MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.65,-86.77 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -86.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 115 SFC 990 201 17.9 16.4 91 1.5 17.0 335 4 291.9 294.0 290.5 325.8 11.96 2 950 556 19.3 14.7 75 4.6 16.3 13 6 296.8 298.8 291.5 329.0 11.14 3 900 1019 15.4 14.4 94 1.0 14.7 351 3 297.3 299.4 291.9 330.7 11.50 4 850 1503 13.7 10.3 80 3.3 11.6 352 5 300.4 302.2 291.1 327.9 9.31 5 800 2012 10.7 8.0 83 2.7 9.1 346 6 302.5 304.1 291.0 327.6 8.43 6 750 2547 7.8 4.5 79 3.4 5.9 339 6 305.1 306.4 290.7 326.3 7.04 7 700 3113 4.6 0.8 76 3.8 2.6 348 7 307.6 308.7 290.4 325.4 5.80 8 650 3714 0.7 -1.5 85 2.3 -0.4 7 9 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.1 5.26 9 600 4352 -2.7 -8.9 62 6.2 -5.3 4 8 313.0 313.6 289.8 323.4 3.25 10 550 5037 -7.0 -13.3 61 6.2 -9.4 8 6 315.7 316.2 289.9 323.9 2.50 11 500 5772 -12.3 -13.5 90 1.3 -12.8 15 9 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.0 2.69 12 450 6569 -18.2 -22.8 67 4.6 -19.4 30 9 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.1 1.36 13 400 7439 -23.6 -44.8 12 21.2 -26.1 71 4 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.18 14 350 8396 -31.9 -46.8 22 14.9 -33.3 254 1 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.16 15 300 9474 -36.5 -63.2 5 26.7 -37.8 329 10 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.03 16 250 10723 -42.1 -67.7 4 25.6 -42.9 298 10 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 17 200 12199 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 293 7 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14044 -56.6 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.9 252 14 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16543 -66.2 -86.7 4 20.5 -66.3 280 13 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.41 m Freezing level: 639.45 mb = 3848.35 m = 12625.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.53 mb = 3632.65 m = 11918.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.54 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.19 mb = 383.98 m = 1259.76 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 5.30 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1576.41 m = 5171.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.14 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 32.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.73 mb = 1002.35 m = 3288.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.73 mb = 4941.18 m = 16211.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.73 mb = 7315.65 m = 24001.19 ft B at Equ Level: 65.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 306.73 mb = 9318.87 m = 30573.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 1.2 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 31.2 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -1.9 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 239.87 Bulk Shear: 0.29 m/s