MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 33.3,-88.9 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 26.8 18.7 61 8.1 21.2 175 4 299.7 302.2 294.2 339.6 13.66 1 1000 129 27.0 18.7 60 8.3 21.2 180 7 300.2 302.7 294.4 340.3 13.72 2 950 583 25.3 18.4 66 6.9 20.5 195 20 302.9 305.5 295.5 344.9 14.20 3 900 1056 21.3 16.6 75 4.6 18.1 202 16 303.4 305.9 295.0 343.0 13.35 4 850 1549 17.6 13.6 77 4.0 15.0 200 10 304.6 306.8 294.1 339.2 11.60 5 800 2065 14.5 11.3 81 3.2 12.5 190 7 306.7 308.6 294.0 338.6 10.61 6 750 2608 11.7 5.6 66 6.1 8.1 230 11 309.2 310.7 292.4 332.6 7.62 7 700 3183 9.8 -3.4 39 13.2 3.1 243 12 313.3 314.1 290.8 326.8 4.25 8 650 3794 4.8 0.6 74 4.2 2.5 246 16 314.4 315.5 292.7 333.7 6.16 9 600 4442 1.4 -5.9 58 7.3 -2.1 268 18 317.7 318.5 292.0 331.0 4.11 10 550 5140 -0.3 -25.6 13 25.3 -8.0 279 20 323.7 323.9 290.8 326.8 0.87 11 500 5895 -5.4 -21.5 27 16.1 -10.6 273 18 326.5 326.8 292.1 331.3 1.38 12 450 6711 -12.1 -21.9 44 9.7 -15.1 261 23 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.2 1.48 13 400 7600 -18.3 -32.0 29 13.7 -21.1 265 29 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.6 0.66 14 350 8583 -24.8 -52.0 6 27.2 -27.5 283 33 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.09 15 300 9685 -33.3 -50.4 16 17.1 -34.7 293 40 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.13 16 250 10938 -43.3 -56.0 23 12.8 -43.9 297 44 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.08 17 200 12403 -54.0 -67.0 19 12.9 -54.3 304 43 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14200 -65.0 -79.8 11 14.8 -65.1 300 44 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.00 19 100 16630 -69.6 -86.2 7 16.6 -69.7 300 15 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.78 m Freezing level: 558.89 mb = 5015.72 m = 16455.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.86 mb = 4139.06 m = 13579.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.49 mb = 1137.87 m = 3733.11 ft T: 20.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.15 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.73 mb = 1857.73 m = 6094.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.30 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.99 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 23.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 302.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.57 mb = 1422.26 m = 4666.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.57 mb = 3574.20 m = 11726.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 567.57 mb = 4887.65 m = 16035.39 ft B at Equ Level: 47.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.57 mb = 13507.93 m = 44316.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.7 neg: -30.2 tot: 48.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 14.99 Bulk Shear: 20.15 m/s