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: 31.45,-69.64 Latitude: 31.45 Longitude: -69.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -1 27.7 25.5 88 2.2 26.0 74 16 299.3 303.0 298.5 359.3 20.52 1 1000 165 26.0 24.3 90 1.7 24.7 74 19 299.2 302.7 297.9 356.0 19.43 2 950 618 22.5 20.7 90 1.7 21.3 89 22 300.0 303.0 296.2 348.1 16.44 3 900 1087 19.1 16.1 82 3.1 17.1 94 19 301.2 303.6 294.1 339.0 12.86 4 850 1577 16.3 11.5 73 4.8 13.3 104 17 303.2 305.1 292.6 333.2 10.09 5 800 2091 15.3 4.2 47 11.2 8.9 98 16 307.5 308.7 290.9 327.3 6.46 6 750 2636 12.9 1.1 44 11.8 6.4 101 15 310.5 311.6 291.0 327.7 5.52 7 700 3211 8.8 -0.0 54 8.9 4.1 98 13 312.3 313.3 291.5 329.4 5.46 8 650 3821 6.0 -11.1 28 17.1 -1.3 96 14 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.0 2.51 9 600 4472 3.0 -18.5 19 21.4 -4.8 100 14 319.6 319.9 290.2 324.6 1.49 10 550 5170 -1.6 -22.4 19 20.8 -8.3 116 14 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.2 1.15 11 500 5923 -4.9 -35.5 7 30.6 -11.9 135 14 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.5 0.37 12 450 6743 -9.9 -38.8 7 28.9 -15.7 132 19 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.30 13 400 7641 -16.0 -46.2 6 30.2 -20.5 136 17 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.15 14 350 8629 -23.5 -49.7 7 26.3 -26.5 144 20 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.12 15 300 9735 -32.9 -49.9 17 17.0 -34.4 162 25 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.13 16 250 10992 -42.3 -46.5 63 4.2 -42.6 205 23 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.23 17 200 12459 -54.2 -58.5 59 4.3 -54.4 196 28 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14252 -65.6 -76.6 20 11.0 -65.7 232 25 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16663 -72.8 -85.4 13 12.6 -72.9 228 8 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.86 m Freezing level: 567.35 mb = 4927.64 m = 16166.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.32 mb = 3666.30 m = 12028.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.81 mb = 281.99 m = 925.17 ft T: 25.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 32.07 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.77 mb = 758.22 m = 2487.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.03 C Showalter Index: 4.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.13 C Cross Totals Index: 16.38 C K Index: 23.79 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1275.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.28 mb = 679.56 m = 2229.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.28 mb = 818.63 m = 2685.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.28 mb = 13175.55 m = 43226.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1270.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 100.2 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 130.2 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.5 neg: -7.2 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 165.35 Bulk Shear: 7.71 m/s