MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 33.64,-111.86 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -111.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 952 527 25.8 19.1 67 6.6 21.1 105 10 303.2 305.9 296.0 347.0 14.80 2 950 544 24.8 19.2 71 5.6 20.8 101 10 302.3 305.1 295.8 346.3 14.89 3 900 1017 22.4 16.0 67 6.4 18.1 146 20 304.6 307.0 295.0 342.9 12.83 4 850 1511 17.9 16.0 89 1.9 16.7 160 22 304.9 307.4 295.6 345.6 13.62 5 800 2028 13.7 13.0 95 0.8 13.2 160 22 305.8 308.0 294.6 341.2 11.82 6 750 2569 10.5 7.1 79 3.4 8.5 175 21 308.0 309.6 292.7 333.8 8.48 7 700 3141 7.5 2.9 73 4.6 4.9 196 26 310.8 312.1 292.2 331.7 6.76 8 650 3748 3.4 -1.3 71 4.7 1.0 210 30 312.8 313.8 291.6 329.6 5.35 9 600 4392 -1.3 -10.3 51 9.0 -5.0 216 32 314.6 315.2 290.0 324.1 2.92 10 550 5079 -5.9 -25.7 19 19.8 -11.3 220 30 317.1 317.2 288.8 320.0 0.85 11 500 5817 -10.5 -37.2 9 26.6 -15.7 223 33 320.2 320.2 289.2 321.3 0.31 12 450 6621 -14.7 -52.5 2 37.8 -19.4 229 35 324.7 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.07 13 400 7501 -20.6 -53.5 4 33.0 -24.1 235 34 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 14 350 8472 -28.7 -49.5 12 20.8 -30.6 239 35 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.12 15 300 9554 -37.7 -52.8 19 15.0 -38.7 242 30 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 16 250 10791 -44.8 -60.2 16 15.4 -45.4 245 40 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 17 200 12258 -51.0 -73.3 5 22.3 -51.4 250 43 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14107 -57.1 -83.1 2 26.1 -57.3 252 36 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16600 -69.1 -85.1 8 16.0 -69.2 322 12 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.71 m Freezing level: 613.86 mb = 4213.05 m = 13822.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.99 mb = 3847.52 m = 12622.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.11 mb = 1369.07 m = 4491.66 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 25.56 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.02 mb = 1817.27 m = 5962.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.39 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 26.59 C K Index: 39.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1499.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.83 mb = 1654.68 m = 5428.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.83 mb = 2018.98 m = 6623.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.83 mb = 11315.32 m = 37123.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1496.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.83 mb = 14947.71 m = 49040.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.2 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 231.2 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 214.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.49 Bulk Rich Number: 16.87 Bulk Shear: 88.88 m/s