MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 30.81,-69.47 Latitude: 30.81 Longitude: -69.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 -1 27.5 24.5 83 3.1 25.3 83 17 299.1 302.6 297.8 355.6 19.31 1 1000 160 25.9 23.0 84 2.8 23.8 85 20 299.0 302.3 297.0 351.5 17.98 2 950 612 22.4 19.3 82 3.1 20.2 91 24 299.9 302.7 295.2 343.7 14.97 3 900 1081 19.9 14.9 73 5.0 16.6 95 26 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.3 11.95 4 850 1572 17.1 13.4 79 3.6 14.7 89 24 304.0 306.2 293.9 338.2 11.48 5 800 2088 14.4 13.3 93 1.1 13.7 88 19 306.5 308.8 295.0 342.9 12.09 6 750 2633 11.9 10.5 91 1.4 11.0 91 15 309.5 311.6 294.8 342.2 10.71 7 700 3208 8.9 5.7 80 3.2 7.0 90 14 312.4 313.9 293.8 337.8 8.22 8 650 3818 5.6 -1.5 60 7.1 1.9 93 14 315.3 316.3 292.3 332.1 5.28 9 600 4470 2.9 -13.8 28 16.8 -3.8 95 16 319.5 319.9 290.8 326.8 2.18 10 550 5168 -1.1 -21.9 19 20.8 -7.9 107 14 322.7 323.0 290.8 326.9 1.20 11 500 5922 -4.9 -30.8 11 25.9 -11.6 124 14 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.59 12 450 6742 -9.8 -35.8 10 26.0 -15.5 117 21 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.4 0.40 13 400 7640 -16.1 -44.1 7 28.0 -20.5 119 17 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.19 14 350 8628 -23.1 -54.4 4 31.3 -26.3 130 20 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.07 15 300 9736 -32.7 -51.5 14 18.8 -34.3 151 23 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.7 0.11 16 250 10994 -41.9 -48.3 49 6.4 -42.3 212 18 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.6 0.19 17 200 12462 -54.1 -61.1 42 7.0 -54.3 191 22 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.05 18 150 14257 -66.0 -76.4 22 10.4 -66.1 214 22 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16662 -72.6 -85.6 12 12.9 -72.7 227 7 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.02 m Freezing level: 564.12 mb = 4970.74 m = 16308.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.50 mb = 4027.60 m = 13213.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.69 mb = 385.63 m = 1265.16 ft T: 24.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.25 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.45 mb = 1182.52 m = 3879.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.93 C Cross Totals Index: 18.29 C K Index: 32.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 446.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.73 mb = 846.00 m = 2775.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.73 mb = 1777.68 m = 5832.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.73 mb = 12149.87 m = 39861.28 ft B at Equ Level: 444.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.73 mb = 14677.47 m = 48153.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.7 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 124.7 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.5 neg: -32.2 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 195.29 Bulk Shear: 2.29 m/s