MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 29.66,-109.18 Latitude: 29.66 Longitude: -109.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 558 SFC 913 911 23.2 22.4 96 0.7 22.6 45 1 304.2 307.7 298.9 360.9 19.02 3 900 1033 22.4 21.9 96 0.6 22.1 16 2 304.6 308.1 298.8 360.3 18.63 4 850 1531 20.0 19.5 97 0.4 19.6 306 7 307.1 310.2 298.4 358.4 17.04 5 800 2054 17.3 16.8 97 0.5 17.0 303 11 309.6 312.4 297.9 355.9 15.22 6 750 2604 14.1 13.1 93 1.0 13.4 302 13 311.9 314.3 296.8 350.9 12.71 7 700 3184 10.8 9.0 88 1.8 9.6 299 11 314.4 316.4 295.8 346.5 10.32 8 650 3798 6.8 4.1 83 2.7 5.2 298 11 316.7 318.2 294.7 341.7 7.93 9 600 4452 2.8 -1.7 72 4.5 0.4 292 11 319.4 320.5 293.7 337.6 5.65 10 550 5151 -1.3 -7.1 65 5.8 -4.0 285 11 322.5 323.3 293.3 336.0 4.09 11 500 5905 -4.9 -11.9 58 7.0 -7.8 273 11 327.1 327.7 293.7 337.5 3.07 12 450 6727 -9.4 -16.7 55 7.3 -12.1 266 12 331.5 331.9 294.2 339.5 2.31 13 400 7627 -15.4 -21.3 61 5.9 -17.3 272 17 334.9 335.3 294.6 341.2 1.75 14 350 8621 -22.6 -27.8 62 5.3 -23.8 277 27 338.3 338.6 294.9 342.4 1.11 15 300 9732 -31.7 -36.1 65 4.4 -32.4 277 30 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.9 0.58 16 250 10993 -41.6 -46.9 57 5.2 -42.0 278 29 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.1 0.23 17 200 12471 -51.8 -57.4 51 5.6 -52.0 250 35 350.7 350.8 296.8 351.1 0.08 18 150 14274 -66.2 -72.8 39 6.6 -66.3 264 35 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16668 -73.5 -85.1 15 11.6 -73.5 304 13 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.23 m Freezing level: 565.94 mb = 4927.96 m = 16167.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.17 mb = 4516.77 m = 14818.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.11 mb = 1003.11 m = 3290.99 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 24.95 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1562.79 m = 5127.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.13 C = 79.03 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -4.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 42.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2416.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.70 mb = 1472.89 m = 4832.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.70 mb = 1729.06 m = 5672.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.70 mb = 14651.91 m = 48069.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2395.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.3 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 320.3 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -5.0 tot: -1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 242.92 Bulk Shear: 9.95 m/s