MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 29.4 20.9 60 8.5 23.2 233 12 306.2 309.3 297.8 355.7 16.46 2 950 585 27.8 20.5 65 7.3 22.5 235 14 305.4 308.4 297.5 353.9 16.21 3 900 1062 23.7 18.9 74 4.8 20.3 247 12 306.0 308.8 297.1 352.3 15.44 4 850 1560 20.6 16.9 79 3.7 17.9 265 6 307.7 310.4 296.8 351.0 14.36 5 800 2082 16.9 13.2 79 3.6 14.4 324 1 309.1 311.4 295.7 345.6 12.02 6 750 2629 13.1 4.9 57 8.2 8.3 41 3 310.8 312.2 292.6 333.2 7.24 7 700 3205 10.0 -5.9 32 15.9 2.4 53 4 313.5 314.2 290.2 324.7 3.51 8 650 3816 5.5 -8.9 35 14.4 -0.9 162 1 315.2 315.8 290.3 325.0 3.01 9 600 4465 2.0 -6.2 54 8.2 -1.9 242 8 318.4 319.2 292.1 331.4 4.00 10 550 5163 -2.0 -5.2 79 3.2 -3.6 240 14 321.7 322.6 293.6 337.0 4.71 11 500 5915 -6.4 -7.7 90 1.4 -7.0 241 19 325.3 326.1 294.2 339.5 4.27 12 450 6732 -11.4 -14.2 80 2.8 -12.5 254 30 328.9 329.4 294.0 338.5 2.82 13 400 7626 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.7 246 37 334.0 334.5 294.8 342.3 2.35 14 350 8620 -22.0 -22.4 97 0.4 -22.1 220 34 339.1 339.4 295.7 345.6 1.81 15 300 9736 -30.2 -32.2 83 2.0 -30.6 212 40 342.8 343.0 295.7 346.1 0.86 16 250 11006 -40.5 -45.8 57 5.3 -41.0 225 43 345.8 345.9 295.9 346.8 0.25 17 200 12491 -50.4 -65.2 16 14.9 -50.8 239 38 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.2 0.03 18 150 14308 -64.5 -75.8 20 11.3 -64.6 233 26 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16722 -72.7 -83.3 19 10.6 -72.8 186 11 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.93 m Freezing level: 575.22 mb = 4810.88 m = 15783.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.98 mb = 3640.37 m = 11943.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.77 % Est. max temperature: 32.02 C = 89.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.87 mb = 1581.82 m = 5189.64 ft T: 20.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 30.93 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.59 mb = 2032.79 m = 6669.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 27.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1197.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.96 mb = 1683.02 m = 5521.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.96 mb = 2373.42 m = 7786.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.96 mb = 12393.37 m = 40660.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1192.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -3.8 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 584.90 Bulk Shear: 2.05 m/s