MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 26.01,-66.58 Latitude: 26.01 Longitude: -66.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 -0 27.8 25.2 86 2.6 25.9 68 11 299.6 303.3 298.5 359.0 20.25 1 1000 136 26.3 24.2 88 2.1 24.8 68 12 299.4 303.0 298.0 356.2 19.38 2 950 589 22.8 20.5 87 2.3 21.2 72 15 300.3 303.2 296.1 347.7 16.17 3 900 1058 19.4 15.2 77 4.2 16.6 74 18 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.4 12.18 4 850 1548 16.5 10.5 68 6.0 12.7 77 19 303.4 305.2 292.2 331.5 9.43 5 800 2063 15.0 1.8 41 13.3 7.8 78 15 307.2 308.2 289.9 323.8 5.43 6 750 2606 11.9 -0.4 42 12.4 5.4 73 15 309.5 310.4 290.2 324.9 4.94 7 700 3179 7.6 -3.5 45 11.0 2.1 72 15 310.9 311.7 290.0 324.2 4.23 8 650 3786 5.5 -21.2 13 26.6 -3.6 79 16 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.9 1.09 9 600 4435 2.5 -19.1 19 21.6 -5.1 77 18 319.0 319.3 289.9 323.8 1.41 10 550 5133 -1.3 -22.2 19 20.9 -8.1 70 18 322.5 322.8 290.7 326.6 1.17 11 500 5886 -5.5 -29.6 13 24.1 -11.8 75 16 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.8 0.66 12 450 6703 -11.0 -20.7 45 9.7 -14.1 80 11 329.4 329.7 293.1 335.1 1.63 13 400 7595 -17.5 -25.1 51 7.6 -19.5 127 6 332.3 332.5 293.5 336.7 1.24 14 350 8584 -23.7 -58.4 3 34.7 -26.8 210 8 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.04 15 300 9691 -31.8 -54.4 9 22.6 -33.5 217 16 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.08 16 250 10955 -41.4 -53.3 27 11.9 -42.1 219 29 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.11 17 200 12423 -55.0 -61.0 47 6.0 -55.2 225 34 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14196 -68.9 -76.3 34 7.4 -68.9 253 13 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 19 100 16592 -72.3 -85.1 13 12.8 -72.3 358 6 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.80 m Freezing level: 567.14 mb = 4893.92 m = 16055.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.27 mb = 3400.90 m = 11157.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.52 mb = 327.82 m = 1075.52 ft T: 24.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 35.16 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 864.73 m = 2837.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: 5.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.96 C Cross Totals Index: 15.99 C K Index: 21.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1233.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.70 mb = 748.65 m = 2456.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.70 mb = 984.48 m = 3229.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.70 mb = 13887.50 m = 45562.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1226.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.6 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 104.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.2 neg: -6.7 tot: 9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 722.16 Bulk Shear: 1.71 m/s