MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 34.72,-101.54 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -101.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 1 950 465 2 900 954 SFC 897 988 32.1 10.0 26 22.1 17.7 182 8 315.0 316.6 294.8 342.0 8.63 4 850 1465 28.9 6.3 24 22.6 14.8 198 16 316.4 317.8 294.0 338.7 7.07 5 800 1999 23.8 5.2 30 18.6 12.4 206 18 316.5 317.9 293.9 338.5 6.95 6 750 2557 18.8 3.8 37 15.1 9.9 217 18 317.0 318.3 293.9 338.2 6.69 7 700 3144 13.4 1.7 45 11.7 6.7 225 18 317.3 318.5 293.6 337.0 6.19 8 650 3761 7.5 1.3 65 6.2 4.0 233 18 317.4 318.7 293.8 338.0 6.47 9 600 4413 1.6 -2.0 77 3.6 -0.3 247 17 318.0 319.0 293.2 335.6 5.50 10 550 5108 -3.4 -5.1 88 1.7 -4.2 262 18 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.5 4.77 11 500 5856 -8.0 -9.9 86 1.9 -8.8 271 26 323.3 324.0 293.2 335.3 3.62 12 450 6667 -12.6 -17.8 65 5.3 -14.4 267 32 327.4 327.8 293.0 334.6 2.09 13 400 7556 -18.2 -25.1 55 6.9 -20.0 264 34 331.3 331.6 293.3 335.8 1.25 14 350 8541 -24.7 -33.5 44 8.7 -26.3 278 42 335.4 335.5 293.8 337.8 0.65 15 300 9647 -31.6 -45.5 24 13.9 -33.0 281 56 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.22 16 250 10913 -40.3 -61.2 9 20.9 -41.2 282 69 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 17 200 12395 -51.6 -70.6 9 19.0 -52.0 280 72 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14209 -64.3 -79.6 11 15.2 -64.4 280 67 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 19 100 16624 -71.9 -85.9 11 13.9 -72.0 267 23 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.11 m Freezing level: 583.95 mb = 4636.14 m = 15210.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.19 mb = 4369.67 m = 14336.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.73 % Est. max temperature: 34.15 C = 93.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 649.84 mb = 3762.47 m = 12343.92 ft T: 7.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 4.96 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.71 mb = 4362.68 m = 14313.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.01 C = 95.02 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.90 C Cross Totals Index: 14.30 C K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 618.47 mb = 4165.80 m = 13667.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.47 mb = 4774.25 m = 15663.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.47 mb = 7677.38 m = 25187.96 ft B at Equ Level: 67.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.47 mb = 9331.50 m = 30614.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.5 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 274.5 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 33.11 m/s