MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1011 10 26.1 25.4 96 0.7 25.6 89 3 298.3 302.0 298.4 358.3 20.60 1 1000 109 25.6 25.3 98 0.3 25.4 99 6 298.7 302.5 298.5 359.3 20.72 2 950 563 23.8 21.3 86 2.5 22.1 136 16 301.3 304.5 297.0 351.5 17.04 3 900 1035 20.9 20.1 95 0.9 20.4 139 10 303.1 306.2 297.2 352.5 16.67 4 850 1531 19.1 16.6 85 2.5 17.4 148 2 306.2 308.8 296.3 348.5 14.12 5 800 2051 16.5 11.9 75 4.5 13.5 157 4 308.7 310.8 294.8 342.3 11.05 6 750 2598 13.3 7.9 70 5.4 10.0 142 7 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.6 8.97 7 700 3175 10.0 1.9 57 8.1 5.5 175 9 313.6 314.8 292.6 333.4 6.30 8 650 3787 6.6 -6.3 39 12.9 0.4 212 5 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.3 3.67 9 600 4439 2.7 -9.3 41 11.9 -2.7 240 4 319.2 319.8 291.6 329.6 3.16 10 550 5136 -2.3 -12.7 44 10.5 -6.5 271 7 321.4 321.9 291.7 330.1 2.61 11 500 5886 -6.8 -15.7 49 8.9 -10.1 277 9 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.4 2.25 12 450 6701 -10.9 -30.7 18 19.8 -15.7 296 8 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.9 0.66 13 400 7596 -16.3 -35.5 17 19.2 -20.1 324 8 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.5 0.46 14 350 8588 -22.3 -43.1 13 20.8 -25.3 319 12 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.24 15 300 9701 -31.0 -44.7 25 13.7 -32.5 318 14 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.24 16 250 10968 -40.7 -53.7 23 13.0 -41.5 330 9 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.10 17 200 12445 -52.9 -63.8 26 10.9 -53.2 54 9 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.04 18 150 14235 -67.7 -72.5 50 4.8 -67.7 331 9 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 19 100 16598 -77.7 -83.7 37 6.0 -77.7 8 12 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.67 m Freezing level: 572.89 mb = 4816.98 m = 15803.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.08 mb = 3874.33 m = 12710.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.50 % Est. max temperature: 33.29 C = 91.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.02 mb = 91.83 m = 301.28 ft T: 25.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 24.27 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.82 mb = 883.16 m = 2897.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1736.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.48 mb = 641.84 m = 2105.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.48 mb = 1875.72 m = 6153.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.48 mb = 14373.05 m = 47155.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1727.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.8 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 209.8 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.8 neg: -13.9 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 192.83 Bulk Shear: 9.00 m/s