MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 18.38,-96.03 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 10 26.0 25.3 96 0.7 25.5 279 1 298.0 301.7 298.2 357.5 20.42 1 1000 131 25.1 23.8 93 1.2 24.2 330 0 298.2 301.6 297.3 353.2 18.90 2 950 583 22.7 20.7 89 2.0 21.3 273 2 300.2 303.2 296.2 348.2 16.37 3 900 1052 19.3 18.5 95 0.8 18.8 296 2 301.4 304.2 295.7 345.7 15.07 4 850 1544 17.4 15.4 88 2.0 16.0 97 1 304.3 306.8 295.1 343.2 13.03 5 800 2061 14.6 13.0 90 1.6 13.6 52 5 306.8 309.0 294.9 342.6 11.88 6 750 2605 12.1 8.8 80 3.3 10.0 85 5 309.7 311.5 294.0 338.8 9.52 7 700 3181 9.3 4.4 71 4.9 6.4 80 5 312.8 314.2 293.3 336.1 7.50 8 650 3793 5.9 3.3 83 2.7 4.4 71 5 315.6 317.1 294.1 339.1 7.46 9 600 4445 2.5 0.1 84 2.4 1.2 61 6 319.0 320.3 294.2 339.6 6.44 10 550 5144 -1.1 -2.0 94 0.9 -1.6 83 7 322.7 323.9 294.8 342.2 6.00 11 500 5899 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.8 93 11 326.4 327.4 294.9 342.5 4.85 12 450 6720 -9.1 -13.7 69 4.6 -10.9 86 16 331.8 332.4 294.8 342.0 2.95 13 400 7623 -14.3 -22.9 48 8.6 -16.9 91 14 336.4 336.7 294.8 341.9 1.52 14 350 8620 -21.5 -42.8 13 21.3 -24.8 84 17 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.7 0.25 15 300 9739 -29.7 -55.1 7 25.4 -31.9 82 17 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.8 0.07 16 250 11007 -40.7 -48.5 43 7.8 -41.3 58 22 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.2 0.19 17 200 12484 -53.2 -63.5 27 10.4 -53.4 49 18 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.04 18 150 14276 -67.2 -74.0 38 6.7 -67.3 48 35 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 19 100 16643 -76.8 -83.8 32 7.0 -76.9 56 26 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.65 m Freezing level: 565.75 mb = 4923.74 m = 16153.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.82 mb = 4733.64 m = 15530.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.81 mb = 97.42 m = 319.61 ft T: 25.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 21.39 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.05 mb = 795.37 m = 2609.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 33.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 672.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.03 mb = 647.10 m = 2123.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.03 mb = 975.21 m = 3199.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.03 mb = 12868.22 m = 42218.06 ft B at Equ Level: 670.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.03 mb = 16192.10 m = 53123.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.0 at 4.9 knts Storm direction: 105.0 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: -2.2 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 153.55 Bulk Shear: 4.38 m/s