MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 31.07,-93.22 Latitude: 31.07 Longitude: -93.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 79 30.3 24.1 70 6.2 25.7 183 8 303.0 306.5 298.7 359.8 19.13 1 1000 122 29.2 23.3 70 6.0 24.8 183 7 302.4 305.7 298.0 356.4 18.25 2 950 577 24.6 22.2 87 2.4 22.9 186 11 302.2 305.5 297.8 355.6 18.06 3 900 1049 20.3 20.1 99 0.2 20.2 196 14 302.4 305.5 297.0 351.9 16.71 4 850 1542 17.6 16.3 92 1.3 16.7 218 17 304.5 307.1 295.7 345.7 13.82 5 800 2059 14.9 13.1 89 1.7 13.7 214 13 307.0 309.3 295.1 343.1 11.97 6 750 2604 12.1 9.4 83 2.8 10.4 189 13 309.7 311.6 294.3 340.0 9.90 7 700 3180 9.2 6.3 82 2.9 7.5 202 13 312.7 314.3 294.1 339.3 8.59 8 650 3792 6.0 3.1 82 2.9 4.4 222 16 315.8 317.2 294.1 339.0 7.40 9 600 4444 2.7 -0.9 77 3.6 0.8 234 20 319.2 320.4 293.9 338.5 5.99 10 550 5145 0.4 -16.3 27 16.7 -6.0 248 15 324.5 324.9 292.0 331.2 1.95 11 500 5902 -4.6 -37.1 6 32.5 -11.9 269 12 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.32 12 450 6720 -10.5 -45.1 4 34.6 -16.4 272 14 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.15 13 400 7616 -16.5 -32.4 24 15.9 -20.0 282 17 333.5 333.6 293.3 335.9 0.63 14 350 8604 -24.0 -33.0 43 9.0 -25.7 308 20 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.9 0.68 15 300 9713 -31.3 -52.8 10 21.5 -33.1 331 31 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.7 0.10 16 250 10976 -41.8 -55.1 22 13.3 -42.5 331 39 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.3 0.09 17 200 12451 -52.0 -68.9 12 16.8 -52.4 328 43 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14254 -65.2 -79.3 12 14.1 -65.3 308 49 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.00 19 100 16662 -72.6 -86.0 11 13.4 -72.7 312 17 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.82 m Freezing level: 546.37 mb = 5199.64 m = 17058.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.25 mb = 4521.59 m = 14834.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.18 mb = 865.10 m = 2838.22 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 31.14 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 925.06 m = 3034.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.77 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 35.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1851.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.11 mb = 913.38 m = 2996.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.11 mb = 961.30 m = 3153.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.11 mb = 13884.49 m = 45552.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1836.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.3 neg: -15.2 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 182.00 Bulk Shear: 10.17 m/s