MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 30.53,-90.36 Latitude: 30.53 Longitude: -90.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 29.6 20.4 58 9.2 23.0 158 5 301.7 304.4 295.7 346.0 15.03 1 1000 127 29.1 19.7 57 9.4 22.5 158 9 302.2 304.9 295.6 345.4 14.61 2 950 583 25.0 18.5 67 6.6 20.5 158 12 302.6 305.2 295.4 344.7 14.24 3 900 1056 20.9 18.5 86 2.4 19.2 176 9 303.0 305.8 296.1 347.7 15.07 4 850 1549 17.9 17.2 96 0.7 17.4 211 9 304.9 307.6 296.4 348.8 14.70 5 800 2066 14.5 11.9 85 2.6 12.9 215 9 306.6 308.7 294.3 339.8 11.03 6 750 2610 12.1 6.3 68 5.8 8.6 202 6 309.7 311.2 292.9 334.3 8.01 7 700 3186 9.6 2.7 62 6.9 5.7 233 6 313.1 314.4 292.7 333.9 6.66 8 650 3798 6.3 1.5 71 4.8 3.6 266 9 316.1 317.3 293.5 336.9 6.57 9 600 4451 2.8 -2.2 70 5.0 0.2 290 11 319.3 320.4 293.5 336.8 5.44 10 550 5151 -0.4 -11.2 44 10.7 -5.1 300 11 323.6 324.2 292.7 333.5 2.96 11 500 5907 -4.2 -30.2 11 26.0 -11.1 287 7 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.2 0.62 12 450 6728 -9.6 -33.9 12 24.3 -15.2 292 10 331.2 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.48 13 400 7626 -16.4 -29.3 32 12.9 -19.5 294 14 333.7 333.8 293.5 336.8 0.84 14 350 8614 -23.4 -39.7 21 16.3 -25.9 314 13 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.6 0.35 15 300 9721 -32.4 -43.5 32 11.1 -33.6 335 22 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.8 0.27 16 250 10981 -42.2 -54.2 26 12.0 -42.9 334 30 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.7 0.10 17 200 12453 -52.3 -66.6 16 14.3 -52.6 326 39 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14259 -64.1 -79.5 11 15.4 -64.2 327 38 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16662 -75.1 -85.7 18 10.6 -75.1 289 16 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.49 m Freezing level: 556.76 mb = 5055.93 m = 16587.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.15 mb = 4475.44 m = 14683.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.76 mb = 1193.35 m = 3915.14 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 14.88 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1731.49 m = 5680.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.46 C = 92.23 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 32.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 199.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.70 mb = 1361.29 m = 4466.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.70 mb = 3625.56 m = 11894.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 543.70 mb = 5242.04 m = 17198.08 ft B at Equ Level: 13.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.70 mb = 12986.74 m = 42606.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.9 neg: -6.7 tot: 24.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.79 Bulk Shear: 20.38 m/s