MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 21.01,-89.49 Latitude: 21.01 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27.4 24.6 85 2.8 25.3 31 6 299.4 303.0 298.0 356.7 19.56 1 1000 123 27.1 24.1 84 3.0 24.9 36 11 300.2 303.7 298.0 356.6 19.19 2 950 577 24.1 21.5 85 2.7 22.2 58 15 301.7 304.9 297.2 352.5 17.23 3 900 1050 21.0 18.3 84 2.7 19.1 70 8 303.2 305.9 296.0 347.3 14.87 4 850 1542 16.7 16.1 96 0.6 16.3 70 7 303.7 306.2 295.3 344.3 13.67 5 800 2059 15.0 12.0 82 3.0 13.1 95 9 307.2 309.2 294.5 340.7 11.11 6 750 2604 12.2 9.0 81 3.2 10.2 98 10 309.8 311.7 294.1 339.3 9.65 7 700 3180 9.2 5.8 80 3.3 7.2 97 8 312.6 314.2 293.9 338.4 8.31 8 650 3791 5.7 2.4 79 3.3 3.8 81 8 315.4 316.8 293.7 337.5 7.01 9 600 4442 1.9 -2.5 73 4.3 -0.3 62 11 318.3 319.3 293.2 335.4 5.33 10 550 5139 -2.2 -14.2 39 12.0 -6.9 24 9 321.5 322.0 291.5 329.3 2.32 11 500 5890 -5.9 -39.2 5 33.2 -12.8 12 9 325.8 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.26 12 450 6705 -11.8 -41.3 7 29.5 -17.0 300 8 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.23 13 400 7596 -17.5 -48.6 5 31.1 -21.7 268 14 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.12 14 350 8583 -23.5 -60.4 2 36.8 -26.7 299 10 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.03 15 300 9694 -31.0 -60.8 4 29.8 -33.0 300 25 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.04 16 250 10957 -42.2 -63.1 8 20.9 -43.0 295 32 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 17 200 12429 -53.3 -69.4 12 16.1 -53.6 294 38 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14220 -66.8 -77.0 22 10.2 -66.8 305 25 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.01 19 100 16600 -77.5 -86.4 23 8.9 -77.6 318 9 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.13 m Freezing level: 576.74 mb = 4766.60 m = 15638.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.99 mb = 4388.42 m = 14397.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.02 mb = 365.07 m = 1197.74 ft T: 25.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 29.93 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.80 mb = 1051.81 m = 3450.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.08 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1799.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.78 mb = 812.45 m = 2665.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.78 mb = 1245.74 m = 4087.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.78 mb = 13826.92 m = 45363.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1793.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 64.6 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 94.6 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.6 neg: -3.3 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 700.08 Bulk Shear: 2.57 m/s