MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 28.3,-65.39 Latitude: 28.30 Longitude: -65.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -1 23.9 21.1 84 2.8 21.9 109 13 295.4 298.2 294.4 340.2 15.61 1 1000 163 21.9 19.9 88 2.0 20.5 109 13 295.0 297.7 293.6 337.3 14.74 2 950 609 18.4 18.0 98 0.4 18.1 109 14 295.8 298.3 293.2 335.6 13.81 3 900 1071 15.7 15.5 98 0.2 15.5 112 11 297.7 300.0 292.7 333.6 12.38 4 850 1556 13.4 12.9 97 0.4 13.1 130 4 300.1 302.2 292.4 332.6 11.07 5 800 2065 11.0 9.1 88 1.9 9.8 55 5 302.9 304.5 291.7 329.9 9.11 6 750 2603 10.1 3.4 63 6.7 6.3 115 6 307.6 308.8 291.0 327.6 6.54 7 700 3174 7.6 -9.7 28 17.3 0.1 140 6 310.9 311.4 288.5 319.3 2.62 8 650 3779 3.8 -16.2 22 20.0 -3.6 163 7 313.2 313.6 288.3 318.7 1.66 9 600 4425 0.7 -25.2 12 25.8 -7.0 171 8 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.8 0.82 10 550 5117 -3.6 -27.7 14 24.0 -10.2 203 7 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.3 0.71 11 500 5860 -9.7 -29.7 18 20.0 -14.5 225 7 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.5 0.65 12 450 6664 -15.6 -34.5 18 18.9 -19.2 228 9 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.3 0.46 13 400 7542 -21.3 -35.5 27 14.2 -23.8 248 15 327.3 327.4 291.4 329.0 0.46 14 350 8511 -28.8 -34.2 59 5.4 -29.6 265 31 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.2 0.60 15 300 9598 -36.5 -41.1 62 4.6 -37.0 255 55 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.3 0.35 16 250 10837 -45.1 -52.4 44 7.3 -45.4 247 70 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.12 17 200 12291 -55.3 -65.2 28 9.9 -55.5 255 69 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14086 -64.1 -80.6 9 16.4 -64.3 255 46 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16511 -73.3 -85.5 14 12.2 -73.3 254 26 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.26 m Freezing level: 592.17 mb = 4533.08 m = 14872.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.17 mb = 3195.40 m = 10483.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.76 mb = 349.68 m = 1147.22 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 21.51 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.39 mb = 605.13 m = 1985.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.30 C = 75.73 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 18.72 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.47 mb = 586.19 m = 1923.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 937.47 mb = 722.33 m = 2369.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 767.47 mb = 2411.05 m = 7910.17 ft B at Equ Level: 42.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 617.47 mb = 4193.28 m = 13757.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.0 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 172.0 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -12.1 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 33.43 Bulk Shear: 8.63 m/s