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: 32.09,-113.83 Latitude: 32.09 Longitude: -113.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 979 263 25.9 24.5 92 1.5 24.9 209 2 301.0 304.6 298.8 360.3 20.12 2 950 526 24.5 23.4 94 1.0 23.7 196 9 302.0 305.6 298.6 359.6 19.45 3 900 1000 24.6 11.3 43 13.3 16.0 258 8 306.8 308.6 293.1 335.1 9.35 4 850 1499 23.4 0.7 22 22.7 10.8 203 12 310.7 311.6 290.4 325.5 4.74 5 800 2024 20.1 -3.8 20 23.9 7.8 198 19 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.1 3.61 6 750 2575 16.7 -12.5 12 29.2 4.0 204 28 314.7 315.1 289.1 321.2 1.95 7 700 3156 11.8 -10.5 20 22.3 1.9 211 30 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.6 2.45 8 650 3770 7.0 -18.4 14 25.4 -2.4 218 30 316.9 317.1 289.2 321.5 1.37 9 600 4421 2.3 -28.8 8 31.1 -6.5 226 29 318.8 318.9 289.0 320.9 0.59 10 550 5116 -2.7 -30.2 10 27.5 -9.9 231 31 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.9 0.57 11 500 5863 -7.2 -37.3 7 30.1 -13.5 241 31 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.31 12 450 6675 -12.7 -41.7 7 29.0 -17.7 250 32 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.22 13 400 7562 -19.1 -44.6 9 25.5 -22.7 262 40 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.9 0.18 14 350 8539 -26.6 -45.5 15 18.9 -28.8 264 49 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.19 15 300 9635 -33.8 -49.8 18 16.0 -35.1 271 61 337.7 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.13 16 250 10894 -41.5 -57.5 16 16.0 -42.3 272 71 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.06 17 200 12371 -51.3 -70.0 9 18.7 -51.7 270 63 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14205 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 263 43 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16653 -73.0 -85.2 14 12.2 -73.0 256 11 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.64 m Freezing level: 576.94 mb = 4741.10 m = 15554.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.85 mb = 3422.48 m = 11228.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.08 % Est. max temperature: 36.40 C = 97.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.29 mb = 448.94 m = 1472.88 ft T: 24.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 39.11 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.93 mb = 2826.88 m = 9274.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.02 C = 104.04 F Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: 6.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.63 C Cross Totals Index: 7.94 C K Index: 8.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 64.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1011.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 336.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.21 mb = 1537.95 m = 5045.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.21 mb = 3880.28 m = 12730.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.21 mb = 11410.68 m = 37436.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1007.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.21 mb = 15012.75 m = 49253.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.8 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 251.8 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.9 neg: -17.3 tot: 119.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 25.85 Bulk Shear: 39.11 m/s