MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 32.94,-112.24 Latitude: 32.94 Longitude: -112.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 958 502 24.7 20.6 78 4.1 21.8 174 2 301.5 304.5 296.4 349.0 16.12 2 950 577 25.1 19.5 71 5.7 21.1 190 2 302.7 305.5 296.1 347.5 15.15 3 900 1052 23.8 16.9 65 6.9 19.0 294 3 306.0 308.6 295.9 346.8 13.60 4 850 1551 20.8 15.5 71 5.4 17.2 337 1 308.0 310.4 296.1 347.7 13.13 5 800 2072 16.7 12.9 78 3.8 14.2 158 2 309.0 311.2 295.5 344.8 11.80 6 750 2619 12.4 9.9 85 2.5 10.8 208 5 310.1 312.0 294.7 341.5 10.27 7 700 3194 8.3 4.0 74 4.4 5.8 258 7 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.3 7.28 8 650 3803 4.7 -5.6 47 10.3 -0.2 272 8 314.3 315.0 290.7 326.7 3.88 9 600 4450 1.0 -15.9 27 16.8 -5.3 250 17 317.2 317.6 289.8 323.4 1.85 10 550 5143 -3.3 -16.3 36 13.0 -8.0 241 28 320.2 320.5 290.7 326.7 1.95 11 500 5893 -5.9 -18.3 37 12.5 -10.2 240 27 325.9 326.2 292.3 332.1 1.80 12 450 6711 -10.7 -24.7 31 13.9 -14.7 247 24 329.7 330.0 292.7 333.8 1.15 13 400 7606 -16.1 -35.3 17 19.2 -20.0 250 38 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.8 0.47 14 350 8594 -24.2 -33.3 43 9.1 -25.9 245 43 336.1 336.3 294.0 338.6 0.66 15 300 9706 -30.1 -50.8 11 20.8 -32.0 238 41 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.5 0.12 16 250 10981 -38.8 -63.9 5 25.1 -40.0 247 40 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 17 200 12470 -50.6 -63.1 22 12.4 -51.0 245 42 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.8 0.04 18 150 14284 -64.8 -77.1 17 12.3 -64.9 248 31 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16702 -72.2 -83.0 18 10.8 -72.2 247 3 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.16 m Freezing level: 588.73 mb = 4606.51 m = 15113.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.54 mb = 3783.15 m = 12411.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.43 mb = 1028.76 m = 3375.16 ft T: 23.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 24.25 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.32 mb = 2261.59 m = 7419.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.46 C = 90.42 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 579.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.04 mb = 1765.43 m = 5792.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.04 mb = 2685.48 m = 8810.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.04 mb = 9845.81 m = 32302.13 ft B at Equ Level: 579.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.04 mb = 14116.29 m = 46312.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: -6.1 tot: 14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 42.82 Bulk Shear: 13.53 m/s