MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 31.17,-90.26 Latitude: 31.17 Longitude: -90.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 108 21.6 21.3 98 0.4 21.4 264 2 294.5 297.4 294.4 340.5 16.08 1 1000 132 21.7 21.4 98 0.3 21.5 280 2 294.9 297.8 294.6 341.3 16.22 2 950 577 19.6 18.8 95 0.8 19.1 314 10 297.1 299.7 294.1 339.0 14.52 3 900 1044 20.2 12.5 61 7.7 15.3 251 17 302.3 304.2 292.4 332.5 10.17 4 850 1536 17.8 16.3 91 1.6 16.8 242 26 304.8 307.4 295.8 346.1 13.82 5 800 2054 15.3 12.7 84 2.6 13.6 245 27 307.5 309.6 294.9 342.4 11.59 6 750 2599 12.7 5.8 63 6.9 8.6 252 25 310.4 311.8 292.9 334.2 7.76 7 700 3175 8.4 2.8 68 5.6 5.3 258 26 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.7 6.72 8 650 3783 3.7 -0.3 76 3.9 1.6 256 27 313.1 314.2 292.0 331.2 5.78 9 600 4428 -0.0 -3.8 76 3.7 -1.9 257 29 316.1 317.0 292.1 331.5 4.83 10 550 5121 -3.2 -10.1 59 6.9 -6.2 256 28 320.2 320.9 291.9 330.9 3.23 11 500 5869 -7.3 -13.6 61 6.3 -9.7 253 24 324.2 324.7 292.6 333.2 2.69 12 450 6683 -11.9 -20.7 48 8.7 -14.7 250 25 328.2 328.6 292.8 334.0 1.64 13 400 7575 -17.4 -36.3 18 18.9 -21.0 252 29 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.0 0.43 14 350 8558 -25.4 -43.4 17 18.0 -27.7 254 34 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.4 0.24 15 300 9661 -32.3 -46.5 23 14.3 -33.7 247 52 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.19 16 250 10924 -41.1 -56.8 17 15.6 -41.9 247 56 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.07 17 200 12398 -53.5 -61.6 36 8.2 -53.7 250 59 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14195 -65.3 -80.5 11 15.1 -65.4 273 47 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.00 19 100 16614 -72.4 -85.8 11 13.4 -72.4 275 15 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.37 m Freezing level: 600.63 mb = 4419.60 m = 14499.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.06 mb = 4072.17 m = 13359.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.75 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.93 mb = 149.84 m = 491.60 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 14.86 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.25 mb = 1987.57 m = 6520.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.21 C = 93.58 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 237.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.99 mb = 826.27 m = 2710.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.99 mb = 3682.41 m = 12081.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 527.99 mb = 5441.53 m = 17852.57 ft B at Equ Level: 53.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 397.99 mb = 7611.91 m = 24973.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -19.6 tot: 32.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 57.88 m/s