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: 34.18,-111.93 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -111.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 545 2 900 1017 SFC 884 1172 21.1 17.2 79 3.8 18.4 135 10 304.8 307.4 296.0 346.9 14.13 4 850 1511 18.3 14.8 80 3.5 16.0 151 20 305.3 307.6 295.0 342.8 12.56 5 800 2028 13.6 12.9 95 0.7 13.1 159 26 305.7 307.9 294.6 341.0 11.77 6 750 2569 10.1 8.5 90 1.6 9.1 165 27 307.5 309.3 293.3 335.8 9.33 7 700 3140 6.7 4.3 85 2.4 5.3 186 26 309.9 311.3 292.5 332.8 7.46 8 650 3745 3.4 -1.5 70 4.9 0.9 204 31 312.8 313.8 291.5 329.4 5.28 9 600 4390 -1.1 -12.2 43 11.1 -5.5 212 32 314.9 315.4 289.7 323.1 2.50 10 550 5077 -5.7 -24.6 21 18.9 -11.0 216 30 317.4 317.5 288.9 320.6 0.95 11 500 5814 -11.5 -30.5 19 19.0 -15.7 219 30 319.0 319.1 289.1 321.2 0.61 12 450 6615 -15.6 -48.9 4 33.3 -20.0 223 33 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.0 0.10 13 400 7494 -21.0 -55.2 3 34.2 -24.4 228 32 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.05 14 350 8464 -28.8 -52.4 8 23.6 -30.8 231 34 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.2 0.09 15 300 9546 -37.9 -53.8 17 16.0 -38.8 236 30 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 16 250 10778 -45.7 -58.8 21 13.1 -46.2 239 33 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 17 200 12243 -50.5 -71.2 7 20.7 -51.0 246 38 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14099 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 259 32 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16597 -68.8 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 309 12 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.22 m Freezing level: 611.89 mb = 4236.40 m = 13898.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.96 mb = 3832.98 m = 12575.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.03 % Est. max temperature: 24.44 C = 76.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.55 mb = 1657.11 m = 5436.65 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 26.31 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 2017.13 m = 6617.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.94 C = 71.50 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -5.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 26.32 C K Index: 42.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 530.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1326.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.14 mb = 1983.58 m = 6507.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.14 mb = 2142.18 m = 7028.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.14 mb = 11350.43 m = 37238.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1310.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.14 mb = 14134.84 m = 46373.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.8 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 231.8 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 228.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 19.10 Bulk Shear: 69.47 m/s