MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 32.05,-81.10 Latitude: 32.05 Longitude: -81.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23.1 22.7 98 0.4 22.8 352 6 295.2 298.4 295.6 345.2 17.40 1 1000 102 22.2 22.1 99 0.1 22.1 356 10 295.3 298.4 295.3 344.0 16.94 2 950 548 19.3 18.9 98 0.4 19.1 88 6 296.8 299.4 294.1 339.0 14.63 3 900 1013 17.5 17.0 97 0.5 17.2 138 15 299.5 302.0 294.2 339.5 13.68 4 850 1501 15.3 14.9 97 0.5 15.0 148 18 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.4 12.59 5 800 2014 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 156 20 304.8 306.9 294.1 339.0 11.46 6 750 2555 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 170 22 307.6 309.5 294.0 338.7 10.26 7 700 3127 7.4 7.2 99 0.2 7.3 180 24 310.6 312.4 294.0 338.7 9.15 8 650 3734 4.2 3.5 95 0.7 3.8 190 25 313.7 315.2 293.7 337.5 7.60 9 600 4382 0.2 -0.1 98 0.3 0.0 199 27 316.3 317.6 293.4 336.4 6.35 10 550 5076 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 205 28 320.7 321.8 293.9 338.3 5.42 11 500 5827 -6.8 -7.7 93 1.0 -7.2 211 29 324.8 325.6 294.1 339.0 4.28 12 450 6644 -11.1 -12.5 89 1.5 -11.6 210 31 329.3 330.0 294.4 340.4 3.25 13 400 7539 -16.7 -18.5 86 1.8 -17.3 205 32 333.3 333.8 294.6 341.1 2.23 14 350 8528 -23.7 -26.6 77 2.9 -24.4 196 33 336.9 337.1 294.7 341.4 1.25 15 300 9635 -32.6 -41.3 42 8.7 -33.6 203 37 339.4 339.5 294.5 340.8 0.34 16 250 10891 -43.5 -49.1 54 5.6 -43.9 198 37 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.17 17 200 12350 -54.1 -63.0 32 9.0 -54.2 191 39 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14160 -62.9 -79.5 9 16.6 -63.1 211 36 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16597 -69.8 -86.2 7 16.4 -69.9 231 23 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.12 m Freezing level: 596.88 mb = 4425.29 m = 14518.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.69 mb = 4386.09 m = 14389.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.30 mb = 47.49 m = 155.81 ft T: 22.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 6.18 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 958.98 mb = 466.03 m = 1528.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.79 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 130.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 957.12 mb = 482.92 m = 1584.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 952.12 mb = 528.46 m = 1733.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.12 mb = 6437.54 m = 21120.28 ft B at Equ Level: 129.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.12 mb = 10832.60 m = 35539.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.9 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 213.9 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.9 neg: -6.2 tot: 211.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 117.69 m/s