MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 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 109 SFC 957 502 29.6 19.4 54 10.2 22.3 299 3 306.6 309.4 297.0 351.6 14.96 2 950 567 29.8 18.9 52 10.9 22.0 303 4 307.4 310.1 297.0 351.5 14.62 3 900 1047 25.4 17.7 62 7.7 20.0 314 4 307.7 310.4 296.8 350.9 14.32 4 850 1547 21.8 13.9 61 8.0 16.4 51 4 309.0 311.2 295.5 344.8 11.79 5 800 2070 18.7 5.9 43 12.8 11.0 78 7 311.1 312.5 292.7 333.7 7.30 6 750 2620 14.9 0.6 38 14.3 7.1 116 7 312.7 313.8 291.6 329.5 5.33 7 700 3199 10.4 2.5 58 7.9 5.9 159 9 314.0 315.3 293.0 334.7 6.57 8 650 3811 6.4 -0.1 63 6.5 2.9 147 8 316.2 317.4 293.0 334.8 5.86 9 600 4465 3.2 -0.5 77 3.7 1.2 150 7 319.8 321.0 294.2 339.6 6.17 10 550 5165 -0.2 -16.8 27 16.6 -6.4 201 3 323.8 324.2 291.7 330.2 1.87 11 500 5921 -4.3 -30.9 11 26.6 -11.3 302 10 327.8 327.9 291.7 329.9 0.58 12 450 6745 -9.5 -12.0 82 2.4 -10.6 252 24 331.2 331.9 295.0 342.9 3.40 13 400 7642 -16.3 -19.6 76 3.2 -17.4 241 23 333.8 334.2 294.6 340.9 2.03 14 350 8633 -23.5 -25.2 86 1.7 -23.9 246 28 337.0 337.3 294.8 342.1 1.41 15 300 9742 -31.1 -35.5 65 4.4 -31.8 237 39 341.5 341.6 295.3 343.9 0.62 16 250 11012 -39.7 -49.7 34 10.0 -40.5 233 42 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.7 0.16 17 200 12498 -50.8 -66.2 15 15.3 -51.2 238 38 352.2 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.03 18 150 14313 -63.9 -73.7 25 9.8 -64.0 242 28 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16729 -72.8 -84.3 16 11.5 -72.8 204 8 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.84 m Freezing level: 553.06 mb = 5122.50 m = 16805.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.18 mb = 4570.48 m = 14994.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.03 % Est. max temperature: 33.75 C = 92.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.87 mb = 1806.06 m = 5925.33 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 22.10 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.36 mb = 2694.35 m = 8839.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.85 C = 96.54 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.16 C K Index: 32.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 628.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.11 mb = 2090.46 m = 6858.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.11 mb = 3161.42 m = 10371.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.11 mb = 11477.66 m = 37655.90 ft B at Equ Level: 627.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.11 mb = 15024.44 m = 49292.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.2 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 206.2 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.4 neg: -4.2 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 41.81 Bulk Shear: 15.03 m/s