MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 27 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 1009 10 28.6 22.9 72 5.6 24.5 17 7 301.0 304.2 297.3 353.1 17.73 1 1000 90 28.1 22.7 73 5.3 24.2 20 11 301.2 304.4 297.3 353.1 17.64 2 950 545 25.8 19.7 69 6.1 21.4 15 17 303.3 306.2 296.4 348.8 15.34 3 900 1021 23.5 17.9 71 5.6 19.5 44 12 305.7 308.4 296.4 349.0 14.45 4 850 1518 19.7 17.8 89 1.9 18.4 62 8 306.8 309.6 297.2 352.7 15.25 5 800 2039 16.1 14.9 93 1.2 15.3 103 4 308.3 310.8 296.4 348.9 13.43 6 750 2585 13.0 8.8 76 4.2 10.4 171 7 310.7 312.5 294.3 339.9 9.53 7 700 3163 11.4 1.7 51 9.7 5.9 186 9 315.1 316.3 292.9 334.6 6.18 8 650 3778 8.1 -10.4 26 18.5 -0.2 216 8 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.8 2.65 9 600 4432 3.5 -12.0 31 15.5 -3.1 228 10 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.6 2.53 10 550 5132 -1.4 -11.8 45 10.4 -5.7 230 12 322.4 323.0 292.2 331.9 2.82 11 500 5884 -5.8 -19.0 34 13.2 -10.4 243 12 326.0 326.3 292.2 331.9 1.70 12 450 6702 -9.8 -33.1 13 23.3 -15.3 251 6 330.9 331.0 292.5 332.8 0.52 13 400 7600 -15.8 -25.4 44 9.5 -18.4 300 5 334.4 334.7 294.0 338.9 1.22 14 350 8593 -22.6 -34.6 33 12.0 -24.9 259 6 338.2 338.4 294.4 340.5 0.58 15 300 9706 -30.9 -39.0 45 8.1 -32.0 314 8 341.9 342.0 295.2 343.6 0.43 16 250 10973 -40.7 -52.3 27 11.7 -41.4 321 14 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.1 0.12 17 200 12449 -53.8 -58.5 56 4.8 -53.9 305 16 347.6 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.07 18 150 14235 -67.0 -73.6 38 6.7 -67.0 273 11 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16617 -77.0 -83.8 33 6.7 -77.0 181 0 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.38 m Freezing level: 564.23 mb = 4932.83 m = 16183.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.29 mb = 3762.01 m = 12342.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.16 % Est. max temperature: 34.25 C = 93.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.09 mb = 731.41 m = 2399.60 ft T: 24.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 25.88 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1751.99 m = 5747.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.12 C = 95.22 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 33.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 797.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.39 mb = 1202.41 m = 3944.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.39 mb = 2402.29 m = 7881.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.39 mb = 2853.32 m = 9361.17 ft B at Equ Level: 17.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.39 mb = 16253.28 m = 53323.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.4 neg: -17.9 tot: 78.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 11.77 Bulk Shear: 67.76 m/s