MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 31.06,-89.97 Latitude: 31.06 Longitude: -89.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 86 27.7 23.0 76 4.7 24.3 157 4 300.3 303.6 297.2 352.7 17.87 1 1000 143 26.1 22.4 80 3.7 23.4 159 4 299.2 302.4 296.5 349.7 17.29 2 950 593 22.1 18.7 81 3.4 19.8 185 5 299.6 302.3 294.7 341.8 14.44 3 900 1062 20.3 11.4 57 8.9 14.6 177 4 302.4 304.1 291.8 330.4 9.44 4 850 1553 18.7 4.2 38 14.5 10.4 184 7 305.7 306.9 290.0 324.2 6.07 5 800 2071 15.9 2.4 40 13.5 8.4 196 6 308.1 309.2 290.5 325.7 5.71 6 750 2615 12.0 4.8 61 7.2 7.8 208 4 309.6 311.0 292.2 331.8 7.20 7 700 3189 8.2 2.5 67 5.7 5.0 235 5 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.9 6.56 8 650 3798 4.7 -3.1 57 7.8 0.8 249 5 314.3 315.2 291.5 329.2 4.69 9 600 4446 1.4 -6.3 56 7.8 -2.2 276 5 317.8 318.5 291.9 330.6 3.97 10 550 5143 -1.4 -10.4 50 9.0 -5.3 295 6 322.4 323.0 292.5 332.8 3.14 11 500 5896 -5.6 -16.8 41 11.2 -9.7 304 9 326.2 326.6 292.6 333.3 2.05 12 450 6714 -10.9 -28.9 21 17.9 -15.5 328 12 329.5 329.7 292.3 332.4 0.78 13 400 7606 -17.9 -29.5 36 11.6 -20.5 316 20 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.7 0.83 14 350 8588 -26.3 -35.3 43 8.9 -27.8 299 16 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.3 0.54 15 300 9689 -33.2 -49.8 17 16.6 -34.6 330 17 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.1 0.13 16 250 10941 -43.2 -50.0 47 6.8 -43.6 323 34 341.8 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.16 17 200 12412 -52.4 -68.3 13 15.8 -52.8 322 61 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14220 -63.5 -80.7 8 17.2 -63.6 307 50 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16655 -71.5 -85.5 11 14.0 -71.6 289 14 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.05 m Freezing level: 575.06 mb = 4793.29 m = 15725.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.05 mb = 3960.49 m = 12993.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.69 C = 90.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.35 mb = 681.47 m = 2235.76 ft T: 21.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 28.55 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.80 mb = 2072.57 m = 6799.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.55 C = 95.98 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 0.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: 8.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 9.74 C K Index: 22.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 193.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.01 mb = 1090.38 m = 3577.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.01 mb = 3165.02 m = 10383.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 552.01 mb = 5113.47 m = 16776.29 ft B at Equ Level: 38.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.01 mb = 12345.82 m = 40504.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -3.5 tot: 8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 44.81 Bulk Shear: 4.32 m/s