MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 18.51,-126.03 Latitude: 18.51 Longitude: -126.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 23.1 21.1 88 2.0 21.7 20 23 295.3 298.2 294.4 340.6 15.76 1 1000 97 21.8 20.1 90 1.7 20.6 20 26 294.9 297.6 293.8 337.8 14.96 2 950 541 18.4 17.3 93 1.1 17.7 31 32 295.9 298.2 292.7 333.8 13.19 3 900 1005 18.9 16.9 88 2.0 17.5 55 30 301.0 303.5 294.6 341.0 13.60 4 850 1497 17.8 14.8 82 3.0 15.7 56 30 304.8 307.1 294.8 342.1 12.51 5 800 2015 15.9 12.8 82 3.1 13.8 61 31 308.1 310.3 295.1 343.5 11.69 6 750 2562 13.6 9.8 78 3.8 11.2 63 33 311.4 313.3 295.0 342.8 10.22 7 700 3142 11.3 5.9 69 5.4 8.0 64 35 315.0 316.6 294.6 341.1 8.33 8 650 3759 8.3 1.8 63 6.5 4.6 68 38 318.4 319.7 294.3 339.8 6.72 9 600 4416 4.9 -1.8 62 6.7 1.3 72 38 321.8 322.9 294.3 339.9 5.60 10 550 5121 1.0 -6.4 58 7.4 -2.6 73 39 325.2 326.1 294.2 339.5 4.31 11 500 5881 -3.3 -12.1 51 8.7 -7.1 72 43 329.0 329.6 294.1 339.3 3.03 12 450 6707 -7.6 -31.9 12 24.3 -13.8 68 46 333.6 333.7 293.3 335.8 0.58 13 400 7612 -13.9 -39.1 10 25.2 -18.8 69 45 336.9 336.9 293.9 338.1 0.32 14 350 8610 -21.6 -38.3 21 16.7 -24.5 68 35 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.2 0.40 15 300 9726 -29.7 -49.4 13 19.7 -31.7 70 30 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.0 0.14 16 250 11002 -38.8 -61.7 7 22.9 -40.0 63 27 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.04 17 200 12491 -51.0 -63.0 23 12.0 -51.3 72 22 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.2 0.04 18 150 14298 -66.4 -69.9 61 3.5 -66.4 79 14 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16647 -81.2 -87.9 31 6.7 -81.2 90 31 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.11 m Freezing level: 538.79 mb = 5291.25 m = 17359.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4644.33 m = 15237.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.41 % Est. max temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.21 mb = 252.32 m = 827.82 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 6.76 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.25 mb = 2216.10 m = 7270.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.16 C = 98.89 F Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lifted Index: 4.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.72 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.12 C Cross Totals Index: 18.09 C K Index: 30.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5140.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.26 mb = 629.68 m = 2065.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 62.4 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 92.4 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 61.23 m/s