MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 20.41,-80.75 Latitude: 20.41 Longitude: -80.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 28.6 25.0 81 3.6 26.0 78 13 300.8 304.5 298.7 360.2 20.16 1 1000 95 27.4 24.0 82 3.4 24.9 78 14 300.5 304.0 298.1 356.8 19.13 2 950 549 23.9 20.7 82 3.2 21.6 77 13 301.4 304.4 296.5 349.7 16.41 3 900 1021 21.0 17.7 81 3.4 18.7 70 10 303.2 305.8 295.6 345.6 14.29 4 850 1514 17.9 14.1 78 3.8 15.4 68 8 304.9 307.1 294.5 340.7 11.98 5 800 2031 15.3 9.0 66 6.4 11.4 99 4 307.5 309.2 293.0 334.8 9.01 6 750 2577 13.4 5.7 60 7.7 8.8 218 2 311.1 312.5 293.0 334.8 7.68 7 700 3153 9.8 3.5 65 6.3 6.2 208 4 313.3 314.7 293.2 335.3 7.05 8 650 3766 6.1 3.1 81 3.0 4.4 198 4 315.9 317.3 294.1 339.2 7.41 9 600 4418 2.8 -2.3 69 5.2 0.1 165 3 319.4 320.4 293.5 336.7 5.37 10 550 5118 -0.5 -17.5 26 17.0 -6.8 121 4 323.5 323.9 291.6 329.5 1.76 11 500 5872 -5.5 -26.2 18 20.7 -11.5 156 4 326.3 326.5 291.6 329.5 0.90 12 450 6690 -10.1 -44.4 4 34.3 -16.1 167 6 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.16 13 400 7588 -15.4 -54.7 2 39.2 -20.3 88 5 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.06 14 350 8581 -22.6 -59.7 2 37.1 -26.0 108 8 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.04 15 300 9692 -31.4 -65.9 2 34.6 -33.4 72 7 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.2 0.02 16 250 10957 -40.7 -64.6 6 24.0 -41.6 338 13 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 17 200 12435 -53.0 -68.5 13 15.6 -53.2 323 22 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14226 -67.3 -73.7 40 6.4 -67.4 331 8 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 19 100 16594 -79.6 -85.7 35 6.2 -79.6 33 4 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.37 m Freezing level: 557.29 mb = 5016.21 m = 16457.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.01 mb = 4431.41 m = 14538.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.13 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.62 mb = 450.38 m = 1477.60 ft T: 24.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 25.42 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.30 mb = 1143.24 m = 3750.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 31.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1080.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.35 mb = 863.53 m = 2833.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.35 mb = 1500.10 m = 4921.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.35 mb = 13397.24 m = 43953.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1076.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.0 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 137.0 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -147.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -13.1 tot: -10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 100.14 Bulk Shear: 10.79 m/s