MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 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 23.4 23.1 98 0.3 23.2 42 2 295.4 298.6 295.9 346.7 17.84 1 1000 131 25.1 22.8 87 2.3 23.5 72 10 298.2 301.4 296.6 349.8 17.74 2 950 582 22.6 20.4 88 2.2 21.1 85 12 300.1 303.1 296.0 347.4 16.12 3 900 1052 20.4 16.5 78 3.9 17.7 81 13 302.5 305.0 294.7 341.7 13.24 4 850 1545 17.8 14.1 79 3.8 15.3 89 13 304.8 307.0 294.4 340.5 11.95 5 800 2062 15.1 11.6 80 3.5 12.8 95 12 307.2 309.2 294.3 339.7 10.77 6 750 2607 12.1 8.8 81 3.2 10.0 89 10 309.7 311.5 294.0 338.8 9.54 7 700 3182 9.1 5.5 78 3.6 6.9 76 9 312.6 314.1 293.7 337.7 8.09 8 650 3793 5.6 2.5 81 3.1 3.8 66 9 315.3 316.7 293.7 337.6 7.08 9 600 4444 1.5 -1.0 83 2.5 0.1 62 10 317.9 319.0 293.5 336.8 5.93 10 550 5140 -2.8 -5.0 85 2.2 -3.9 59 10 320.7 321.7 293.4 336.3 4.80 11 500 5891 -5.7 -21.9 26 16.2 -10.9 34 7 326.1 326.3 291.9 330.7 1.32 12 450 6709 -10.3 -29.1 20 18.8 -15.2 353 7 330.3 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.76 13 400 7605 -16.4 -48.1 5 31.8 -20.8 331 11 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 14 350 8595 -23.2 -53.3 5 30.1 -26.3 334 20 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.08 15 300 9708 -30.6 -51.8 11 21.2 -32.5 296 24 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.7 0.11 16 250 10974 -41.3 -55.6 20 14.3 -42.1 273 28 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.08 17 200 12444 -54.0 -64.4 27 10.4 -54.2 279 27 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14227 -68.3 -75.0 37 6.7 -68.3 295 26 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 19 100 16592 -79.2 -86.4 30 7.2 -79.3 264 6 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.37 m Freezing level: 582.49 mb = 4687.70 m = 15379.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.31 mb = 4466.55 m = 14653.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1010.13 mb = 42.87 m = 140.63 ft T: 23.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 19.10 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1225.96 m = 4022.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.86 mb = 749.74 m = 2459.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.86 mb = 2309.59 m = 7577.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.86 mb = 12222.02 m = 40098.00 ft B at Equ Level: 545.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.86 mb = 15682.92 m = 51452.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.6 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 104.6 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -3.8 tot: 17.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 19373.07 Bulk Shear: 0.03 m/s