MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1013 9 33.5 21.8 50 11.7 25.0 99 4 305.6 308.6 297.7 354.9 16.48 1 1000 125 30.6 20.9 56 9.6 23.6 102 4 303.7 306.7 296.8 350.7 15.79 2 950 583 25.9 20.1 70 5.8 21.8 101 5 303.5 306.4 296.7 350.3 15.77 3 900 1057 21.3 19.1 87 2.2 19.8 101 5 303.4 306.3 296.6 350.0 15.67 4 850 1549 17.2 15.7 91 1.5 16.2 106 10 304.1 306.6 295.3 343.9 13.34 5 800 2066 14.6 12.3 86 2.3 13.1 105 12 306.7 308.9 294.6 340.9 11.33 6 750 2610 11.8 8.8 82 3.0 9.9 99 10 309.4 311.2 293.9 338.5 9.54 7 700 3185 8.6 4.8 77 3.8 6.4 84 10 312.0 313.5 293.3 336.0 7.73 8 650 3796 5.7 1.8 76 3.9 3.5 71 11 315.5 316.8 293.5 336.7 6.73 9 600 4447 2.0 -1.7 77 3.6 0.0 68 10 318.4 319.5 293.4 336.5 5.64 10 550 5144 -2.0 -5.9 74 3.9 -3.8 85 5 321.7 322.6 293.4 336.4 4.48 11 500 5897 -5.7 -23.7 23 18.0 -11.2 34 3 326.1 326.3 291.7 330.0 1.12 12 450 6713 -11.2 -38.7 8 27.5 -16.6 333 5 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.30 13 400 7605 -17.1 -46.9 6 29.7 -21.4 270 8 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.14 14 350 8594 -22.8 -57.6 3 34.8 -26.1 315 18 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.05 15 300 9708 -30.8 -62.4 3 31.6 -32.9 301 26 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 16 250 10973 -41.4 -62.4 8 21.1 -42.2 289 27 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 17 200 12445 -53.8 -65.6 22 11.8 -54.1 288 28 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14230 -67.7 -75.6 31 8.0 -67.7 307 26 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 19 100 16603 -78.0 -86.2 25 8.2 -78.0 288 9 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.00 m Freezing level: 575.06 mb = 4794.67 m = 15730.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.74 mb = 4450.16 m = 14600.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.10 mb = 1487.80 m = 4881.17 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 18.96 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.16 mb = 1367.17 m = 4485.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.21 mb = 1337.00 m = 4386.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.21 mb = 1386.63 m = 4549.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.21 mb = 13593.50 m = 44597.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1176.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.7 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 117.7 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -4.5 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 694.79 Bulk Shear: 1.71 m/s