MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1010 9 34.0 22.1 50 12.0 25.2 7 8 306.3 309.4 298.0 356.6 16.75 1 1000 102 32.0 21.7 55 10.3 24.5 8 9 305.1 308.2 297.6 354.7 16.57 2 950 562 27.3 20.6 67 6.7 22.5 11 9 304.9 307.9 297.4 353.6 16.32 3 900 1038 22.7 19.6 83 3.1 20.5 21 6 304.9 307.9 297.3 353.2 16.17 4 850 1534 18.3 17.9 97 0.4 18.1 47 3 305.3 308.2 296.9 351.4 15.38 5 800 2052 14.9 13.7 93 1.1 14.1 66 8 307.0 309.3 295.4 344.4 12.42 6 750 2596 11.4 8.4 82 3.0 9.6 40 7 309.0 310.7 293.6 337.2 9.27 7 700 3169 8.5 0.1 55 8.4 4.0 23 12 311.9 313.0 291.5 329.2 5.52 8 650 3780 6.1 -6.7 39 12.8 0.1 32 15 315.9 316.6 291.0 327.4 3.57 9 600 4430 2.5 -20.4 17 22.9 -5.4 38 15 319.0 319.2 289.8 323.3 1.25 10 550 5128 -1.3 -9.4 54 8.2 -4.9 55 10 322.6 323.3 292.7 333.9 3.40 11 500 5883 -4.7 -11.6 58 6.9 -7.7 52 6 327.3 328.0 293.8 338.0 3.15 12 450 6707 -8.1 -32.7 12 24.6 -14.2 3 10 333.0 333.1 293.1 335.1 0.54 13 400 7609 -15.1 -36.2 15 21.0 -19.4 352 11 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.0 0.43 14 350 8601 -22.8 -42.9 14 20.1 -25.6 307 3 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.25 15 300 9713 -30.7 -53.5 9 22.8 -32.6 313 8 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.09 16 250 10980 -41.2 -58.7 13 17.5 -42.1 300 14 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 17 200 12453 -53.4 -65.1 23 11.6 -53.7 286 8 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14238 -68.6 -74.4 43 5.9 -68.7 321 12 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 19 100 16597 -79.2 -85.7 34 6.5 -79.2 128 5 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.23 m Freezing level: 566.83 mb = 4893.36 m = 16054.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.28 mb = 3789.04 m = 12431.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.30 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.50 mb = 1528.41 m = 5014.40 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 33.36 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1448.30 m = 4751.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.03 C = 91.46 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.15 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 32.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1648.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.82 mb = 1413.84 m = 4638.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.82 mb = 1464.29 m = 4804.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 136.82 mb = 14772.83 m = 48466.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1613.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 36.7 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 66.7 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: -6.2 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 627.53 Bulk Shear: 2.63 m/s