MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 18.38,-95.40 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 87 23.7 23.5 99 0.2 23.5 51 2 296.5 299.8 296.5 349.7 18.41 1 1000 121 24.7 23.5 93 1.2 23.9 53 2 297.8 301.2 297.0 351.7 18.55 2 950 571 22.7 20.8 89 1.9 21.3 148 1 300.2 303.2 296.3 348.5 16.50 3 900 1041 20.2 17.2 83 3.0 18.1 129 6 302.4 304.9 295.1 343.2 13.83 4 850 1534 18.1 13.7 75 4.4 15.2 136 9 305.1 307.3 294.3 340.1 11.67 5 800 2051 15.0 11.5 80 3.5 12.8 151 12 307.2 309.2 294.2 339.6 10.73 6 750 2596 11.9 9.4 85 2.5 10.3 158 13 309.5 311.4 294.3 339.8 9.92 7 700 3171 8.7 6.9 88 1.9 7.6 162 14 312.2 313.9 294.3 339.8 8.94 8 650 3782 5.5 3.5 87 2.0 4.3 176 13 315.2 316.6 294.1 339.0 7.59 9 600 4433 1.8 -0.1 87 1.9 0.8 190 13 318.2 319.4 293.9 338.5 6.36 10 550 5130 -2.0 -3.0 93 0.9 -2.5 200 11 321.7 322.8 294.3 339.9 5.60 11 500 5883 -5.9 -8.4 82 2.5 -7.1 222 2 325.9 326.7 294.1 339.4 4.05 12 450 6702 -10.3 -15.0 68 4.7 -12.1 31 8 330.3 330.8 294.2 339.5 2.65 13 400 7600 -15.3 -25.5 41 10.2 -18.1 74 11 335.1 335.4 294.2 339.5 1.20 14 350 8596 -22.3 -39.1 20 16.8 -25.1 66 12 338.7 338.7 294.3 340.1 0.37 15 300 9711 -30.7 -53.7 9 23.0 -32.6 52 12 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.09 16 250 10974 -41.9 -59.2 14 17.3 -42.7 43 8 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 17 200 12444 -53.5 -69.5 12 16.0 -53.8 45 14 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14233 -67.2 -74.7 34 7.5 -67.2 56 17 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 19 100 16604 -76.0 -84.7 24 8.7 -76.0 63 25 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.41 m Freezing level: 576.45 mb = 4761.34 m = 15621.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.09 mb = 4593.53 m = 15070.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.85 % Est. max temperature: 32.11 C = 89.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.04 mb = 111.45 m = 365.65 ft T: 24.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.16 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.50 mb = 1161.77 m = 3811.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 643.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.59 mb = 778.73 m = 2554.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.59 mb = 2023.68 m = 6639.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.59 mb = 12358.92 m = 40547.16 ft B at Equ Level: 641.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.59 mb = 15412.90 m = 50566.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.9 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 199.9 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.8 neg: -0.8 tot: 31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 51.60 Bulk Shear: 12.46 m/s