MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 23.5 23.1 98 0.3 23.2 63 1 295.4 298.7 295.9 346.7 17.85 1 1000 133 24.9 23.2 90 1.7 23.7 96 9 298.1 301.4 296.8 351.1 18.23 2 950 584 22.9 19.7 82 3.2 20.6 113 9 300.4 303.3 295.7 345.6 15.41 3 900 1054 19.3 17.5 90 1.7 18.1 90 9 301.4 304.0 295.0 343.0 14.14 4 850 1545 17.4 13.6 79 3.7 14.9 73 9 304.4 306.5 294.1 339.0 11.63 5 800 2062 14.9 9.6 70 5.3 11.6 69 6 307.1 308.8 293.2 335.5 9.41 6 750 2606 12.7 3.7 55 8.9 7.6 56 7 310.3 311.6 292.0 331.0 6.69 7 700 3182 10.2 -9.3 24 19.5 1.5 40 10 313.8 314.3 289.5 322.5 2.70 8 650 3794 6.6 -9.3 31 15.9 -0.5 41 17 316.4 317.0 290.5 325.9 2.91 9 600 4444 1.7 -11.6 36 13.4 -3.8 45 16 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.8 2.62 10 550 5140 -2.3 -16.7 32 14.4 -7.6 35 9 321.4 321.7 291.0 327.7 1.87 11 500 5892 -5.6 -24.4 21 18.8 -11.2 16 9 326.2 326.4 291.7 330.0 1.06 12 450 6709 -10.1 -36.0 10 25.9 -15.6 357 14 330.6 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.39 13 400 7606 -16.6 -46.8 5 30.2 -21.0 330 16 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.14 14 350 8592 -24.4 -52.6 6 28.2 -27.3 329 20 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.08 15 300 9700 -31.2 -63.7 3 32.4 -33.2 309 25 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 16 250 10965 -41.3 -59.5 12 18.2 -42.2 302 23 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.05 17 200 12436 -54.0 -60.1 47 6.1 -54.2 287 23 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.06 18 150 14220 -68.3 -75.8 33 7.5 -68.4 293 19 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 19 100 16589 -77.2 -85.9 23 8.7 -77.2 317 5 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.98 m Freezing level: 578.41 mb = 4744.74 m = 15566.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.74 mb = 3633.60 m = 11921.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1009.43 mb = 50.74 m = 166.46 ft T: 23.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 28.58 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 971.37 m = 3186.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.68 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 17.12 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 515.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.79 mb = 752.46 m = 2468.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.79 mb = 3583.26 m = 11755.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.79 mb = 11904.49 m = 39056.26 ft B at Equ Level: 514.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.79 mb = 15201.85 m = 49874.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.9 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 82.9 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -6.4 tot: -2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 63.50 Bulk Shear: 8.11 m/s