MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 119 SFC 958 502 27.9 19.3 60 8.6 21.8 288 4 304.8 307.5 296.4 349.2 14.89 2 950 575 28.6 18.3 54 10.3 21.3 300 9 306.2 308.8 296.3 348.5 14.11 3 900 1054 24.8 16.8 61 8.1 19.2 320 9 307.1 309.6 296.1 347.7 13.48 4 850 1553 21.5 14.6 65 6.9 16.8 9 9 308.7 311.0 295.8 346.4 12.42 5 800 2076 17.6 12.0 70 5.6 13.9 35 10 309.9 312.0 295.2 343.6 11.06 6 750 2624 14.2 1.9 43 12.3 7.3 68 5 312.0 313.1 291.8 330.3 5.87 7 700 3203 10.1 3.6 64 6.5 6.3 197 9 313.7 315.0 293.3 335.9 7.10 8 650 3815 5.9 2.9 81 3.0 4.2 182 11 315.7 317.1 294.0 338.6 7.28 9 600 4467 3.0 -0.6 78 3.5 1.0 173 10 319.5 320.7 294.1 339.2 6.13 10 550 5169 0.6 -17.3 25 17.9 -6.1 192 8 324.8 325.2 292.0 331.0 1.79 11 500 5927 -4.2 -15.4 41 11.2 -8.5 243 11 327.9 328.4 293.3 335.9 2.30 12 450 6749 -10.0 -12.6 81 2.6 -11.1 228 21 330.7 331.4 294.7 341.8 3.24 13 400 7646 -16.1 -19.0 78 2.9 -17.0 239 24 334.1 334.5 294.7 341.6 2.13 14 350 8636 -24.5 -25.1 95 0.6 -24.6 248 28 335.7 336.0 294.5 340.9 1.43 15 300 9744 -31.1 -37.2 55 6.1 -32.0 239 38 341.5 341.6 295.1 343.5 0.52 16 250 11012 -40.0 -49.1 37 9.1 -40.6 240 40 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.4 0.18 17 200 12497 -51.1 -67.5 13 16.3 -51.5 238 34 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 18 150 14311 -64.0 -74.5 23 10.4 -64.1 218 24 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16737 -71.3 -84.8 12 13.5 -71.3 189 10 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.43 m Freezing level: 543.58 mb = 5266.20 m = 17277.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.89 mb = 4563.19 m = 14970.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.62 mb = 1597.81 m = 5242.09 ft T: 21.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 18.88 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.48 mb = 2663.86 m = 8739.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.14 C = 95.25 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 18.83 C K Index: 33.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 400.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.07 mb = 2064.65 m = 6773.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.07 mb = 3368.64 m = 11051.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 556.07 mb = 5080.44 m = 16667.92 ft B at Equ Level: 55.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.07 mb = 14060.86 m = 46130.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.2 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 244.2 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.4 neg: -7.3 tot: 93.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 17.21 Bulk Shear: 23.27 m/s