MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 21 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 24.7 23.3 92 1.4 23.7 82 3 296.7 300.0 296.4 348.8 18.04 1 1000 128 25.4 23.4 89 2.0 23.9 86 10 298.5 301.9 297.1 352.2 18.42 2 950 581 24.2 19.7 76 4.5 21.0 118 19 301.7 304.6 296.0 347.0 15.37 3 900 1053 20.3 18.0 86 2.3 18.7 103 12 302.5 305.1 295.6 345.6 14.57 4 850 1545 18.0 14.5 80 3.5 15.7 77 11 305.0 307.3 294.7 341.7 12.30 5 800 2062 14.9 11.5 80 3.4 12.7 83 10 307.1 309.1 294.1 339.4 10.70 6 750 2606 11.7 8.6 81 3.1 9.8 82 10 309.3 311.0 293.8 338.0 9.42 7 700 3181 8.8 4.9 76 3.9 6.5 88 7 312.2 313.7 293.4 336.3 7.77 8 650 3792 5.4 0.9 73 4.5 2.9 90 6 315.1 316.3 293.0 335.0 6.31 9 600 4441 1.7 -11.3 37 13.0 -3.7 71 9 318.1 318.7 290.9 327.0 2.69 10 550 5137 -2.0 -28.6 11 26.6 -9.3 51 9 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.0 0.66 11 500 5888 -6.0 -48.2 2 42.2 -13.2 21 10 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.0 0.10 12 450 6704 -11.3 -51.8 2 40.5 -17.1 351 14 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 13 400 7595 -17.7 -53.8 3 36.1 -21.9 345 14 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.06 14 350 8581 -23.2 -60.1 2 36.9 -26.5 351 24 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.03 15 300 9690 -31.6 -60.1 4 28.5 -33.5 354 35 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 16 250 10951 -42.5 -65.2 7 22.7 -43.3 340 30 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.1 0.02 17 200 12420 -52.7 -74.4 6 21.7 -53.1 329 30 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14218 -65.6 -78.0 16 12.4 -65.7 310 19 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16603 -78.0 -86.0 26 8.0 -78.0 314 11 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.65 m Freezing level: 576.72 mb = 4765.17 m = 15633.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.92 mb = 4071.99 m = 13359.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.50 % Est. max temperature: 32.30 C = 90.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.24 mb = 187.85 m = 616.31 ft T: 25.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 28.13 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1218.63 m = 3998.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.33 C = 88.39 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: 0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 925.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.45 mb = 866.13 m = 2841.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.45 mb = 1909.46 m = 6264.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.45 mb = 12274.79 m = 40271.12 ft B at Equ Level: 918.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.45 mb = 15809.20 m = 51866.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.1 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 110.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -16.8 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 361.75 Bulk Shear: 2.56 m/s