MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 31.81,-113.79 Latitude: 31.81 Longitude: -113.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 996 115 29.8 18.8 52 11.0 22.1 293 3 303.3 305.9 295.3 344.3 13.82 2 950 536 31.2 14.9 37 16.3 20.1 307 12 308.8 311.0 295.1 343.1 11.26 3 900 1019 27.9 13.8 42 14.1 18.4 336 6 310.3 312.4 295.3 344.2 11.12 4 850 1522 24.0 13.5 52 10.4 16.9 83 5 311.3 313.4 295.9 346.6 11.54 5 800 2049 19.7 12.4 62 7.4 14.8 141 10 312.2 314.3 296.0 347.2 11.36 6 750 2602 16.1 5.6 50 10.4 9.7 164 14 314.0 315.5 293.8 337.9 7.65 7 700 3184 12.6 0.5 44 12.0 5.9 180 9 316.4 317.5 292.9 334.5 5.69 8 650 3801 8.4 -3.9 42 12.2 2.1 201 10 318.4 319.3 292.4 332.7 4.41 9 600 4456 3.6 -8.1 42 11.7 -1.8 213 13 320.3 321.0 292.2 331.7 3.46 10 550 5156 -1.3 -11.7 45 10.4 -5.7 219 14 322.6 323.1 292.3 332.1 2.84 11 500 5908 -6.3 -18.0 39 11.7 -10.4 225 16 325.4 325.7 292.2 331.8 1.86 12 450 6724 -10.4 -33.0 14 22.6 -15.6 236 19 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.2 0.53 13 400 7622 -15.9 -41.6 9 25.7 -20.3 249 25 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.2 0.25 14 350 8611 -23.7 -45.2 12 21.5 -26.5 254 30 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.19 15 300 9718 -32.1 -51.6 13 19.5 -33.7 251 38 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.6 0.11 16 250 10982 -40.9 -59.4 12 18.5 -41.8 248 48 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.6 0.05 17 200 12463 -51.3 -70.2 9 18.8 -51.7 247 48 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14274 -64.4 -80.2 10 15.8 -64.5 256 40 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.00 19 100 16692 -74.3 -85.1 17 10.8 -74.3 267 13 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.43 m Freezing level: 562.91 mb = 4975.54 m = 16323.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.88 mb = 4149.96 m = 13615.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.78 % Est. max temperature: 37.80 C = 100.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.91 mb = 1533.57 m = 5031.34 ft T: 23.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 15.50 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.66 mb = 3516.03 m = 11535.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.95 C = 111.11 F Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.75 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.82 C K Index: 31.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 95.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 411.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.06 mb = 2420.34 m = 7940.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.06 mb = 5140.93 m = 16866.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 401.06 mb = 7601.52 m = 24939.07 ft B at Equ Level: 65.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.06 mb = 11504.82 m = 37745.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.7 neg: -15.0 tot: 91.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.34 Bulk Shear: 28.64 m/s