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: 32.63,-112.72 Latitude: 32.63 Longitude: -112.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 953 505 26.2 19.1 65 7.1 21.2 190 8 303.5 306.3 296.0 347.3 14.76 2 950 529 26.9 19.2 63 7.7 21.5 192 13 304.5 307.3 296.4 348.9 14.90 3 900 1006 26.4 9.5 34 16.9 15.7 215 26 308.7 310.3 292.8 334.0 8.29 4 850 1507 23.4 6.4 33 17.0 13.0 221 24 310.7 312.0 292.4 332.5 7.09 5 800 2032 19.9 5.9 40 14.0 11.4 217 23 312.4 313.8 293.1 335.1 7.30 6 750 2584 16.0 3.2 42 12.8 8.5 213 22 313.9 315.1 292.8 334.0 6.42 7 700 3165 11.4 0.3 46 11.2 5.3 213 23 315.1 316.2 292.5 332.8 5.58 8 650 3779 6.4 -4.5 45 10.9 1.0 214 24 316.2 317.0 291.6 329.7 4.20 9 600 4428 1.2 -13.8 31 15.1 -4.7 218 24 317.6 318.0 290.2 324.8 2.18 10 550 5122 -3.0 -31.7 9 28.7 -10.2 226 24 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.3 0.49 11 500 5867 -8.5 -32.7 12 24.2 -14.0 230 26 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.49 12 450 6676 -13.5 -40.9 8 27.3 -18.2 237 30 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.24 13 400 7559 -20.1 -44.4 10 24.3 -23.4 247 32 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.19 14 350 8533 -27.7 -47.0 14 19.3 -29.7 259 42 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.16 15 300 9624 -34.7 -50.5 18 15.8 -35.9 264 54 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.12 16 250 10879 -41.3 -59.1 13 17.8 -42.2 269 69 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.05 17 200 12360 -50.5 -79.6 2 29.0 -51.0 276 65 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.00 18 150 14195 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 255 42 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16650 -72.4 -85.4 12 13.0 -72.4 258 14 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.13 m Freezing level: 585.38 mb = 4630.89 m = 15193.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.49 mb = 3885.48 m = 12747.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.94 % Est. max temperature: 34.84 C = 94.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.95 mb = 1415.21 m = 4643.02 ft T: 23.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 16.39 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.59 mb = 3669.84 m = 12040.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.49 C = 101.28 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.50 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.91 C Cross Totals Index: 14.87 C K Index: 27.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 400.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.81 mb = 2756.47 m = 9043.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 529.81 mb = 5413.96 m = 17762.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.81 mb = 9395.82 m = 30825.81 ft B at Equ Level: 147.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.81 mb = 10884.25 m = 35709.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.9 neg: -9.9 tot: 71.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 24.29 Bulk Shear: 6.19 m/s