MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.20,-86.27 Latitude: 34.20 Longitude: -86.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 981 280 24.7 19.1 71 5.7 20.8 359 5 299.6 302.2 294.6 341.3 14.29 2 950 557 21.2 17.5 79 3.7 18.7 349 6 298.7 301.2 293.7 337.7 13.38 3 900 1023 17.0 15.5 91 1.5 16.0 341 9 299.0 301.3 293.1 335.2 12.42 4 850 1509 14.0 11.6 85 2.4 12.4 353 8 300.8 302.6 291.9 330.6 10.13 5 800 2018 10.6 7.2 79 3.5 8.6 343 6 302.5 304.0 290.6 326.2 7.97 6 750 2553 8.3 -0.2 55 8.5 3.9 337 7 305.6 306.5 289.0 320.9 5.01 7 700 3121 5.8 -6.9 40 12.7 0.1 339 9 308.9 309.5 288.5 319.1 3.25 8 650 3722 1.6 -3.6 68 5.2 -0.9 339 11 310.8 311.6 290.2 324.9 4.51 9 600 4362 -2.2 -9.6 57 7.4 -5.3 336 14 313.6 314.2 289.8 323.5 3.08 10 550 5049 -5.5 -19.9 31 14.4 -10.1 335 16 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.4 1.43 11 500 5789 -10.4 -22.7 36 12.3 -13.9 343 16 320.3 320.6 290.2 324.6 1.23 12 450 6592 -16.2 -24.2 50 8.0 -18.3 338 18 322.9 323.1 290.9 327.1 1.20 13 400 7464 -23.7 -31.6 48 7.9 -25.1 336 18 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.68 14 350 8424 -31.0 -37.5 53 6.5 -31.9 346 11 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.43 15 300 9505 -36.3 -58.5 8 22.3 -37.5 331 20 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 16 250 10750 -43.4 -68.2 5 24.8 -44.2 307 21 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.02 17 200 12225 -51.1 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.5 295 21 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14062 -58.5 -83.6 3 25.2 -58.7 292 24 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16554 -67.1 -85.4 6 18.3 -67.2 249 11 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.19 m Freezing level: 628.87 mb = 3992.67 m = 13099.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.07 mb = 3166.56 m = 10388.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.67 mb = 997.53 m = 3272.70 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 22.16 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1196.38 m = 3925.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 23.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 730.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.62 mb = 1121.67 m = 3679.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.62 mb = 1363.96 m = 4474.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.62 mb = 9628.82 m = 31590.23 ft B at Equ Level: 730.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.62 mb = 12735.69 m = 41783.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.0 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 10.0 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: -2.0 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 200.41 Bulk Shear: 3.65 m/s