MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 20.98,-89.65 Latitude: 20.98 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 9 35.3 22.6 48 12.8 25.9 42 3 307.6 310.9 298.7 359.9 17.30 1 1000 100 32.2 22.1 55 10.1 24.8 46 3 305.3 308.5 298.0 356.2 17.01 2 950 560 27.3 21.0 68 6.3 22.8 46 3 304.9 308.0 297.7 354.8 16.69 3 900 1036 22.7 20.1 85 2.6 20.9 46 3 304.9 308.0 297.7 354.8 16.71 4 850 1532 19.2 14.4 74 4.7 16.0 28 4 306.2 308.5 295.1 343.1 12.26 5 800 2051 17.1 5.5 46 11.6 10.3 73 4 309.4 310.8 292.0 331.3 7.12 6 750 2599 13.7 3.6 50 10.1 7.9 98 3 311.5 312.7 292.3 332.0 6.63 7 700 3176 10.1 0.3 50 9.8 4.8 194 3 313.7 314.7 292.0 331.2 5.58 8 650 3788 6.5 -3.1 50 9.6 1.6 222 3 316.3 317.2 292.0 331.2 4.68 9 600 4440 3.2 -12.1 32 15.3 -3.3 280 2 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.2 2.52 10 550 5140 -1.1 -6.5 67 5.4 -3.6 327 3 322.8 323.7 293.6 337.0 4.29 11 500 5894 -4.9 -16.2 41 11.2 -9.2 38 6 327.0 327.4 292.9 334.5 2.16 12 450 6716 -9.5 -27.8 21 18.3 -14.5 56 7 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.4 0.86 13 400 7615 -14.9 -29.7 27 14.9 -18.5 38 6 335.7 335.8 294.0 338.7 0.81 14 350 8611 -21.7 -41.6 15 19.9 -24.8 64 4 339.5 339.6 294.5 340.6 0.28 15 300 9725 -31.5 -46.1 22 14.6 -33.0 16 11 341.0 341.1 294.8 341.9 0.20 16 250 10985 -42.4 -53.3 29 10.9 -43.0 357 17 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.5 0.11 17 200 12453 -53.5 -70.1 12 16.6 -53.8 315 17 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14243 -67.2 -76.4 26 9.1 -67.3 305 6 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 19 100 16616 -75.9 -84.6 24 8.7 -76.0 76 9 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.63 m Freezing level: 562.43 mb = 4965.98 m = 16292.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.53 mb = 3997.31 m = 13114.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.55 % Est. max temperature: 33.70 C = 92.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.09 mb = 1621.94 m = 5321.27 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 23.54 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.73 mb = 1503.79 m = 4933.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.90 C = 93.02 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.38 C K Index: 28.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1863.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.26 mb = 1377.36 m = 4518.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.26 mb = 2263.16 m = 7424.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.26 mb = 14635.57 m = 48016.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1827.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 39.7 at 3.1 knts Storm direction: 69.7 at 2.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -150.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 99209.45 Bulk Shear: 0.02 m/s