MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 26.5 23.9 86 2.6 24.6 109 4 298.7 302.1 297.4 353.5 18.78 1 1000 107 25.9 23.6 87 2.3 24.2 110 7 299.1 302.5 297.4 353.5 18.63 2 950 560 24.6 20.8 79 3.8 21.8 135 18 302.1 305.1 296.8 350.7 16.46 3 900 1033 20.7 19.1 90 1.6 19.6 136 14 302.8 305.7 296.4 349.1 15.62 4 850 1526 18.2 17.9 98 0.3 18.0 93 10 305.2 308.1 296.9 351.2 15.37 5 800 2045 15.3 13.5 89 1.8 14.1 90 4 307.5 309.8 295.4 344.5 12.28 6 750 2590 12.1 7.8 75 4.3 9.5 158 1 309.7 311.4 293.6 336.9 8.90 7 700 3165 10.0 3.0 62 7.0 6.0 114 3 313.5 314.9 293.0 334.9 6.82 8 650 3778 6.6 -2.8 51 9.4 1.8 335 3 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.8 4.79 9 600 4430 2.9 -7.5 46 10.4 -2.0 326 10 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.3 3.62 10 550 5129 -1.2 -11.3 46 10.2 -5.5 335 13 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.4 2.92 11 500 5883 -5.3 -21.1 28 15.8 -10.5 341 12 326.6 326.9 292.2 331.6 1.42 12 450 6702 -9.7 -34.6 11 25.0 -15.3 352 12 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.8 0.45 13 400 7603 -14.5 -42.8 7 28.3 -19.3 3 14 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.1 0.22 14 350 8598 -22.1 -43.4 13 21.3 -25.1 344 12 339.0 339.1 294.3 340.0 0.24 15 300 9712 -31.2 -46.0 22 14.8 -32.7 316 10 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.3 0.21 16 250 10978 -40.7 -60.2 10 19.6 -41.6 306 10 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 17 200 12453 -53.1 -68.2 14 15.0 -53.4 321 12 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14241 -67.9 -76.2 30 8.2 -68.0 279 1 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 19 100 16602 -79.2 -85.8 33 6.6 -79.3 54 5 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.93 m Freezing level: 564.54 mb = 4925.93 m = 16160.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.30 mb = 4080.62 m = 13387.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.92 mb = 340.40 m = 1116.79 ft T: 25.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 19.85 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1085.29 m = 3560.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 990.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.27 mb = 838.05 m = 2749.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.27 mb = 1675.69 m = 5497.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.27 mb = 13638.11 m = 44743.92 ft B at Equ Level: 986.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 43.5 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 73.5 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.4 neg: -20.5 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 47.24 Bulk Shear: 20.97 m/s