MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 25.6 24.3 92 1.3 24.7 75 2 297.6 301.0 297.3 353.2 19.18 1 1000 134 25.6 24.0 91 1.6 24.4 77 8 298.7 302.2 297.5 354.4 19.08 2 950 587 23.0 20.8 88 2.2 21.5 81 16 300.5 303.5 296.4 348.9 16.50 3 900 1057 19.7 18.0 90 1.7 18.5 81 16 301.8 304.5 295.5 344.9 14.61 4 850 1548 17.0 14.8 87 2.2 15.5 74 14 303.9 306.2 294.6 341.2 12.52 5 800 2064 14.3 11.5 83 2.8 12.5 59 7 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.6 10.71 6 750 2607 12.0 5.0 62 7.0 7.9 61 10 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.1 7.32 7 700 3182 9.3 -2.6 43 11.9 3.2 68 12 312.8 313.7 290.9 327.1 4.51 8 650 3793 6.5 -12.9 24 19.4 -1.5 60 10 316.3 316.7 289.8 323.5 2.18 9 600 4444 3.0 -26.7 9 29.8 -5.9 51 10 319.6 319.8 289.4 322.2 0.72 10 550 5143 -1.9 -8.1 63 6.2 -4.7 21 6 321.9 322.6 292.9 334.3 3.79 11 500 5894 -6.1 -15.1 49 9.1 -9.5 1 8 325.7 326.1 292.7 333.7 2.36 12 450 6713 -9.9 -31.5 15 21.6 -15.2 350 11 330.8 330.9 292.5 333.0 0.61 13 400 7611 -16.0 -37.2 14 21.2 -20.0 321 16 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.7 0.39 14 350 8599 -23.9 -44.2 14 20.3 -26.6 297 16 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.22 15 300 9713 -30.5 -57.3 5 26.8 -32.5 294 21 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.06 16 250 10978 -41.2 -58.5 14 17.2 -42.1 293 23 344.7 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.06 17 200 12451 -53.6 -69.0 14 15.4 -53.9 273 17 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14236 -68.2 -76.9 28 8.6 -68.3 298 14 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 19 100 16598 -78.3 -85.7 29 7.4 -78.3 23 6 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.07 m Freezing level: 569.03 mb = 4876.99 m = 16000.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.84 mb = 3594.68 m = 11793.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.47 mb = 174.23 m = 571.62 ft T: 25.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 32.24 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.34 mb = 872.09 m = 2861.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: 0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.02 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 25.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1043.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.45 mb = 693.15 m = 2274.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.45 mb = 1023.72 m = 3358.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.45 mb = 13334.83 m = 43748.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1042.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 60.9 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 90.9 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: -13.4 tot: -0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 717.12 Bulk Shear: 1.46 m/s