MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 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 127 SFC 959 502 31.4 19.2 48 12.2 22.6 222 5 308.3 311.0 297.3 352.9 14.74 2 950 585 29.5 18.8 52 10.8 21.9 222 5 307.1 309.8 296.8 350.8 14.49 3 900 1064 24.8 17.8 65 7.0 19.9 225 5 307.1 309.8 296.7 350.5 14.43 4 850 1563 20.0 16.6 81 3.4 17.6 226 4 307.1 309.7 296.5 349.5 14.09 5 800 2083 16.0 14.0 88 2.0 14.7 210 5 308.2 310.6 295.8 346.6 12.68 6 750 2629 12.3 9.5 83 2.8 10.6 242 4 310.0 311.9 294.4 340.6 10.00 7 700 3205 9.0 -2.4 45 11.4 3.2 334 4 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.0 4.59 8 650 3813 4.8 -10.0 33 14.9 -1.6 305 4 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.3 2.74 9 600 4460 0.8 -8.6 49 9.4 -3.4 270 10 317.0 317.7 291.1 327.8 3.32 10 550 5156 -2.2 -5.7 77 3.5 -3.9 245 16 321.4 322.3 293.4 336.3 4.54 11 500 5907 -6.4 -16.1 46 9.8 -9.9 251 22 325.3 325.7 292.4 332.7 2.17 12 450 6724 -11.0 -13.1 85 2.0 -11.8 249 28 329.4 330.0 294.3 340.0 3.11 13 400 7619 -16.5 -19.3 79 2.8 -17.4 245 34 333.5 333.9 294.5 340.8 2.08 14 350 8611 -22.6 -27.3 66 4.7 -23.7 239 44 338.3 338.5 295.0 342.6 1.17 15 300 9725 -30.2 -37.0 52 6.8 -31.2 230 49 342.8 342.9 295.5 344.9 0.53 16 250 10998 -39.5 -57.0 14 17.5 -40.5 229 45 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.07 17 200 12486 -50.4 -64.8 17 14.4 -50.8 243 36 352.9 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.03 18 150 14303 -64.1 -74.5 23 10.4 -64.2 240 24 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16723 -72.4 -82.8 19 10.4 -72.5 185 10 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.79 m Freezing level: 587.19 mb = 4638.48 m = 15217.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.46 mb = 3607.92 m = 11836.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.29 mb = 2047.84 m = 6718.54 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 29.54 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.41 mb = 2089.30 m = 6854.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 31.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.81 mb = 1957.31 m = 6421.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.81 mb = 2223.81 m = 7295.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.81 mb = 11647.09 m = 38211.77 ft B at Equ Level: 917.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.81 mb = 15795.66 m = 51822.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.0 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 282.0 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -6.4 tot: -5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 193.57 Bulk Shear: 4.76 m/s