MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 21.28,-89.33 Latitude: 21.28 Longitude: -89.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 25.9 25.5 98 0.4 25.7 64 8 298.1 301.9 298.4 358.6 20.77 1 1000 105 25.0 24.9 99 0.1 24.9 64 12 298.2 301.8 298.1 356.9 20.18 2 950 558 25.1 16.4 59 8.7 19.2 38 15 302.6 304.9 294.1 339.4 12.43 3 900 1032 23.3 13.8 55 9.4 17.0 53 9 305.5 307.6 294.0 338.8 11.12 4 850 1528 19.8 13.2 66 6.5 15.4 63 6 306.9 309.0 294.6 341.0 11.32 5 800 2048 16.1 9.9 66 6.2 12.2 86 2 308.3 310.2 293.7 337.6 9.61 6 750 2593 13.1 5.2 59 7.9 8.4 182 5 310.8 312.2 292.7 333.7 7.41 7 700 3171 10.8 0.5 49 10.3 5.2 209 8 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.4 5.68 8 650 3785 7.4 -8.8 30 16.2 0.0 229 10 317.4 318.0 290.9 327.3 3.02 9 600 4438 3.2 -12.1 32 15.3 -3.3 231 12 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.2 2.52 10 550 5137 -1.3 -13.0 40 11.7 -6.1 235 14 322.6 323.1 292.0 331.1 2.55 11 500 5890 -5.7 -20.4 30 14.7 -10.6 247 15 326.1 326.4 292.1 331.4 1.51 12 450 6707 -9.6 -32.6 13 23.1 -15.0 240 7 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.2 0.55 13 400 7607 -15.3 -27.9 33 12.6 -18.6 277 5 335.0 335.2 294.0 338.6 0.96 14 350 8601 -22.2 -35.4 29 13.2 -24.7 261 8 338.8 338.9 294.5 340.8 0.53 15 300 9716 -30.6 -37.5 51 6.8 -31.7 316 10 342.2 342.3 295.3 344.2 0.51 16 250 10982 -41.2 -47.8 49 6.6 -41.7 310 17 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.20 17 200 12455 -53.8 -61.1 40 7.3 -53.9 290 16 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.05 18 150 14246 -66.6 -74.8 30 8.3 -66.7 286 19 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16622 -77.5 -83.6 37 6.1 -77.5 212 2 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.57 m Freezing level: 564.37 mb = 4935.98 m = 16193.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.70 mb = 3788.48 m = 12429.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.27 % Est. max temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.53 mb = 48.20 m = 158.13 ft T: 25.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 19.78 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.98 mb = 1951.82 m = 6403.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.97 C = 96.74 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 28.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.10 mb = 1137.58 m = 3732.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.10 mb = 4382.20 m = 14377.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.10 mb = 9617.52 m = 31553.17 ft B at Equ Level: 120.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.10 mb = 12970.42 m = 42553.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.0 neg: -35.8 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 68.79 m/s