MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 31.97,-110.13 Latitude: 31.97 Longitude: -110.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 502 2 900 990 SFC 864 1354 30.6 14.5 38 16.1 19.4 267 2 316.7 319.0 297.6 354.6 12.10 4 850 1500 27.5 13.7 43 13.7 18.0 269 2 314.9 317.1 296.9 351.3 11.69 5 800 2031 22.0 12.6 55 9.4 15.7 270 2 314.7 316.9 296.7 350.5 11.55 6 750 2587 16.6 11.4 71 5.3 13.1 268 2 314.6 316.8 296.6 349.9 11.34 7 700 3171 11.7 6.7 72 4.9 8.6 249 5 315.4 317.1 295.1 343.1 8.85 8 650 3786 7.6 0.7 62 6.9 3.8 243 14 317.5 318.7 293.7 337.3 6.21 9 600 4441 3.1 -3.4 62 6.5 -0.3 239 18 319.7 320.6 293.2 335.7 4.95 10 550 5140 -1.6 -8.5 60 6.8 -4.7 241 18 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.3 3.67 11 500 5892 -5.8 -17.7 38 12.0 -10.1 252 17 326.0 326.4 292.4 332.5 1.90 12 450 6709 -10.7 -28.8 21 18.1 -15.3 265 21 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.6 0.79 13 400 7605 -16.0 -42.7 8 26.8 -20.4 280 25 334.2 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.22 14 350 8596 -23.3 -43.6 14 20.3 -26.1 268 32 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.23 15 300 9703 -32.0 -46.7 22 14.7 -33.4 264 37 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.1 0.19 16 250 10967 -40.6 -58.5 13 17.9 -41.5 260 47 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.06 17 200 12446 -52.3 -64.6 22 12.2 -52.7 259 50 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.03 18 150 14249 -64.9 -77.0 17 12.2 -65.0 261 45 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16667 -73.2 -85.4 14 12.2 -73.3 290 8 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.90 m Freezing level: 567.28 mb = 4898.02 m = 16069.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.38 mb = 4394.74 m = 14418.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.92 mb = 3363.72 m = 11035.68 ft T: 10.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 22.03 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.62 mb = 3379.52 m = 11087.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.22 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 41.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 945.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.70 mb = 3233.72 m = 10609.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.70 mb = 3663.28 m = 12018.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.70 mb = 12777.62 m = 41920.82 ft B at Equ Level: 936.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.70 mb = 16114.75 m = 52869.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 54.39 Bulk Shear: 17.39 m/s