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: 31.9,-114.09 Latitude: 31.90 Longitude: -114.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 998 95 29.7 19.3 54 10.4 22.3 296 4 303.0 305.7 295.6 345.3 14.28 2 950 537 31.4 14.9 37 16.4 20.1 312 11 309.0 311.1 295.1 343.4 11.32 3 900 1019 27.8 13.7 42 14.1 18.2 335 4 310.1 312.2 295.2 343.7 11.00 4 850 1522 23.7 13.1 51 10.6 16.6 107 5 311.0 313.1 295.6 345.5 11.25 5 800 2048 19.6 11.6 60 8.0 14.3 147 12 312.0 314.0 295.6 345.1 10.76 6 750 2601 16.1 4.4 46 11.7 9.2 164 13 314.1 315.4 293.3 336.0 7.00 7 700 3183 12.5 0.3 43 12.2 5.8 179 11 316.3 317.4 292.8 334.1 5.58 8 650 3800 8.3 -4.1 41 12.5 2.0 199 12 318.4 319.2 292.4 332.4 4.33 9 600 4455 3.6 -7.6 44 11.1 -1.6 210 14 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.1 3.61 10 550 5155 -1.5 -11.5 47 10.0 -5.7 216 15 322.3 322.9 292.2 331.9 2.89 11 500 5906 -6.5 -18.0 39 11.5 -10.5 222 17 325.2 325.5 292.2 331.5 1.85 12 450 6722 -10.3 -33.9 12 23.6 -15.7 235 20 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.0 0.48 13 400 7620 -15.9 -41.6 9 25.7 -20.3 247 27 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.4 0.25 14 350 8609 -23.8 -44.5 13 20.7 -26.5 252 32 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.21 15 300 9716 -32.2 -51.6 13 19.5 -33.8 249 39 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.11 16 250 10979 -40.9 -59.5 12 18.5 -41.8 246 49 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.05 17 200 12460 -51.4 -70.2 9 18.8 -51.8 246 49 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14272 -64.2 -80.7 9 16.4 -64.3 254 41 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16691 -74.2 -85.0 17 10.8 -74.2 263 12 384.3 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.64 m Freezing level: 564.79 mb = 4947.82 m = 16232.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.31 mb = 4156.42 m = 13636.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.46 % Est. max temperature: 37.72 C = 99.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.80 mb = 1431.52 m = 4696.52 ft T: 24.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 13.95 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.78 mb = 3476.47 m = 11405.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.00 C = 111.19 F Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.65 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.61 C K Index: 31.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 132.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 399.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.29 mb = 2383.43 m = 7819.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.29 mb = 4948.60 m = 16235.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.29 mb = 10088.55 m = 33098.50 ft B at Equ Level: 131.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.29 mb = 11699.30 m = 38383.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.0 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 231.0 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.8 neg: -12.2 tot: 86.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.09 Bulk Shear: 32.42 m/s