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: 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 9 31.8 23.4 61 8.3 25.6 142 6 303.9 307.2 298.3 358.1 18.23 1 1000 114 29.0 23.1 71 5.9 24.6 143 6 302.1 305.4 297.8 355.5 18.07 2 950 570 24.3 21.9 87 2.4 22.6 144 8 301.8 305.1 297.5 354.0 17.68 3 900 1043 21.7 19.3 86 2.4 20.1 140 6 303.9 306.9 296.9 351.2 15.89 4 850 1538 19.3 16.1 82 3.2 17.1 188 1 306.4 308.9 296.1 347.5 13.71 5 800 2058 16.6 11.0 69 5.6 13.0 171 4 308.8 310.8 294.4 340.3 10.35 6 750 2605 13.5 4.4 54 9.1 8.2 146 7 311.2 312.5 292.5 333.0 7.02 7 700 3182 10.1 -1.0 46 11.0 4.2 176 8 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.7 5.10 8 650 3794 6.8 -6.1 39 12.9 0.5 191 4 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.6 3.72 9 600 4447 2.9 -9.0 41 12.0 -2.4 199 2 319.5 320.2 291.7 330.1 3.22 10 550 5144 -1.8 -13.6 40 11.8 -6.5 263 4 321.9 322.4 291.7 330.1 2.42 11 500 5896 -6.4 -15.4 49 8.9 -9.8 272 8 325.2 325.6 292.6 333.1 2.31 12 450 6711 -10.5 -32.5 15 21.9 -15.6 283 5 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.1 0.56 13 400 7607 -16.3 -39.5 12 23.1 -20.5 306 8 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.9 0.31 14 350 8598 -22.4 -45.4 10 23.0 -25.5 319 10 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.19 15 300 9711 -31.1 -40.7 39 9.5 -32.4 332 14 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.9 0.37 16 250 10976 -40.8 -52.0 29 11.2 -41.5 340 11 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.9 0.13 17 200 12452 -53.1 -62.6 31 9.5 -53.3 97 3 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.04 18 150 14243 -67.9 -71.2 63 3.2 -67.9 334 9 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16617 -75.4 -84.3 23 8.9 -75.4 25 12 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.82 m Freezing level: 569.06 mb = 4878.50 m = 16005.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.85 mb = 3909.83 m = 12827.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.65 C = 92.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.67 mb = 1065.19 m = 3494.67 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 29.54 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1306.22 m = 4285.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.10 C = 91.57 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -4.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 30.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1691.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.05 mb = 945.64 m = 3102.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.05 mb = 2110.71 m = 6924.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.05 mb = 14439.53 m = 47373.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1677.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.0 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 210.0 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: -4.1 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 784.19 Bulk Shear: 2.16 m/s