MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1012 9 33.6 22.1 51 11.5 25.2 93 3 305.7 308.8 297.9 356.0 16.80 1 1000 117 30.4 21.6 60 8.7 24.0 97 3 303.5 306.5 297.1 352.4 16.47 2 950 574 25.7 20.5 73 5.1 22.0 91 3 303.2 306.2 296.9 351.3 16.23 3 900 1048 21.2 19.0 87 2.2 19.6 84 4 303.3 306.2 296.5 349.3 15.50 4 850 1541 18.0 14.5 80 3.5 15.7 47 10 305.1 307.3 294.8 341.9 12.34 5 800 2059 15.0 11.5 80 3.5 12.7 37 10 307.2 309.2 294.2 339.5 10.72 6 750 2603 11.9 7.9 77 3.9 9.5 20 8 309.4 311.1 293.5 336.9 8.97 7 700 3178 9.0 4.1 71 5.0 6.1 10 9 312.5 313.9 293.1 335.2 7.33 8 650 3789 5.9 -4.5 47 10.4 0.8 22 14 315.6 316.4 291.5 329.1 4.20 9 600 4439 2.2 -12.5 33 14.7 -3.8 29 17 318.7 319.1 290.8 326.7 2.44 10 550 5137 -1.4 -12.1 44 10.8 -5.8 52 12 322.5 323.0 292.2 331.6 2.74 11 500 5891 -4.7 -11.7 58 7.0 -7.7 75 7 327.3 327.9 293.8 337.9 3.13 12 450 6714 -8.2 -31.9 13 23.6 -14.2 28 7 332.9 333.0 293.1 335.1 0.59 13 400 7617 -14.9 -40.2 10 25.3 -19.5 15 8 335.7 335.7 293.5 336.8 0.29 14 350 8610 -22.8 -42.2 15 19.4 -25.6 359 2 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.1 0.27 15 300 9721 -31.0 -53.5 9 22.4 -32.9 336 7 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.0 0.09 16 250 10987 -41.1 -60.7 10 19.6 -42.0 334 14 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 17 200 12460 -53.8 -63.5 30 9.6 -54.1 312 9 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14241 -68.8 -74.8 41 6.1 -68.8 313 9 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 19 100 16601 -78.7 -85.7 31 7.0 -78.7 92 4 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.49 m Freezing level: 569.19 mb = 4868.98 m = 15974.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.56 mb = 3895.02 m = 12778.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.54 mb = 1454.93 m = 4773.35 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 29.31 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1378.18 m = 4521.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.38 C = 90.28 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.03 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 32.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1161.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.23 mb = 1249.45 m = 4099.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.23 mb = 1498.42 m = 4916.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.23 mb = 14469.47 m = 47471.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1135.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 37.9 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 67.9 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -6.6 tot: -6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 125.93 Bulk Shear: 9.22 m/s