MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 20 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 1014 10 26.2 24.4 90 1.8 24.9 43 6 298.1 301.6 297.5 354.2 19.28 1 1000 136 25.9 24.2 90 1.7 24.7 47 13 299.1 302.6 297.8 355.8 19.40 2 950 588 23.0 20.9 88 2.1 21.5 56 22 300.5 303.6 296.5 349.3 16.61 3 900 1059 20.7 16.0 74 4.7 17.5 54 21 302.9 305.2 294.5 340.8 12.81 4 850 1552 18.0 12.3 69 5.7 14.3 48 15 305.0 307.0 293.5 336.8 10.63 5 800 2069 14.8 12.4 86 2.3 13.2 38 8 306.9 309.0 294.6 341.2 11.40 6 750 2612 11.6 6.0 68 5.6 8.2 39 10 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.1 7.82 7 700 3187 9.6 -2.8 42 12.4 3.3 46 15 313.1 313.9 290.9 327.2 4.45 8 650 3798 6.8 -13.9 21 20.7 -1.6 56 14 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.2 2.00 9 600 4450 3.5 -25.9 9 29.5 -5.5 59 11 320.2 320.3 289.6 322.9 0.77 10 550 5150 -1.3 -6.2 69 4.9 -3.6 52 6 322.6 323.5 293.6 337.0 4.38 11 500 5904 -5.1 -14.4 48 9.3 -8.8 28 5 326.8 327.3 293.2 335.3 2.50 12 450 6725 -9.4 -32.7 13 23.4 -14.9 0 9 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.5 0.54 13 400 7624 -15.8 -35.4 17 19.7 -19.8 326 10 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.2 0.47 14 350 8614 -23.2 -44.0 13 20.8 -26.0 273 11 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.22 15 300 9727 -30.7 -60.3 4 29.6 -32.7 291 18 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.04 16 250 10993 -41.3 -58.8 13 17.4 -42.2 278 20 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.06 17 200 12466 -53.5 -66.0 20 12.5 -53.8 267 15 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14251 -68.2 -75.7 34 7.4 -68.3 301 13 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 19 100 16617 -77.8 -85.8 26 8.0 -77.9 16 4 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.12 m Freezing level: 563.18 mb = 4965.18 m = 16289.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.47 mb = 3591.60 m = 11783.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.47 C = 90.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.28 mb = 239.69 m = 786.38 ft T: 25.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 18.95 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1100.32 m = 3609.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 2.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 17.45 C K Index: 23.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 941.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.49 mb = 741.04 m = 2431.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.49 mb = 1667.93 m = 5472.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.49 mb = 13529.74 m = 44388.38 ft B at Equ Level: 935.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.1 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 80.1 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.4 neg: -28.1 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 1088.16 Bulk Shear: 0.86 m/s