MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 34.36,-111.62 Latitude: 34.36 Longitude: -111.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 564 2 900 1043 SFC 859 1452 24.3 16.8 63 7.5 19.0 207 5 310.7 313.3 297.5 354.0 14.17 4 850 1543 21.8 16.0 70 5.8 17.8 206 4 309.0 311.5 296.7 350.1 13.57 5 800 2066 16.5 14.8 90 1.7 15.3 203 5 308.7 311.2 296.4 349.2 13.34 6 750 2612 12.2 9.7 85 2.5 10.6 199 9 309.8 311.7 294.5 340.6 10.10 7 700 3188 9.4 4.4 71 5.0 6.5 193 18 312.8 314.3 293.4 336.2 7.50 8 650 3799 5.4 2.0 79 3.4 3.5 196 23 315.1 316.4 293.5 336.6 6.84 9 600 4449 1.1 0.3 95 0.7 0.7 197 26 317.4 318.6 293.9 338.2 6.55 10 550 5144 -3.1 -4.7 89 1.6 -3.9 191 26 320.4 321.4 293.4 336.4 4.91 11 500 5892 -7.4 -11.9 70 4.6 -9.2 189 21 324.1 324.7 292.9 334.3 3.06 12 450 6707 -11.5 -16.4 67 4.9 -13.2 196 17 328.8 329.3 293.6 337.0 2.37 13 400 7599 -17.5 -26.0 48 8.5 -19.7 199 22 332.2 332.5 293.4 336.4 1.15 14 350 8587 -23.4 -41.4 18 18.0 -26.1 195 24 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.3 0.29 15 300 9699 -29.7 -51.3 10 21.6 -31.7 205 28 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.11 16 250 10977 -38.2 -66.0 4 27.8 -39.5 231 28 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 17 200 12472 -49.7 -74.6 4 24.9 -50.2 236 29 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14294 -63.9 -81.1 8 17.2 -64.0 243 28 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16723 -71.1 -83.3 15 12.2 -71.2 159 6 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.72 m Freezing level: 587.07 mb = 4628.28 m = 15184.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.69 mb = 4546.54 m = 14916.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.28 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.86 mb = 2390.70 m = 7843.40 ft T: 13.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 17.78 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.02 mb = 2433.13 m = 7982.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.11 C = 73.60 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 40.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 679.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.32 mb = 2385.65 m = 7826.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.32 mb = 2552.12 m = 8373.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.32 mb = 10050.70 m = 32974.32 ft B at Equ Level: 676.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.32 mb = 14073.52 m = 46172.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.6 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 224.6 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 40.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 27.29 Bulk Shear: 24.89 m/s