MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 26 SEP 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 1012 10 25.4 24.7 96 0.7 24.9 72 4 297.6 301.1 297.7 354.7 19.69 1 1000 111 25.1 24.5 97 0.6 24.7 71 8 298.2 301.8 297.8 355.8 19.74 2 950 565 25.1 20.4 75 4.7 21.8 89 20 302.7 305.7 296.7 350.4 16.12 3 900 1039 22.7 20.5 87 2.2 21.1 93 11 304.9 308.1 297.9 355.9 17.07 4 850 1536 19.8 16.8 83 3.0 17.7 131 7 306.9 309.6 296.6 349.9 14.30 5 800 2057 17.0 8.6 58 8.4 11.8 122 8 309.3 310.9 293.4 336.3 8.83 6 750 2605 14.7 1.6 41 13.0 7.4 113 10 312.5 313.6 291.9 330.5 5.75 7 700 3184 11.5 -0.6 43 12.2 4.9 142 10 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.8 5.22 8 650 3798 7.2 -7.0 36 14.2 0.5 163 7 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.4 3.48 9 600 4451 2.8 -7.7 46 10.5 -2.1 212 5 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.0 3.57 10 550 5148 -2.0 -12.6 44 10.5 -6.3 259 8 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.5 2.65 11 500 5899 -6.7 -18.7 38 12.0 -10.8 270 15 324.8 325.2 291.9 330.8 1.74 12 450 6713 -12.1 -19.1 56 7.0 -14.4 262 18 328.0 328.4 292.9 334.5 1.87 13 400 7604 -17.2 -36.0 18 18.8 -20.8 269 12 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.3 0.44 14 350 8592 -23.4 -48.0 9 24.6 -26.4 298 7 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.14 15 300 9703 -31.1 -45.5 23 14.4 -32.6 286 9 341.6 341.6 294.9 342.4 0.22 16 250 10967 -41.3 -52.2 30 10.9 -42.0 317 7 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.1 0.12 17 200 12444 -52.6 -64.8 21 12.2 -52.9 359 16 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14235 -67.8 -73.0 47 5.2 -67.8 17 20 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 19 100 16619 -74.9 -84.8 20 9.9 -74.9 290 3 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.43 m Freezing level: 571.25 mb = 4851.98 m = 15918.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.53 mb = 3918.04 m = 12854.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.29 C = 93.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.59 mb = 97.33 m = 319.31 ft T: 25.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 25.45 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.88 mb = 1486.59 m = 4877.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.57 C = 94.23 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 31.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1547.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.43 mb = 823.30 m = 2701.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.43 mb = 3214.84 m = 10547.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.43 mb = 14337.16 m = 47037.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1524.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.1 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 168.1 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.7 neg: -9.9 tot: 42.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 104.78 Bulk Shear: 14.76 m/s