MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 31.00,-113.63 Latitude: 31.00 Longitude: -113.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 -0 28.5 27.5 94 1.1 27.7 176 12 300.5 304.8 300.5 369.5 23.33 1 1000 118 27.3 26.7 96 0.6 26.9 175 14 300.4 304.6 300.0 366.8 22.52 2 950 573 24.9 21.3 81 3.6 22.3 178 15 302.5 305.6 297.3 352.9 17.05 3 900 1048 23.6 16.4 64 7.1 18.7 187 11 305.8 308.2 295.6 345.3 13.17 4 850 1545 20.3 14.2 68 6.1 16.2 208 8 307.4 309.7 295.2 343.8 12.05 5 800 2066 16.5 13.6 83 3.0 14.6 220 8 308.8 311.1 295.7 346.1 12.29 6 750 2614 13.2 7.6 69 5.6 9.7 236 7 310.9 312.6 293.8 337.9 8.76 7 700 3190 9.5 0.9 55 8.6 4.8 241 7 313.0 314.1 292.1 331.4 5.85 8 650 3801 5.4 -4.9 47 10.3 0.4 215 9 315.1 315.9 291.2 328.2 4.10 9 600 4449 0.9 -7.0 56 7.9 -2.7 178 10 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.4 3.77 10 550 5142 -3.7 -16.3 37 12.6 -8.2 172 13 319.7 320.1 290.6 326.3 1.95 11 500 5887 -8.0 -33.6 11 25.7 -13.7 182 15 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.0 0.45 12 450 6701 -11.3 -51.5 2 40.2 -17.0 211 21 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 13 400 7594 -16.5 -55.4 2 38.9 -21.1 213 22 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.05 14 350 8588 -21.0 -58.6 2 37.6 -24.8 234 25 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.04 15 300 9711 -27.8 -60.2 3 32.4 -30.4 238 30 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 16 250 10994 -38.1 -63.8 5 25.7 -39.3 253 31 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 17 200 12488 -50.0 -75.0 4 25.0 -50.5 258 29 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14306 -64.2 -77.1 15 12.9 -64.3 243 19 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16715 -74.6 -82.1 30 7.5 -74.6 38 4 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.59 m Freezing level: 590.24 mb = 4584.33 m = 15040.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.21 mb = 3885.68 m = 12748.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.64 % Est. max temperature: 35.00 C = 94.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.50 mb = 131.00 m = 429.80 ft T: 27.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 25.66 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1412.52 m = 4634.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.01 C = 95.02 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -7.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1816.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.97 mb = 807.87 m = 2650.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.97 mb = 1854.37 m = 6083.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.97 mb = 13515.93 m = 44343.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1814.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.7 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 223.7 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -160.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -2.8 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 478.85 Bulk Shear: 3.79 m/s