MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1011 10 30.1 24.6 72 5.5 26.0 19 4 302.3 305.9 298.8 360.3 19.58 1 1000 109 30.1 22.2 63 7.9 24.3 21 6 303.2 306.4 297.5 353.9 17.08 2 950 567 25.9 20.7 73 5.3 22.1 46 5 303.5 306.5 297.1 352.0 16.34 3 900 1041 21.7 19.0 85 2.7 19.8 95 4 303.9 306.7 296.6 350.0 15.53 4 850 1534 17.4 17.2 99 0.1 17.3 116 3 304.3 307.1 296.2 348.2 14.71 5 800 2051 14.2 13.5 95 0.7 13.8 107 9 306.3 308.6 295.1 343.2 12.26 6 750 2595 11.8 10.0 89 1.7 10.6 106 11 309.3 311.3 294.5 340.9 10.35 7 700 3170 8.9 6.7 86 2.1 7.6 99 9 312.3 314.0 294.3 339.7 8.85 8 650 3782 5.7 3.1 83 2.6 4.2 77 10 315.4 316.9 294.0 338.7 7.39 9 600 4433 2.3 -1.0 79 3.3 0.5 57 11 318.8 320.0 293.8 337.9 5.95 10 550 5132 -2.0 -6.4 72 4.4 -4.1 23 7 321.7 322.5 293.3 335.8 4.30 11 500 5884 -5.8 -28.4 15 22.6 -11.9 352 5 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.7 0.74 12 450 6699 -11.6 -40.7 7 29.1 -17.0 294 4 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.24 13 400 7590 -17.2 -47.1 6 29.9 -21.4 246 12 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.14 14 350 8580 -22.2 -59.4 2 37.2 -25.7 309 17 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 15 300 9694 -31.0 -61.8 3 30.8 -33.0 299 30 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.03 16 250 10958 -41.7 -61.7 10 20.1 -42.5 290 31 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 17 200 12431 -53.4 -69.0 13 15.6 -53.7 294 31 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14220 -67.4 -77.6 22 10.2 -67.4 306 26 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16595 -78.3 -86.2 27 7.8 -78.4 295 8 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.44 m Freezing level: 573.17 mb = 4808.05 m = 15774.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.09 mb = 4512.54 m = 14804.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.77 mb = 717.87 m = 2355.20 ft T: 24.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 31.62 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.59 mb = 1278.41 m = 4194.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.47 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 38.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1598.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.70 mb = 1188.98 m = 3900.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.70 mb = 1336.64 m = 4385.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.70 mb = 13829.89 m = 45373.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1596.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.8 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 101.8 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -4.8 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 461.45 Bulk Shear: 3.46 m/s