MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 32.5,-89.78 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -89.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 110 30.7 22.0 60 8.7 24.3 232 8 303.7 306.8 297.4 353.8 16.84 1 1000 124 30.3 21.2 58 9.1 23.7 232 7 303.4 306.4 296.8 351.0 16.02 2 950 580 25.6 19.7 70 5.9 21.4 233 12 303.1 306.0 296.4 348.7 15.38 3 900 1053 20.9 18.7 87 2.2 19.4 232 12 303.1 305.9 296.3 348.4 15.27 4 850 1546 17.0 15.5 91 1.5 16.0 240 14 303.9 306.4 295.1 343.1 13.16 5 800 2062 14.5 12.7 89 1.8 13.3 238 17 306.6 308.8 294.7 341.5 11.62 6 750 2606 11.7 10.1 90 1.7 10.7 230 19 309.3 311.3 294.6 341.0 10.40 7 700 3181 8.8 6.3 84 2.5 7.3 234 23 312.2 313.8 294.0 338.8 8.59 8 650 3792 5.5 2.6 81 2.9 3.9 236 27 315.2 316.6 293.7 337.6 7.13 9 600 4443 2.3 -1.4 77 3.6 0.3 241 27 318.7 319.8 293.6 337.3 5.78 10 550 5142 -1.2 -12.7 41 11.5 -5.9 234 28 322.7 323.2 292.1 331.5 2.62 11 500 5895 -5.6 -20.5 30 14.9 -10.6 236 27 326.2 326.5 292.1 331.4 1.49 12 450 6712 -11.4 -18.5 55 7.1 -13.8 243 29 328.9 329.3 293.3 335.7 1.97 13 400 7603 -18.1 -24.4 58 6.3 -19.8 252 34 331.5 331.7 293.4 336.2 1.32 14 350 8586 -25.2 -33.4 46 8.2 -26.7 266 37 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.2 0.65 15 300 9692 -32.0 -34.9 75 2.9 -32.5 282 28 340.2 340.4 295.0 342.7 0.66 16 250 10952 -42.7 -47.2 61 4.5 -43.0 267 25 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.5 0.22 17 200 12416 -54.3 -62.8 35 8.4 -54.5 274 33 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.04 18 150 14214 -64.5 -72.8 31 8.3 -64.6 286 19 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16619 -71.1 -84.6 12 13.5 -71.2 292 14 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.59 m Freezing level: 567.36 mb = 4899.09 m = 16072.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.48 mb = 4476.99 m = 14688.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.29 mb = 1214.94 m = 3985.99 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 22.42 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.87 mb = 1366.66 m = 4483.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 35.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1182.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.52 mb = 1310.78 m = 4300.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.52 mb = 1460.01 m = 4789.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.52 mb = 12785.16 m = 41945.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1179.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.52 mb = 16134.51 m = 52934.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -1.1 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 64.62 Bulk Shear: 18.30 m/s