MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1009 10 35.1 21.8 46 13.3 25.3 13 9 307.5 310.6 298.2 357.3 16.51 1 1000 86 33.0 21.5 51 11.6 24.6 14 10 306.2 309.2 297.7 355.1 16.31 2 950 547 28.4 20.6 63 7.7 22.8 17 10 306.0 309.0 297.7 355.0 16.34 3 900 1025 23.8 19.5 77 4.3 20.8 29 6 306.1 309.1 297.5 354.4 16.10 4 850 1522 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.6 48 3 306.4 309.4 297.4 353.6 15.68 5 800 2042 15.9 11.1 73 4.7 12.8 117 2 308.1 310.0 294.3 339.8 10.46 6 750 2588 13.6 3.7 51 9.8 7.9 105 3 311.3 312.6 292.3 332.0 6.68 7 700 3165 10.2 0.3 50 9.9 4.8 217 1 313.8 314.8 292.1 331.4 5.59 8 650 3778 6.8 -3.4 48 10.2 1.6 283 3 316.7 317.6 292.1 331.4 4.58 9 600 4431 3.4 -13.7 27 17.1 -3.6 321 4 320.0 320.5 291.0 327.5 2.21 10 550 5131 -1.1 -6.2 68 5.1 -3.6 336 5 322.8 323.7 293.6 337.2 4.38 11 500 5885 -4.8 -17.6 36 12.8 -9.4 37 5 327.2 327.6 292.7 333.9 1.92 12 450 6707 -9.3 -30.4 16 21.1 -14.7 75 6 331.5 331.6 292.8 334.0 0.68 13 400 7607 -14.9 -29.9 26 15.1 -18.5 72 5 335.7 335.8 294.0 338.7 0.80 14 350 8603 -21.5 -44.3 11 22.7 -24.8 83 3 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.6 0.21 15 300 9717 -31.5 -46.3 22 14.7 -33.1 28 7 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.7 0.20 16 250 10977 -42.2 -53.3 29 11.1 -42.9 359 17 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.7 0.11 17 200 12447 -53.4 -70.0 11 16.7 -53.7 311 17 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14238 -66.9 -77.0 23 10.1 -67.0 306 6 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16613 -76.6 -84.7 27 8.0 -76.7 84 7 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.53 m Freezing level: 561.84 mb = 4964.98 m = 16289.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.47 mb = 3975.42 m = 13042.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.46 % Est. max temperature: 33.98 C = 93.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.39 mb = 1691.47 m = 5549.38 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 29.88 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1633.31 m = 5358.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.39 C = 93.90 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 32.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1721.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.70 mb = 1545.55 m = 5070.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.70 mb = 1698.57 m = 5572.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.70 mb = 14530.58 m = 47671.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1689.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 11.6 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 41.6 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -148.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 467.07 Bulk Shear: 3.68 m/s