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: 30.2,-68.39 Latitude: 30.20 Longitude: -68.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -1 28.0 24.6 82 3.4 25.5 79 16 299.7 303.2 298.1 356.8 19.50 1 1000 151 26.4 23.2 83 3.2 24.0 80 19 299.5 302.8 297.2 352.7 18.16 2 950 604 22.5 20.5 88 2.0 21.1 85 21 300.0 303.0 296.0 347.3 16.15 3 900 1073 19.7 14.1 70 5.6 16.0 94 20 301.8 303.9 293.1 335.2 11.31 4 850 1564 17.9 8.9 55 9.1 12.4 88 17 304.9 306.5 291.8 330.3 8.43 5 800 2081 15.7 5.5 51 10.2 9.7 83 15 307.9 309.2 291.6 329.6 7.11 6 750 2626 12.9 1.3 45 11.6 6.6 91 15 310.6 311.7 291.2 328.1 5.62 7 700 3201 9.1 0.3 54 8.9 4.4 92 14 312.6 313.7 291.7 330.1 5.58 8 650 3812 6.0 -4.6 47 10.5 0.8 82 14 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.2 4.19 9 600 4463 3.2 -13.3 29 16.5 -3.6 84 16 319.8 320.2 291.0 327.4 2.28 10 550 5163 -0.8 -18.6 25 17.8 -7.2 103 14 323.1 323.4 291.3 328.6 1.60 11 500 5917 -4.7 -27.6 15 22.9 -11.2 113 17 327.3 327.4 291.7 330.1 0.79 12 450 6738 -9.3 -37.4 8 28.0 -15.3 100 21 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.34 13 400 7638 -15.7 -41.1 9 25.4 -20.1 105 16 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.5 0.26 14 350 8627 -22.8 -50.5 6 27.7 -26.0 121 23 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.11 15 300 9735 -32.6 -52.9 11 20.3 -34.2 134 22 339.4 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.09 16 250 10993 -41.9 -48.1 51 6.2 -42.4 187 14 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.5 0.20 17 200 12465 -54.1 -60.5 45 6.4 -54.2 209 16 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.06 18 150 14255 -65.7 -76.3 21 10.6 -65.8 182 23 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16660 -73.6 -84.2 18 10.6 -73.7 185 7 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.95 m Freezing level: 560.47 mb = 5016.42 m = 16457.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.99 mb = 3925.33 m = 12878.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.25 mb = 426.99 m = 1400.88 ft T: 24.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 28.73 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 1002.18 m = 3287.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 6.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 13.59 C K Index: 22.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 648.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.00 mb = 807.55 m = 2649.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.00 mb = 2704.30 m = 8872.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.00 mb = 12686.45 m = 41621.70 ft B at Equ Level: 645.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.00 mb = 15431.77 m = 50628.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 90.6 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 120.6 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -14.7 tot: 9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 271.75 Bulk Shear: 2.39 m/s