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: 32.27,-85.56 Latitude: 32.27 Longitude: -85.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 101 SFC 999 112 23.6 19.9 80 3.7 21.1 162 2 296.9 299.6 294.3 339.7 14.83 2 950 548 20.5 18.3 87 2.2 18.9 180 6 298.0 300.5 294.0 338.7 14.02 3 900 1013 17.5 14.6 83 2.9 15.6 228 7 299.5 301.6 292.7 333.6 11.68 4 850 1500 14.7 12.1 84 2.6 13.0 232 6 301.5 303.5 292.4 332.5 10.47 5 800 2011 11.6 9.7 88 1.9 10.4 225 6 303.5 305.3 292.2 331.8 9.51 6 750 2548 8.3 7.2 93 1.1 7.6 230 5 305.6 307.2 292.1 331.3 8.54 7 700 3116 5.0 4.0 93 1.0 4.4 230 7 308.0 309.3 291.7 330.2 7.28 8 650 3718 1.5 0.2 90 1.4 0.8 228 7 310.7 311.8 291.5 329.2 5.97 9 600 4359 -2.1 -4.4 85 2.2 -3.2 233 8 313.7 314.6 291.2 328.3 4.62 10 550 5048 -5.3 -6.3 93 0.9 -5.8 210 9 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.8 4.35 11 500 5789 -9.6 -14.3 69 4.6 -11.3 196 10 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.8 2.54 12 450 6595 -15.1 -31.4 24 16.3 -18.6 222 30 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.5 0.62 13 400 7477 -19.1 -45.4 8 26.3 -22.7 213 45 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.17 14 350 8456 -26.3 -47.5 12 21.1 -28.6 198 54 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.15 15 300 9552 -34.4 -51.9 15 17.5 -35.7 188 57 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.11 16 250 10802 -43.2 -59.3 15 16.1 -43.9 191 60 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 17 200 12272 -51.9 -72.9 6 21.0 -52.2 201 61 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14098 -61.0 -78.5 8 17.6 -61.1 213 44 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16569 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 234 24 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.59 m Freezing level: 628.82 mb = 3989.36 m = 13088.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.61 mb = 3846.94 m = 12621.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.18 mb = 582.91 m = 1912.39 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 11.40 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.16 mb = 1155.07 m = 3789.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.29 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 377.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.00 mb = 908.92 m = 2981.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.00 mb = 1640.25 m = 5381.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 366.00 mb = 8128.44 m = 26667.77 ft B at Equ Level: 377.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.00 mb = 11765.24 m = 38599.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 121.30 Bulk Shear: 3.11 m/s