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: 35.53,-101.70 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 525 SFC 900 998 27.4 13.2 42 14.2 17.9 2 10 309.7 311.7 294.8 342.3 10.67 3 900 1003 26.0 12.7 44 13.3 17.2 2 10 308.3 310.3 294.3 339.7 10.32 4 850 1502 20.8 11.3 55 9.5 14.7 359 11 307.9 309.8 293.9 338.1 9.95 5 800 2022 15.7 10.4 71 5.3 12.3 357 12 307.9 309.7 293.9 338.0 9.96 6 750 2566 12.9 -0.7 39 13.6 5.7 323 13 310.6 311.5 290.5 325.7 4.85 7 700 3142 9.3 -3.5 40 12.8 2.9 301 13 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.2 4.23 8 650 3752 5.9 -11.2 28 17.1 -1.4 274 20 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.8 2.50 9 600 4401 2.1 -21.8 15 23.9 -5.8 258 27 318.6 318.8 289.5 322.4 1.11 10 550 5097 -2.4 -23.9 17 21.5 -9.0 253 26 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.7 1.01 11 500 5845 -7.4 -29.6 15 22.1 -13.0 257 25 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.4 0.66 12 450 6656 -13.4 -28.4 27 15.0 -17.1 265 35 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.3 0.81 13 400 7540 -18.9 -41.8 11 22.9 -22.4 265 52 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 14 350 8519 -25.7 -49.1 9 23.5 -28.2 266 63 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 15 300 9624 -31.7 -55.3 8 23.6 -33.5 268 76 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.07 16 250 10888 -41.1 -60.5 11 19.4 -41.9 272 78 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.04 17 200 12369 -51.3 -72.8 6 21.5 -51.7 274 70 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14188 -62.9 -81.0 7 18.1 -63.0 270 52 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16631 -69.4 -85.5 8 16.0 -69.5 278 24 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.10 m Freezing level: 576.78 mb = 4724.21 m = 15499.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.99 mb = 3551.67 m = 11652.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.85 mb = 2770.67 m = 9090.02 ft T: 11.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 16.55 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.81 mb = 3346.49 m = 10979.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.74 C K Index: 26.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 179.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.34 mb = 2685.72 m = 8811.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 494.34 mb = 5932.73 m = 19464.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.34 mb = 8225.04 m = 26984.71 ft B at Equ Level: 38.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 314.34 mb = 9289.58 m = 30477.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -10.0 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 71.49 m/s