MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509210000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509210000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 21 SEP 25 Station: 33.5,-86.4 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -86.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 994 187 27.8 18.6 58 9.1 21.4 103 3 301.4 303.9 294.7 341.8 13.72 2 950 591 28.0 13.4 40 14.7 18.3 96 4 305.6 307.5 293.4 336.2 10.19 3 900 1067 23.8 11.6 46 12.2 15.9 97 3 306.0 307.8 293.0 334.8 9.56 4 850 1562 19.0 10.4 57 8.6 13.6 112 1 306.0 307.8 292.9 334.2 9.34 5 800 2079 14.1 9.0 71 5.1 10.9 209 1 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.4 9.04 6 750 2620 9.4 7.3 87 2.1 8.2 273 4 306.8 308.4 292.5 332.8 8.61 7 700 3188 5.0 2.4 84 2.6 3.6 260 7 308.0 309.2 291.2 328.0 6.52 8 650 3789 1.4 -5.8 59 7.2 -1.9 256 9 310.6 311.3 289.5 322.6 3.81 9 600 4429 -1.9 -10.8 51 8.9 -5.5 269 7 313.9 314.4 289.6 322.9 2.79 10 550 5117 -5.1 -15.9 43 10.7 -9.0 280 8 318.0 318.4 290.2 324.7 2.01 11 500 5859 -9.3 -28.5 19 19.2 -14.1 267 11 321.6 321.8 290.0 324.2 0.73 12 450 6667 -13.6 -41.3 8 27.7 -18.3 286 11 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.23 13 400 7552 -19.0 -31.5 32 12.4 -21.6 291 17 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.8 0.69 14 350 8531 -26.0 -40.4 24 14.5 -28.0 261 20 333.8 333.8 293.0 335.0 0.32 15 300 9628 -34.6 -45.6 32 11.0 -35.7 259 28 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.22 16 250 10873 -45.4 -53.9 38 8.4 -45.9 270 28 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.10 17 200 12316 -58.5 -63.7 51 5.3 -58.5 271 27 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 18 150 14107 -61.6 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.8 285 30 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16591 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.0 283 15 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.75 m Freezing level: 628.88 mb = 4059.39 m = 13318.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.37 mb = 3575.17 m = 11729.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.86 % Est. max temperature: 32.39 C = 90.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.49 mb = 1356.00 m = 4448.78 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 19.25 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.43 mb = 2449.08 m = 8034.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.93 C = 91.27 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 246.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.66 mb = 2241.19 m = 7352.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.66 mb = 2623.35 m = 8606.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 419.66 mb = 7191.63 m = 23594.29 ft B at Equ Level: 246.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.66 mb = 12011.07 m = 39405.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -1.2 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 21.62 Bulk Shear: 11.39 m/s