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: 26.01,-74.61 Latitude: 26.01 Longitude: -74.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 -0 28.5 25.0 82 3.4 25.9 81 17 300.5 304.2 298.6 359.6 20.10 1 1000 115 27.1 23.9 83 3.2 24.7 81 19 300.2 303.7 297.9 355.9 18.94 2 950 569 23.3 20.4 84 2.9 21.2 86 20 300.8 303.8 296.2 348.0 16.05 3 900 1040 20.2 16.5 79 3.7 17.7 114 15 302.3 304.7 294.7 341.4 13.24 4 850 1531 17.8 12.3 70 5.5 14.2 110 14 304.8 306.7 293.4 336.5 10.61 5 800 2048 15.1 9.7 70 5.4 11.7 90 12 307.3 309.0 293.3 336.0 9.51 6 750 2593 12.2 7.5 73 4.8 9.3 89 12 309.9 311.5 293.4 336.5 8.68 7 700 3168 9.3 2.4 62 6.9 5.5 93 11 312.8 314.1 292.6 333.2 6.53 8 650 3780 6.3 -6.3 40 12.6 0.3 95 12 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.0 3.68 9 600 4431 3.1 -15.1 25 18.1 -4.0 106 12 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.3 1.97 10 550 5130 -1.2 -23.2 17 22.0 -8.2 116 12 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.5 1.08 11 500 5883 -5.3 -30.1 12 24.8 -11.8 104 10 326.6 326.7 291.4 328.9 0.63 12 450 6702 -9.8 -32.5 14 22.8 -15.2 112 7 331.0 331.1 292.5 333.0 0.55 13 400 7600 -15.9 -28.7 33 12.7 -19.1 112 4 334.3 334.4 293.7 337.6 0.90 14 350 8592 -22.4 -40.6 17 18.2 -25.2 157 10 338.6 338.6 294.3 339.8 0.32 15 300 9707 -30.0 -36.1 55 6.1 -31.0 180 24 343.1 343.2 295.6 345.4 0.58 16 250 10978 -40.7 -48.6 42 7.9 -41.3 194 29 345.5 345.6 295.8 346.3 0.18 17 200 12452 -53.6 -59.2 50 5.6 -53.8 214 34 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.2 0.06 18 150 14245 -66.4 -77.4 20 11.0 -66.5 197 20 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16642 -74.3 -83.5 23 9.2 -74.3 117 12 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.54 m Freezing level: 563.80 mb = 4937.00 m = 16197.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.39 mb = 3824.87 m = 12548.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.54 % Est. max temperature: 32.10 C = 89.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.63 mb = 433.78 m = 1423.16 ft T: 24.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 23.58 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.37 mb = 1026.34 m = 3367.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.44 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 17.55 C K Index: 28.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 790.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.50 mb = 843.51 m = 2767.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.50 mb = 1576.62 m = 5172.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.50 mb = 12921.32 m = 42392.26 ft B at Equ Level: 789.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.50 mb = 15789.81 m = 51803.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.1 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 129.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -10.5 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 111.83 Bulk Shear: 7.07 m/s