MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 32.29,-110.12 Latitude: 32.29 Longitude: -110.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 525 2 900 1003 SFC 860 1396 18.7 15.0 79 3.7 16.2 65 2 304.6 307.0 294.8 342.0 12.52 4 850 1502 21.6 14.1 62 7.6 16.5 15 2 308.8 311.1 295.6 345.2 11.98 5 800 2027 19.1 12.9 67 6.2 14.9 255 3 311.5 313.7 296.1 347.5 11.73 6 750 2578 14.8 11.8 82 3.0 12.8 228 7 312.6 314.8 296.3 348.5 11.64 7 700 3159 11.0 6.0 71 5.0 7.9 239 9 314.6 316.2 294.5 340.8 8.38 8 650 3773 6.8 -0.5 60 7.2 2.8 263 9 316.6 317.7 293.0 334.7 5.70 9 600 4425 2.5 -4.8 59 7.3 -1.1 270 12 319.0 319.9 292.6 333.5 4.47 10 550 5123 -2.2 -9.6 57 7.4 -5.4 260 16 321.5 322.2 292.4 332.6 3.36 11 500 5873 -6.6 -15.8 48 9.2 -10.0 263 19 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.6 2.23 12 450 6688 -11.5 -25.6 30 14.1 -15.4 267 26 328.7 329.0 292.4 332.5 1.05 13 400 7581 -16.7 -38.7 13 22.0 -20.6 268 36 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.6 0.34 14 350 8571 -23.1 -45.5 11 22.4 -26.0 265 42 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.4 0.19 15 300 9682 -31.3 -49.6 15 18.2 -33.0 258 44 341.2 341.3 294.7 341.8 0.14 16 250 10947 -40.4 -58.3 13 17.9 -41.3 254 49 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.06 17 200 12430 -51.5 -68.4 12 16.9 -51.8 257 54 351.2 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14240 -64.4 -78.6 13 14.2 -64.5 256 40 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16650 -74.1 -85.9 15 11.8 -74.2 260 17 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.21 m Freezing level: 573.37 mb = 4796.86 m = 15737.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.93 mb = 4238.38 m = 13905.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.31 mb = 1873.14 m = 6145.41 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 15.91 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.61 mb = 3163.79 m = 10379.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.25 C = 82.86 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 444.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.26 mb = 2688.27 m = 8819.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.26 mb = 3832.70 m = 12574.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.26 mb = 10802.13 m = 35439.64 ft B at Equ Level: 440.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.26 mb = 14022.66 m = 46005.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.5 neg: -5.0 tot: 22.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 17.58 Bulk Shear: 25.30 m/s