.24 m/s