MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 32.34,-86.19 Latitude: 32.34 Longitude: -86.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 67 28.2 18.7 56 9.5 21.6 297 4 301.0 303.5 294.6 341.0 13.63 1 1000 103 27.2 18.2 58 8.9 21.0 296 3 300.3 302.7 294.1 339.3 13.29 2 950 554 22.6 17.3 72 5.3 18.9 297 4 300.1 302.5 294.0 338.6 13.15 3 900 1022 17.9 16.2 90 1.7 16.8 298 4 300.0 302.4 293.9 338.1 13.01 4 850 1508 14.2 12.8 91 1.4 13.3 270 5 301.0 303.0 292.6 333.3 10.97 5 800 2018 11.2 9.5 89 1.7 10.2 288 6 303.1 304.8 292.0 331.1 9.39 6 750 2555 8.1 5.6 84 2.5 6.6 312 8 305.4 306.8 291.2 328.4 7.62 7 700 3122 5.2 1.2 75 4.0 3.1 313 7 308.2 309.4 290.7 326.6 5.96 8 650 3725 1.9 -2.7 71 4.7 -0.4 312 8 311.1 312.1 290.6 326.2 4.81 9 600 4366 -1.6 -9.4 55 7.7 -4.9 300 12 314.2 314.8 290.1 324.4 3.13 10 550 5052 -5.4 -32.6 10 27.2 -11.7 316 15 317.6 317.7 288.5 319.3 0.45 11 500 5793 -10.3 -40.5 6 30.3 -15.6 320 19 320.5 320.6 289.2 321.4 0.22 12 450 6596 -14.4 -50.5 3 36.1 -19.1 312 25 325.1 325.2 290.4 325.5 0.08 13 400 7477 -21.1 -47.1 8 26.0 -24.2 310 36 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.1 0.14 14 350 8447 -28.0 -54.7 6 26.7 -30.2 306 40 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.07 15 300 9538 -35.1 -61.0 5 25.9 -36.5 297 37 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 16 250 10785 -43.5 -64.7 8 21.2 -44.2 284 35 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.03 17 200 12260 -50.9 -71.8 7 20.9 -51.3 275 34 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14093 -60.2 -81.2 5 21.0 -60.3 277 26 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16566 -68.0 -84.7 8 16.6 -68.1 245 12 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.39 m Freezing level: 622.78 mb = 4073.61 m = 13364.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.65 mb = 3654.28 m = 11988.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.54 mb = 1265.91 m = 4153.20 ft T: 16.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 21.79 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1280.50 m = 4201.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 33.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 633.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.48 mb = 1227.67 m = 4027.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.48 mb = 1374.36 m = 4509.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.48 mb = 9688.53 m = 31786.12 ft B at Equ Level: 633.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.48 mb = 12808.93 m = 42023.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.4 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 338.4 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 146.82 Bulk Shear: 4.32 m/s