MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 31.12,-93.25 Latitude: 31.12 Longitude: -93.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 84 26.3 25.2 93 1.2 25.5 157 5 299.0 302.8 298.4 358.7 20.41 1 1000 131 25.5 24.8 96 0.6 25.0 158 5 298.6 302.3 298.2 357.3 20.12 2 950 582 23.0 21.9 94 1.1 22.2 185 21 300.6 303.8 297.2 352.5 17.71 3 900 1053 20.4 18.4 88 2.0 19.0 204 19 302.5 305.3 295.9 346.6 14.92 4 850 1545 17.5 14.1 81 3.3 15.3 221 15 304.4 306.7 294.4 340.2 12.01 5 800 2062 15.5 8.9 65 6.6 11.4 201 10 307.7 309.4 293.0 335.0 8.99 6 750 2607 12.9 5.5 61 7.3 8.5 196 9 310.5 312.0 292.8 334.0 7.60 7 700 3183 8.9 4.3 73 4.6 6.2 207 12 312.3 313.8 293.2 335.5 7.47 8 650 3793 5.4 -1.6 61 7.0 1.7 212 16 315.0 316.0 292.2 331.6 5.22 9 600 4444 2.7 -17.9 20 20.6 -4.8 223 16 319.3 319.6 290.2 324.6 1.56 10 550 5143 0.2 -25.3 13 25.5 -7.7 253 12 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.5 0.89 11 500 5900 -4.4 -37.4 6 33.0 -11.8 305 11 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.31 12 450 6719 -10.5 -35.5 11 25.0 -15.9 286 13 330.1 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.41 13 400 7614 -17.2 -30.7 30 13.5 -20.2 285 18 332.6 332.8 293.2 335.4 0.74 14 350 8598 -23.8 -37.7 27 13.9 -26.1 314 23 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.2 0.43 15 300 9706 -31.9 -47.9 19 16.0 -33.4 323 32 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.17 16 250 10968 -41.8 -58.6 14 16.8 -42.6 332 47 343.9 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.06 17 200 12442 -52.2 -67.1 15 14.9 -52.5 322 53 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14245 -65.1 -80.0 11 14.9 -65.2 309 48 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 19 100 16652 -72.3 -87.0 9 14.7 -72.3 289 20 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.94 m Freezing level: 547.81 mb = 5175.70 m = 16980.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.78 mb = 3960.31 m = 12992.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.57 mb = 231.84 m = 760.64 ft T: 24.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 24.78 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.05 mb = 832.48 m = 2731.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.90 C = 84.03 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.46 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.84 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 31.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1462.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.59 mb = 677.73 m = 2223.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.59 mb = 1104.74 m = 3624.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.59 mb = 12944.30 m = 42467.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1462.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.5 neg: -14.4 tot: 74.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 153.08 Bulk Shear: 9.55 m/s