MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 18.58,-85.16 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -85.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 -0 28.9 24.7 78 4.3 25.8 79 12 301.0 304.6 298.5 359.0 19.69 1 1000 112 27.7 23.6 78 4.1 24.6 79 13 300.8 304.3 297.8 355.5 18.59 2 950 566 23.4 22.1 92 1.4 22.5 80 14 301.0 304.2 297.4 353.5 17.87 3 900 1038 20.8 17.4 81 3.5 18.4 101 13 303.0 305.6 295.4 344.4 14.00 4 850 1530 17.7 14.5 82 3.1 15.6 98 12 304.7 307.0 294.7 341.5 12.35 5 800 2047 14.7 11.1 79 3.5 12.4 92 11 306.8 308.8 293.9 338.4 10.46 6 750 2591 12.0 6.5 69 5.5 8.7 105 9 309.6 311.1 292.9 334.4 8.10 7 700 3166 9.3 -1.9 46 11.1 3.5 119 8 312.8 313.7 291.1 327.8 4.77 8 650 3776 5.1 -1.6 62 6.8 1.6 124 7 314.8 315.8 292.1 331.3 5.23 9 600 4424 0.4 -1.4 88 1.8 -0.5 141 6 316.6 317.7 293.0 334.9 5.77 10 550 5117 -3.3 -4.1 94 0.8 -3.7 166 7 320.2 321.2 293.5 336.8 5.13 11 500 5867 -7.0 -8.6 89 1.5 -7.7 131 4 324.5 325.3 293.8 337.8 4.01 12 450 6682 -12.5 -13.8 90 1.3 -13.0 168 3 327.5 328.1 293.7 337.5 2.93 13 400 7573 -17.5 -20.7 76 3.2 -18.5 273 5 332.2 332.6 294.0 338.7 1.84 14 350 8559 -23.9 -26.2 81 2.3 -24.4 252 13 336.6 336.8 294.6 341.3 1.29 15 300 9668 -31.4 -35.3 68 3.9 -32.0 242 19 341.2 341.3 295.2 343.6 0.63 16 250 10932 -41.7 -49.6 42 7.9 -42.2 243 19 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.8 0.16 17 200 12402 -53.5 -69.5 12 16.0 -53.8 257 22 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 14191 -67.5 -75.4 32 7.9 -67.6 250 17 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16561 -76.1 -85.9 20 9.9 -76.1 345 7 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.29 m Freezing level: 594.63 mb = 4498.75 m = 14759.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.55 mb = 4256.68 m = 13965.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.81 mb = 540.08 m = 1771.91 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 31.24 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 988.65 m = 3243.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.29 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -5.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 28.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1930.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.84 mb = 790.90 m = 2594.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.84 mb = 1223.24 m = 4013.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.84 mb = 14156.34 m = 46444.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1917.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.3 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 139.3 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -5.3 tot: 9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 293.90 Bulk Shear: 6.57 m/s