MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 35.80,-101.70 Latitude: 35.80 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 73 1 950 526 2 900 1004 SFC 900 1005 27.3 11.8 38 15.5 17.1 356 10 309.6 311.5 294.1 339.3 9.72 4 850 1502 20.7 10.0 50 10.6 14.0 354 11 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.6 9.14 5 800 2022 15.6 9.1 65 6.5 11.6 352 12 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.5 9.12 6 750 2565 11.6 3.6 58 8.0 7.1 321 16 309.1 310.4 291.6 329.5 6.61 7 700 3139 8.9 -2.4 45 11.3 3.1 294 19 312.3 313.2 290.7 326.7 4.57 8 650 3750 6.7 -18.5 15 25.2 -2.6 280 21 316.5 316.8 289.1 321.1 1.36 9 600 4401 2.9 -33.7 5 36.5 -6.5 270 18 319.4 319.5 289.0 320.8 0.37 10 550 5097 -2.8 -31.9 9 29.1 -10.1 270 26 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.48 11 500 5843 -8.1 -35.6 9 27.5 -14.0 271 28 323.2 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.37 12 450 6652 -13.6 -45.3 5 31.7 -18.5 267 34 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.15 13 400 7534 -20.5 -44.4 10 23.9 -23.7 259 40 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.18 14 350 8509 -25.8 -53.0 6 27.2 -28.3 265 62 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.08 15 300 9614 -31.6 -58.6 5 27.0 -33.4 265 78 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 16 250 10880 -40.4 -63.0 7 22.6 -41.4 269 79 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.03 17 200 12363 -51.2 -72.8 6 21.6 -51.7 270 70 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14182 -63.0 -82.6 5 19.7 -63.1 270 60 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16631 -69.5 -84.7 9 15.2 -69.6 263 19 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.95 m Freezing level: 574.94 mb = 4749.69 m = 15582.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.51 mb = 3469.04 m = 11381.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.53 mb = 2933.22 m = 9623.32 ft T: 9.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 18.57 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.97 mb = 3838.05 m = 12591.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.35 C = 93.83 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.13 C K Index: 27.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 240.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.83 mb = 2860.54 m = 9384.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 468.83 mb = 6337.16 m = 20790.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 368.83 mb = 8126.52 m = 26661.50 ft B at Equ Level: 30.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 338.83 mb = 8741.62 m = 28679.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.1 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 313.1 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -22.5 tot: -22.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 55.86 m/s